Poetry

Ancient Cultures• Used narratives to “record” history• Used song to memorize narratives• Songs relied on • Rhyme• Repetition• Rhythm

Minstrel / Troubadour• 11th Century (according to recorded history)• Highly regarded – retained by royalty• Traveling performer• Spread news and stories from foreign lands

Ballad• Narrative set to

music

Early Exposure to Poetry

• Nursery Rhymes• “Jack and Jill”• “Mary Had a Little Lamb”• “Hickory, Dickory, Dock”• “Humpty Dumpty”

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Other Early Exposure to Poetry

• Radio Commercials• Popular Music• TV Commercials • Jingles and Catch Phrases

• Children's TV Shows• Theme Songs

Everday Use• We use rhyme, repetition and

rhythm (Poetry) to learn and remember• “’i’ before ‘e’, except after ‘c’,

and sometimes in ‘a’, like ‘neighbor’ and ‘weigh’”• Other examples?

Modern Exposure to Poetry

•Media Conventions• Jingles•Slogans•Catch Phrases•Theme Songs

my bologna has a first name Its o-s-c-a-rmy bologna has a second name Its m-a-y-e-ri love to eat it every dayand if you ask me why i'll saycuz oscar myer has a way withb-o-l-o-g-n-a

I wish I were an Oscar Mayer WeinerThat is what I truly wish to be cause if I were a Oscar Mayer Wienereveryone would be in love oh everyone would be in loveeveryone would be in love with me

You get the limo out frontHottest styles, every shoe, every colorYea when your famous it can be kinda funIt's really you but no one ever discoversIn some ways you're just like all your friendsBut on stage you're a starYou get the best of both worldsChillin' out, take it slowThen you rock out the show

They're the world's most fearsome fighting team(We're really hip!)They're heroes in a half-shell and they're green (Hey - get a grip!)When the evil Shredder attacksThese Turtle boys don't cut him no slack! 

Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 

When there's trouble, you know who to call (TEEN TITANS!)    From their tower, they can see it all (TEEN TITANS!)    When there's evil on the attack    You can rest knowing they got your back    'Cause when the world needs heroes on patrol 

TEEN TITANS, GO! TEEN TITANS, GO! 

   With their super powers, they unite (TEEN TITANS!)    Never met a villain that they liked (TEEN TITANS!)    They got the bad guys on the run    They never stop until the job gets done    'Cause when the world is losing all control 

I got ketchup on my blue jeans, I just burnt my hand,Lord, it's hard to be a bachelor man.I got girls that can cook, I got girls that can clean,I got girls that can do anything in between,I gotta get ready, make everything right,'cause all my rowdy friends are comin' over tonight.Do you wanna dance, hey, do ya wanna party,Hey, honey, this is ole Hank ready to get the thing started.We cooked a pig in the ground, we got some beer on ice,And all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight.

I used to rule the worldSeas would rise when I gave the wordNow in the morning I sleep aloneSweep the streets I used to ownI used to roll the diceFeel the fear in my enemy's eyesListen as the crowd would sing"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"One minute I held the keyNext the walls were closed on meAnd I discovered that my castles standUpon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

Shawty had them Apple Bottom jeans, jeansBoots with the fur, with the furThe whole club was lookin’ at herShe hit the flo’, she hit the flo’Next thing you knowShawty got low low low low, low low low lowThem baggy sweat pantsAnd the Reeboks with the straps, with the strapsShe turned around and gave that big booty a smack, ayy! She hit the flo’, she hit the flo’Next thing you knowShawty got low low low low, low low low low

Now put your hands upUp in the club, we just broke up, I'm doing my own little thingDecided to dip and now you wanna trip'Cause another brother noticed meI'm up on him, he up on meDon't pay him any attentionJust cried my tears, for three good yearsYa can't be mad at me'Cause if you liked it, then you should have put a ring on itIf you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on itDon't be mad once you see that he want it‘Cause if you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it

I want your ugly, I want your diseaseI want your everything as long as it's freeI want your loveLove, love, love, I want your loveI want your drama, the touch of your handI want your leather studded kiss in the sandI want your loveLove, love, love, I want your love(Love, love, love, I want your love)

Tonight's the night, let's live it upI got my money, let's spend it upGo out and smash it like oh my GodJump off that sofa, let's get, get offI know that we'll have a ballIf we get down and go out and just lose it allI feel stressed out, I wanna let it goLet's go way out spaced out and losing all controlFill up my cup, mazel tovLook at her dancing, just take it offLet's paint the town, we'll shut it downLet's burn the roof, and then we'll do it again

Poetry Terms

Figurative LanguageImagerySimileMetaphorPersonification

Sound DevicesOnomatopoeiaRhymeRhythm

Common Rhythms

Iambic (lacrosse, upon, giraffe)

Trochaic (garden, highway, tiger)

Anapestic (interrupt, contradict)

Dactylic (beautiful)