Transcript Are you a poet and don`t know it?

Are you a poet and don’t
know it?
Evaluation & Analysis of Poetry
Writing Original Poetry
True or False #1
Imagery is a comparison
using like or as.
True or False #2
A ballad is a form of verse
meant to be sung or
recited.
True or False #3
Symbolism is representing
objects or ideas by other
objects or ideas.
True or False #4
Rhyme scheme is a
pattern of sounds written
in free verse.
True or False #5
A refrain is a repeated line
or stanza in a poem or
song.
What does it mean?
Read “The Secret Heart.”
What does it mean?
What is it about?
Lyric poem
Poetry using highly musical verse
Similar to a ballad but not usually a
story told as long or as serious in
nature
“The Secret Heart”
Stanza
A set of lines in poetry (~paragraph)
Verse = one line in poetry
How does it differ from a couplet?
How does it differ from a
quartet/quatrain?
How does it differ from an octave?
Rhyme scheme
A pattern of rhyme at the ends of lines
in poems or songs, usually identified
with letters.
What is the rhyme scheme in “A Secret
Heart”?
2-line stanza = _____________
Symbolism
Heart = ____________
What does the “glowing heart”
represent to the boy?
What does “hands held up the sun”
symbolize?
Imagery? Alliteration?
Personification? Hyperbole?
“Hands held up the sun” is an example
of…
“Too tender for the day to trace” is an
example of…
How do these quotes show theme?
More poetic devices…
Metaphor vs. simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
Repetition
End rhyme vs. internal rhyme
Meter
Definitions of poetic devices
Metaphor vs. simile – comparison (with/without like
or as)
Hyperbole - exaggeration
Personification –human traits to non-human
Alliteration – repeats first consonant sound
Repetition – repeats more than once (word, line,
verse)
More definitions/foldable
internal rhyme - same sound within line
of poetry
End rhyme- same sound at the end of
lines
Meter – pattern of stressed/unstressed
syllables (~rhythm)
Refrain – repeated stanza (~chorus)
Types of Poetry
Narrative
Free verse
Sonnet
Ode
Elegy
Defining Types of Poetry
Ode: poem that celebrates a subject; a
tribute
Haiku: Japanese poem about nature
with lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables
Free Verse: poetry without regular
rhythm, meter, rhyme or structure
Sonnet: 14-line poem in iambic
pentameter; rhyme scheme is ABAB
CDCD EFEF GG
Which type did Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow write?
Elegy: a poem of mourning in response
to the death of a person or group
Ballad: poem meant to be sung (often
sad) and has refrains, simple rhyme
Narrative: poetry that tells a story (has
setting, characters, plot); rhymes
Lyric: poetry that expresses the
thoughts and feelings of the writer;
songlike quality, rhymes
Ballad: “Paul Revere’s Ride”
What does the rhythm suggest?
What story is being told?
What is the author’s purpose?
You’re a poet and don’t know it!
Choose a stanza and write a
continuation of the story
“Paul Revere’s Ride”
“The Secret Heart”
Story Starter using a line of poetry
chosen by the teacher
Test yourself #1
My thoughts scattered like leaves in the
wind.
Metaphor?
Onomatopoeia?
Simile?
Test yourself #2
The flowers danced in the grass.
Repetition?
Personification?
Alliteration?
Test yourself #3
The tinkling of wind chimes…
Onomatopoeia?
End rhyme?
Repetition?
Test yourself #4
As the snow fell
My heart leapt with joy, joy, joy.
End rhyme?
Repetition?
Personification?
Test yourself #5
My pancake is flat
And that is that.
Simile?
Alliteration?
End rhyme?