Transcript Poetry and Prose - TurpinEnglishClass

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A type of literature that expresses ideas,
feelings, or tells a story in a specific form
(usually using lines and stanzas)
POET
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The poet is the author of the poem.
SPEAKER
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The speaker of the poem is the
“narrator” of the poem.
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FORM - the appearance of the words on the page
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LINE - a group of words together on one line of the poem
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STANZA - a group of lines arranged together
A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.
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Meter Poetry- having a pattern of
stressed and unstressed syllables
Unlike metered poetry, free verse poetry
does NOT have any repeating patterns
of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Does NOT have rhyme.
Free verse poetry is very conversational sounds like someone talking with you.
A more modern type of poetry.
Prose is the most typical type of literature
 Prose lacks the more formal metrical
structure of verse that is almost always
found in traditional poetry
 Poems often involve a meter and/or
rhyme scheme. Prose, instead, comprises
full, grammatical sentences, which then
constitute paragraphs and overlook
aesthetic appeal.
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 Fork
This strange thing must have crept
Right out of hell.
It resembles a bird’s foot
Worn around the cannibal’s neck.
As you hold it in your hand,
As you stab with it into a piece of
meat,
It is possible to imagine the rest of the
bird:
Its head which like your fist
Is large, bald, beakless, and blind.
—Charles Simic
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How many sentences are in this
poem? Paraphrase each one.
Read the poem aloud. What
sound devices and rhythms are
more apparent when you hear
the poem? Read the poem a
second time. How did your
reading change when you were
familiar with the poem?
Visualize the bird that the speaker
describes. What sensory details
help you create a strong mental
image?
Consider the poet’s use of the
verb stab in line 6. He might also
have used poke. What other verbs
might he have selected? What
connotations do you associate
with stab?