Poetry Review What's A Poem by Charles Ghigna What's A Poem? A whisper, a shout, thoughts turned inside out. A laugh, a sigh, an echo passing by. A rhythm, a rhyme, a moment caught in time. A moon, a star, a glimpse of who you are. Charles Ghigna 1
A Poem Is A Spider Web by Charles Ghigna A Poem Is A Spider Web A poem is a spider web Spun with words of wonder, Woven lace held in place By whispers made of thunder. --Charles Ghigna 2
Form: the arrangement of words and phrases in a poem JAKE HATES ALL THE GIRLS jake hates all the girls(the shy ones,the bold ones;the meek proud sloppy sleek) all except the cold ones paul scorns all the girls(the bright ones;the dim ones;the slim plump tiny tall) all except the dull ones gus loves all the girls(the warped ones;the lamed ones;the mad moronic maimed) all except the dead ones mike likes all the girls (the fat ones,the lean ones;the mean kind dirty clean) all except the green ones e.e. cummings 3
Lines: poems are written in lines, not sentences Stanzas: groups of lines of poetry paragraphs in poetry The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. STANZA ONE: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, (line 1) And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; STANZA TWO: Then took the other, as just as fair (line 6) And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same, STANZA THREE: And both that morning equally lay (line 11) In leaves no step had trodden black Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. STANZA FOUR: I shall be telling this with a sigh (line 16) Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference 4
End Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words. The little girl cried look at that! I see a very, very fat cat! 5
Internal Rhyme is 2 words that rhyme within a line. The young boy played with his toy. 6
Couplets: 2 lines that rhyme The Bat by Theodore Roethke By day the bat is cousin to the mouse. He likes the attic of an aging house. His fingers make a hat about his head. His pulse beat is so slow we think him dead. He loops in crazy figures half the night Among the trees that face the corner light. But when he brushes up against a screen, We are afraid of what our eyes have seen: For something is amiss or out of place When mice with wings can wear a human face. 7
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Poetry_Review.notebook Quatrains: 4 lines with a rhyme scheme: AABB, ABAB, ABCB, ABBA (see handout on quatrains) I often wish that I Could be a kite up in the sky, And ride upon the breeze and go Whichever way I choose to blow. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again. 9
Types of Poetry 10
Acrostic Poems 11
Name Acrostic Poems 12
Narrative Poems tell a story. "The Highway Man" 13
Haiku is a three lined Japanese poem with a syllable pattern of 5 7 5 14
Poetry_Review.notebook Limerick: a five-lined poem with a rhyme scheme of AABBA A Clumsy Young Fellow Named Tim There once was a fellow named Tim (A) whose dad never taught him to swim. (A) He fell off a dock (B) and sunk like a rock. (B) And that was the end of him. (A) 15
Cinquain: 5-line poem Noun adjective, adjective ing-word, ing-word, ing-word phrase or statement about the noun Synonym Mrs. Overman creative, fun teaching, reading, writing loves being with students teacher 16
A CONCRETE POEM takes on the shape of what it is by using related words. 17
Free Verse: a poem with no set pattern of rhyme or rhythm No rules Sounds like conversation Song of Myself by Walt Whitman I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loaf and invite my soul, I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. Walt Whitman is known as the creator of free verse 18
poetıc devıces fıguratıve language and sound devıces Tools poets use to create poetry 19
Idiom is a descriptive expression that means something different than its literal meaning. Hit two birds with one stone. 20
Imagery: language that appeals to the reader s 5 senses Painting a picture with words The Eagle He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring d with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. Alfred Tennyson 21
Excerpt from, "I wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils, Beside the lake, beneath the trees Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. 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. IMAGERY 22
Simile: a comparison between 2 unlike things using like or as fits like a glove runs like a deer chatters like a monkey moves like a snail sits there like a bump on a log eats like a pig swims like a fish stood out like a sore thumb fought like cats and dogs eyes like a hawk takes it like a man sings like a bird 23
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Metaphor: a comparison between 2 unlike things that DOES NOT use the words like or as The Garden Hose In the gray evening I see a long green serpent With its tail in the dahlias It lies in loops across the grass And it drinks softly at the faucet. I can hear it swallow By Beatrice Janosco 26
Alliteration: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. 27
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A HYPERBOLE is an exaggeration for effect. I m so hungry I could eat a horse! 32
I m the Single Most Wonderful Person I Know I m the single most wonderful person I know, I m witty, I m charming, I m smart, I m often so brilliant I actually glow, I m a genius in music and art. I m super, I m splendid, I m stunning, I m strong, I m awesome, I m dashing, I m bold, I know all the answers, it s rare that I m wrong, I m an absolute joy to behold. I m strikingly handsome, I m thoroughly grand, there s only one thing that I can t understand why nobody likes me not ever! Jack Prelutsky 33
More examples of hyperbole I tried a thousand times. I nearly died laughing. There are millions of other things to do. Running faster than the speed of light. You could be Miss Universe. They ran like greased lightning. He's got tons of money. Her brain is the size of a pea. He is older than the hills. I will die if she asks me to dance. She is as big as an elephant! I have told you a million times not to lie! 34
Poetry_Review.notebook Onomatopoeia uses sound words to suggest their meaning (buzz, bang, crash). 35
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Personification: giving human qualities to something not human. 37
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Repetition: repeating sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines used to emphasize an idea, or create a certain feeling. Hear the loud alarum bells Brazen bells! What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright! Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire, Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate desire, And a resolute endeavor, Now now to sit or never, By the side of the pale faced moon. Oh, the bells, bells, bells! What a tale their terror tells Of Despair! How they clang, and clash, and roar! What a horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air! Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging, And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows: Edgar Allan Poe 39
Yet the ear distinctly tells, In the jangling, And the wrangling, How the danger sinks and swells, By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells Of the bells Of the bells, bells, bells,bells, Bells, bells, bells In the clamor and the clangor of the bells! 40
Symbol: stands for or represents something. A red rose could be a symbol for love. The American flag could be a symbol for freedom. 41
An owl could symbolize wisdom. A dove could symbolize peace. 42
Unfolding Bud One is amazed By a water lily bud Unfolding With each passing day, Taking on a richer color And new dimensions. One is not amazed At a first glance, By a poem, Which is as tight closed As a tiny bud. Yet one is surprised To see the poem Gradually unfolding, Revealing its rich inner self, As one reads it Again And over again. Naoshi Kbyoriyama 43
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