POETRY

Its rhyme time!

POETRY VOCABULARY

End rhyme
Repetition
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
Free Verse

RHYME
Rhyme is used in
many poems. Using
words that sound alike
makes poetry fun to
read and write.
Examples:
drink & stink
world & hurled

Repetition
Repetition is used to make an impact on the
poems tone. Words or phrases are repeated
throughout the poem.

Here comes summer,

Here comes summer,
Chirping robin, budding rose.
Here comes summer,
Here comes summer,
Gentle showers, summer clothes.
By Shel Silverstein

Alliteration
Alliteration uses the same beginning word
sounds over and over, like a tongue twister.
My beautiful bubbles burst and then,
I simply blow some more again.
The setting sun slipped slowly down,
Making room for the milky moon.

Simile and Metaphor

Similes are comparisons that use like or as.

Her eyes are as green as emeralds.

Clouds soft and fluffy like marshmallows.
Metaphors are comparisons that say one thing
is another.
My
fathers anger is a volcano about to blow.

Free Verse
Free verse is poetry that has neither a
particular beat or rhyme pattern. It usually
does have rhythm, however.

Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is the use of words that
imitate sounds.
Wham! Splat! Pow! I am in trouble now!

Patterned Poetry
Patterned poems
usually do not rhyme!
They follow a specific
pattern.
Examples include
haiku, cinquain,
acrostic, initial, and
concrete poetry.

Video Clip: Hailstones and Halibut

Bones by Mary O Neill