PoetryA poem is created by putting words together in an interesting way to express a feeling, create a mental picture, tell a story, or make a sound.

Poetry entertains the ears and the eyes!

ProseWriting which follows grammatical

rules. The OPPOSITE of poetry.

You see poetry in many different places. How many can you name?

You may have an entire book of poetry by one author

You may read a collection of poems by multiple authors called an anthology.

Poetry is everywhere!

Verse A line of a

poemHow many verses does this

poem have?Wrens and Robins in the

HedgeChristina Rossetti

Wrens and robins in the hedgeWrens and robins here and there;

Building, perching, pecking, fluttering,Everywhere!

StanzaA stanza in a poem is like a paragraph in an essay.

They are usually separated by blank

space.

How many stanzas

are there?

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that, the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden blackOh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and II took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.

RhymeThe repetition of end sounds

Today I had a rotten day.As I was coming in from play.I accidentally stubbed my toesand tripped and fell and whacked my nose.I chipped a tooth. I cut my lip.I scraped my knee. I hurt my hip.I pulled my shoulder, tweaked my ear,and got a bruise upon my rear.I banged my elbow, barked my shin.A welt is forming on my chin.My pencil poked me in the thigh.I got an eyelash in my eye.I sprained my back. I wrenched my neck.I'm feeling like a total wreck.So that's the last time I refusewhen teacher says to tie my shoes.

--Kenn Nesbitt

Rhyme Scheme

Pattern of how the lines rhyme

Each new sound at the end of a line is given a letter, starting with “A,” then “B,” and so on. If an end sound repeats the end sound of an earlier line, it gets the same letter as the earlier line.

Here are three slightly different cat poems, each with a different rhyme

scheme. My cat is nice.My cat likes mice.My cat is fat.I like my cat.

AABB  

 

My cat is nice.My cat is fat.My cat likes mice.I like my cat.

ABAB  

 

My cat is gray.My cat is fat.My cat is cute.I like my cat.

ABCB

CoupletTwo sequential lines that rhyme

Slicing SalamiThe strangest strange stranger I've met in my lifewas the man who made use of his nose as a knife.He‘d slice up salami, tomatoes and cheeseat the tip of his nose with phenomenal ease.

He'd buy food in bulk at incredible pricesand then use his nose to reduce it to slices.His wife ran away and I know that he'll miss her.The woman was frightened that one day he'd kiss her!

by Denise RodgersCopyright© Denise Rodgers All Rights ReservedArt by Julie Martin

Consonance

Repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words

"Norm, the worm, took the garden by storm this morn." 

Free VersePoems that do not

rhyme or have regular rhythm

Rhythm

Regular patterned repetition of sounds

The beat

Rhythm and rhyme are what give a poetry a musical quality

Repetition

Repeating of the same word

Because I do not hope to turn againBecause I do not hopeBecause I do not hope to turn...

from 'Ash-Wednesday' by T. S. Eliot

I'm nobody! Who are you?Are you nobody too?Then there's a pair of us-don't tell!They'd banish us you know.

from "I'm nobody! Who are You?" by Emily Dickinson

Figurative Language

Poetic devices to make writing more interesting

Examples• Alliteration

• Similes • Metaphors

• Onomatopoeia

AlliterationWhen a series of words

have the same beginning sound

Onomatopoeia

Words that imitate sounds

Can poems use more than one type of figurative language?

Can you make your own?

Similes & Metaphors

Similes and Metaphors both compare things.

What is the difference?

Make a comparison using the words LIKE or AS

My love is like a red, red rose.

You were as brave as a lion. They fought like cats and

dogs. He is as funny as a barrel of

monkeys. This house is as clean as a

whistle. He is as strong as an ox. Your explanation is as clear

as mud. Watching the show was like

watching grass grow.

Similes

Make a comparison

Her eyes are jewels sparkling in the sun.

The harvest moon is a great pumpkin in the sky.

Metaphors

IdiomsA phrase whose words have different

meaning than its original meaningFigures of Speech

• She is pulling my leg• The early bird gets the worm.• Break a leg. • It’s raining cats and dogs.