What do you enjoy or dislike about poetry? What is your favorite poem?
Poetry
Poetry It is a form of literature that uses rhythmic qualities of language, and is organized in lines and groups of lines called stanzas.
Poem A poem is all about, alluding to specific topic or t heme. The poet uses a combination of rhythm word choice, sounds, rhymes, structure and more to create a piece of writing that stirs the reader’s feelings.
Poem Some of the most common themes that poets write about are: -love -family - growing up and ageing -nature -animals -bravery and courage -friendship -good vs evil -war
MAJOR TYPES OF POETRY Lyric Poetry Narrative Poetry Concrete Poetry
LYRIC POETRY It is a highly musical verse that expresses the observation and feelings of a single speaker. Examples : ode, elegy, sonnet & pastoral
NARRATIVE POETRY It is a story told in verse. Narrative poems often have all the elements of short stories, including characters, conflict, and plot. Examples : epic, ballad, romance etc.
CONCRETE POETRY It is a type of poetry that uses some sort of visual presentation to enhance the effect of the poem on the reader.
Stanza in Poetry
Stanza It is a unit of lines in poetry.
Types of Stanza
MONOSTICH It is a stanza that comprises a single line.
COUPLET A couplet is a unit of two lines of poetry, especially lines that use the same or similar meter, form a rhyme
TERCET A tercet is a unit of poetry that contains 3 lines.
What are the three types of poetry? Lyric, Narrative and Concrete
2. It is a type of poetry that tells a story. Narrative Poetry
3. It is a type of poetry that uses visual presentation. Concrete Poetry
What do you call a poem with: 4. two-line stanza? 5. three-line stanza? 6. four-line stanza? 7. eight- line stanza? COUPLET TERCET QUATRAIN OCTAVE
Elements of Poetry (Rhyme)
Types of Rhyme
Perfect Rhyme occurs when the stressed vowels in both words are identical. Ex. floor - door elevation - revelation
Slant Rhyme is a type of rhyme in which multiple words have similar—but not exact—sounds. Ex. worm -swarm time - mine f riend- blend ways- grace
Eye Rhyme occurs when two words are spelled similarly and look like they would be pronounced the same but aren’t. Ex. womb- bomb laughter- daughter
Internal Rhymes occur within a single line of poetry, or between a word within a line and another word at the beginning or end of the same line. Ex. Their feet tapped to a beat as they walked right past me.
Internal Rhymes occur within a single line of poetry, or between a word within a line and another word at the beginning or end of the same line. Ex. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.
Ex. The story is very old and many times told. The splendor falls on castle walls .
End Rhymes emerge when the corresponding sounds are located at the end of a verse, lyric, or line. Ex. The stars above shine so bright, Making me fall in love with the night
Find the words that does not rhyme with the others. 1.Light Bright Eight Right 2. Glass Mash Class Grass 3. Frog Dog Log Bag Book Spook Cook Lock Found Crown Hound Sound Goat Spoke Boat Wrote Pine Time Dime Climb
Classify each pair of bolded sounds as Perfect Rhyme, Eye Rhyme, Slant Rhyme, Internal Rhyme and End Rhyme. 1.Wear/ scare 2. Gratitude- latitude 3. Alone- gone 4. Sublime- bedtime 5. Deign- gain
Classify each pair of bolded sounds as Perfect Rhyme, Eye Rhyme, Slant Rhyme, Internal Rhyme and End Rhyme. 6.If a poem could cost a dime I will spend my ink and spend my time 7. If ever two were one, then surely we If ever man were loved by wife, then thee. 8. I went to town to buy a gown, I took the car , and it wasn’t far.
Classify each pair of bolded sounds as Perfect Rhyme, Eye Rhyme, Slant Rhyme, Internal Rhyme and End Rhyme. 9. Standing brave in secret caves We call to lost kids in the crown 10. And the rockets’ red glare The bombs bursting in air 11. So long as men can breathe or eyes can see , So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
Classify each pair of bolded sounds as Perfect Rhyme, Eye Rhyme, Slant Rhyme, Internal Rhyme and End Rhyme. cough- through Sun- noon And so, all the night- tide , I lie down by my side 15. shakes- lakes
RHYME SCHEME
RHYME SCHEME A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.
The cat is nice . My cat likes mice . My cat is fat. I like my cat. A A B B
The cat is nice . My cat is fat. My cat likes mice . I like my cat. A A B B
The cat is gray . My cat is fat. My cat is cute . I like my cat. A C B B
Let’s Practice!
Mr Brown the Circus Clown Mr Brown, the circus clown puts his clothes on upside down. He wears his hat upon his toes And socks and shoes upon his nose. A B A B
All My Great Excuses I started on my homework but my pen ran out of ink. My hamster ate my homework My computer’s on the blink. A A B B
My Penmanship is Pretty Bad My penmanship is pretty bad. My printing’s plainly awful. In truth, my writing looks sad, it ought to be unlawful. A A B B
Today I Had a Rotten Day Today, I had a rotten day. As I was coming in from play I accidentally stubbed my toes and tripped and fell and whacked my nose. A B A B
‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’ ‘Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle , little star, How I wonder what you are!’ Jane Taylor
‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’ ‘When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle all the night. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are!’ Jane Taylor
“Jack and Jill” Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after. Up Jack got, and home did trot As fast as he could caper, To old Dame Dob, who patched his nob, With vinegar and brown paper. Mother Goose
TREES by Joyce Kilmer I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in Summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
TREES by Joyce Kilmer I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in Summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? A A B B C C D D E E A A AABB
A A B B C C D D E E F F G G
S tars light up the night sky Even in the dee pest dark The moon is a silent spy Over every meow, hiss, and bark. The flowers here have no end They smell like a sweet, secret potion But never forget, my loyal friend A drop of water can start an ocean. Daffodils Willian Wordsworth
Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
Identify the rhyme scheme in the following poems. Write the letter in the line at the end of each line. ACTIVITY
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stop ping here To watch his woods fill up with s now.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farm house near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.