The Wonderful World of Poetry…

Dramatic Poetry Dramatizes action though dialogue or monologue

Narrative Poetry Poetry-Tells a story

Lyrical Poetry Expresses Personal

thoughts and Emotions

Tyger! Tyger! burning brightIn the forests of the night,What immortal hand or eyeCould frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skiesBurnt the fire of thine eyes?On what wings dare he aspire?What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, & what artCould twist the sinews of thy heart?And when thy heart began to beat,What dread hand? & what dread feet?

Expresses emotions, appeals to your

senses, and often could be set to

music.The Tyger

- William Blake

What the hammer? what the chain?In what furnace was thy brain?What the anvil? what dread graspDare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,And watered heaven with their tears,Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning brightIn the forests of the night,What immortal hand or eyeDare frame thy fearful symmetry?

When the Author of a poem writes something, but doesn’t really mean it literally.

Types:

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

ImageryHurry! Time is about to run out!

When human like qualities are given to an animal or object.

Example: The dog danced.

The scissors ran.

Similes

• When you compare something using like or as.

• The river is peaceful, like a new baby sleeping.

A comparison

NOT using like or

as.

“It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!”

“Oh bright angel, speak again!”

Romeo, “Romeo and Juliet”, William Shakespeare

A Poem that tells a story, and has the

elements of a story. Often Narrative

poems have a rhyme scheme

Papa’s Fishing Hole

I place my tiny hand in his as we walk to Papa’s Fishing Hole. I hand him a wiggling night crawler fighting for his life. The deadly hook squishes through the worm’s head, and I watch the brown guts ooze out. Papa throws the pole’s long arm back and then forward. The line lands in a merky spot along the reedy shore. Now I get to reel it in. Nothing yet, he says. He casts again. I reel it in. Still nothing. Three time’s a charm, he says.

He casts. A strike. We turn the crank together. The fish jumps from the water and his colors form a rainbow as he arches his body above the reeds. My Papa handles him with the skill of a master as I stop helping to watch him work. A stiff jerk, a quick reel, a stiff jerk again. The fish doesn’t have a chance, I yell. I know. I know. I know, he says.

Author: Elisabeth Babin

VS.

Refrain is when a poem repeats entire lines or more several times throughout.

Ex:Like the chorus of a song

Repetition is when a word or phrase is repeated just once or in one specific area of the poem.

2) When the author provides visual pictures as you read.

1) In a poem, you can often see the images the author writes about

The spring flowers, vibrant, electrified with

the newness of spring

Dramatic

PoetryA poem where the speaker is someone other then the poet themselves. A Dramatic poem often includes characters and

dialogue. A Dramatic

Monologue is often from a

fictional character’s

point of view.

“Meeting At Night”

By Robert Browning

The grey sea and the long black land; And the yellow half-moon large and low; And the startled little waves that leap In fiery ringlets from their sleep, As I gain the cove with pushing prow, And quench its speed i' the slushy sand. 

Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach; Three fields to cross till a farm appears; A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch And blue spurt of a lighted match, And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears, Than the two hearts beating each to each!

Who is the Speaker of the Poem?

What is their tone?

The Point of view can be the actual poet him/herself, but may also be an animal, an inanimate object, or a fictional character.

IronyWhen something that wasn’t expected happens. Or when the opposite of what is expected happens.

Connotation:The way a word

makes us feel.

Words can give us different feelings when we hear them…some positive, some negative, and everything in between!

Denotation:The actual dictionary definition of the word.

Word Choice/Diction

Musical Devices

• Alliteration

When the same consonant sound is used throughout a piece of writing.

candy covered coconuts.

• Assonance When the same vowel

sound is used in words throughout a piece of writing

That is the way we will pray today, okay?

Onomatopoeia word that expresses sound…

Zip, zoom, bang, boom

Poetic Form

Some forms…

Haiku

Cinquain

Concrete

HAIKUA poem where

there are 5 syllabus in the 1st

line; 7 in the second line; 5 in

the 3rd line.

I Love you so much,

I long to see your beauty,

Love the way you shine.

“You”

Cinquains Sister

Smart, Outgoing

Loving, playing, Laughing

Always in for some fun

Friend

•A Cinquain is a poem that resembles a diamond.

•It has 5 lines and begins with one word.

•The 2nd line has two adjectives that describe that word.

•The 3rd , three verbs.

•The 4th line is a phrase that goes deeper into the topic.

•The 5th line gives either a synonym for the first word, or a word that encompasses the whole poem.

The “Modern”

Cinquain

“Tucson Rain”

The smell

Everyone moves

To the window to look

Work stops and people start talking

Rain came

“Traditional” Cinquain

Poetry in which authors use both words and physical

shape to convey a message.

Another Concrete Poem

Poetry Resources PageHelpful Links for you!

Types of Poems

http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC030240/typesofpoems.html

Samples of Narrative Poetry

http://www.babincentral.com/7english/narrative_poetry.htm

Lyrical Poetry

www.lyrics.com

Finding Poetry

www.poemhunter.com

•All pictures from the Microsoft Gallery

•All poems from Prentice Hall Literature Book, “Gold” level. Prentice, Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632. 1989.

•Poetic devices information/Definitions Prentice Hall Literature.

•Cinquain info: http://jfg-girlscouts. org/how/make/cinquain.htm

•“Be Still my Beating Heart” by Sting: www.Lyrics.com

•Slide 24- Poem by Ali Duncan, grade 9, original “Zig-Zag” poem

•Slide 25-Headline Poem by Jessica Grover, grade 9