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Poetry Notes
Unit 5, pg. 544-548
• One difference
between poetry and
fiction has to do with
form, or the way a
poem looks on the
page. While short
stories and novels
consist of sentences
and paragraphs,
poems are made up
of lines.
• A line can be a single
word, a sentence, or
part of a sentence.
(verse)
• In many poems, lines
are arranged into
groups called
stanzas. The way a
poet chooses to
arrange lines and
stanzas can affect a
poem’s meaning.
Please open up your literature
books to pg. 544
A Fine Head of Lettuce
By Jack Prelutsky
I’m a fine head of lettuce,
a handsome romaine.
I haven’t a cranium
made for a brain.
I’m simple and shy.
I remain on my own.
I’m known in the garden
as lettuce alone.
Who is the speaker?
A head of romaine lettuce
How many stanzas does the
poem have?
A Fine Head of Lettuce
By Jack Prelutsky
I’m a fine head of lettuce,
a handsome romaine.
I haven’t a cranium
made for a brain.
I’m simple and shy.
I remain on my own.
I’m known in the garden
as lettuce alone.
1
2
How many lines are in each
stanza?
A Fine Head of Lettuce
By Jack Prelutsky
1I’m a fine head of lettuce,
2a handsome romaine.
3I haven’t a cranium
4made for a brain.
1I’m simple and shy.
2I remain on my own.
3I’m known in the garden
4as lettuce alone.
Please turn the pg. to 545
Losing Face
By Janet S. Wong
Finally Mother is proud
Of something
I have done.
“My girl won
The art contest,”
She tells the world,
Smiling so big
And laughing so loud
Her gold tooth
Shows.
I’m the only one who knows
How I drew so well,
Erasing the perfect lines
I traced,
Drawing worse ones
On purpose
In their place.
I feel awful.
I want to tell.
But I don’t want to lose
Mother’s glowing
Proud face.
How many stanzas?
Finally Mother is proud
Of something
I have done.
“My girl won
The art contest,”
She tells the world,
Smiling so big
And laughing so loud
Her gold tooth
Shows.
I’m the only one who knows
How I drew so well,
Erasing the perfect lines
I traced,
Drawing worse ones
On purpose
In their place.
I feel awful.
I want to tell.
But I don’t want to lose
Mother’s glowing
Proud face.
Who is the speaker?
Finally Mother is proud
Of something
I have done.
“My girl won
The art contest,”
She tells the world,
Smiling so big
And laughing so loud
Her gold tooth
Shows.
I’m the only one who knows
How I drew so well,
Erasing the perfect lines
I traced,
Drawing worse ones
On purpose
In their place.
I feel awful.
I want to tell.
But I don’t want to lose
Mother’s glowing
Proud face.
Losing Face
• What is the conflict? Why is the speaker
upset?
• Why doesn’t the speaker want to admit
what she’s done?
Can you think of a favorite song?
Why do we listen to music?
Most poems are meant to be
heard, not just read. Just like we
enjoy hearing music and not just
reading the lyrics.
Sound Devices
1. The repetition of sounds at the ends of
words:
rhyme
2. The beat your hear as you read a poem
aloud:
rhythm
Sound Devices
3. The use of a word, phrase, sound, or line
more than once.
repetition
4. The repetition of consonant sounds at the
beginning of words.
alliteration
Figurative Language
 Images: Words and phrases that draw
pictures in your mind. They help you
clearly imagine what a poem describes.
 Figurative Language: The use of creative
comparisons to describe familiar things in
new ways.
Figurative Language
5. Simile: A comparison between two unlike things
that includes the word like or as.
6. Metaphor: A comparison between two unlike
things that does not include the word like or as.
7. Personification: A description of an object, an
animal, or an idea as if it were human or had
human qualities and reactions.
All of these sound devices and
figurative language bring poems
to life!
Let’s look at pg. 546 and 547 in
your literature book for examples
of sound devices.
Now let’s look at pg. 548 in your
literature book for some
examples of figurative language.
Simile
Fallen leaves fly straight out of the trees like
birds…
Metaphor
The fallen leaves ARE cornflakes…
Personification
Dry leaves talking in hoarse whispers…
Why should I use
figurative language?