Songs as

Poetry
Miss McKoy
01 Review Vocabulary Terms

02 Music as Poetry Notes

03 Guided Practice Analyzing Poems

review vocabulary terms
 Vocabulary Review
Theme Tercet
Three line stanza The meaning or lesson of the poem
Narrative poem Quatrain
Four line stanza A poem that is meant to be funny
Humorous poem A poem that is meant to tell a story
Two line stanza Couplet
 Vocabulary Review
Theme Tercet
Three line stanza The meaning or lesson of the poem
Narrative poem Quatraine
Four line stanza A poem that is meant to be funny
Humorous poem A poem that is meant to tell a story
Two line stanza Couplet
 Vocabulary Review
“I am the game” Personification

“As warm as the sun” Simile

“Boom” “Pow” Hyperbole

“My heart is beating out of my Metaphor

chest”
Onomatopoeia
“The ball whispered my name”
 Vocabulary Review
“I am the game” Personification

“As warm as the sun” Simile

“Boom” “Pow” Hyperbole

“My heart is beating out of my chest” Metaphor

“The ball whispered my name” Onomatopoeia

music as poetry notes
Music as Poetry

Music and poetry are normally not mentioned in the same sentence together.
However, the similarities between music and poetry are far greater than observed by
the general public and media.

The difference between the two is so small that all that poetry needs is either a
vocalist or instruments. Nonetheless, in the general sense of the word, music is
poetry and has always been poetry. The two go together like peas in a pod.

Bonus Point: Notice any figurative language on this page?

 Comparing and Contrasting
Poetry and Music
Poetry Both Music
- Not written to be - Written in lines - Written to be performed
performed with an - Written in verses or with an accompanying
accompanying tune stanzas tune or instruments
- Not written for - Produce rhyme scheme - Sometimes, but not
instruments - Employs figurative always uses words to
- Always uses words to language devices convey meaning.
convey the meaning - Can have a mood or
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- Uses rythme
- Has different genres or
types
 guided practice
analyzing poems
Songs as Poetry
Examples
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from cavin' in?
Do you ever feel already buried deep?
Six feet under screams, but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you?
'Cause there's a spark in you
Songs as Poetry Examples:
Figurative Language
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? Simile
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from cavin' in? Alliteration
Do you ever feel already buried deep?
Six feet under screams, but no one seems to hear a thing Hyperbole
Do you know that there's still a chance for you?
'Cause there's a spark in you
Songs as Poetry
Examples
It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me can't get to me at all
It's time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me
I'm free
Songs as Poetry Examples:
Types of Stanza
It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me can't get to me at all

It's time to see what I can do Couplet

To test the limits and break through

No right, no wrong, no rules for me

I'm free
Songs as Poetry Examples: Types of
Stanza & Figurative Language
The way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
Open hand or closed fist would be fine
The blood is rare and sweet as cherry wine.
Songs as Poetry Examples: Types of
Stanza & Figurative Language
The way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine Tercet
Open hand or closed fist would be fine
The blood is rare and sweet as cherry wine. Imagery

Simile
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