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1425289014.6266elements of Poetry
1425289014.6266elements of Poetry
Poetry
Sound Techniques
Rhyme Scheme
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Rhyme Scheme
Heavy is my heart,
Dark are thine eyes
Thou and I must part
Ere the sun rise
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B
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B
Example
All mine!" Yertle cried. "Oh, the things I now
rule!
I'm king of a cow! And I'm king of a mule!
I'm king of a house! And what's more, beyond
that,
I'm king of a blueberry bush and cat!
I'm Yertle the Turtle! Oh, marvelous me!
For I am the ruler of all that I see!
from Yertle the Turtle
by Dr. Seuss
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B
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Alliteration
Repetition of the initial consonant
sound
She sells seashells at the sea
shore
ALLITERATION
Consonant sounds repeated at the
beginnings of words
Onomatopoeia
A word whose sound imitates its
meaning
More onomatopoeia
The bee buzzed by my ear
The clock ticked down the final
hour
The engine purred while awaiting
the green light
Assonance
The repetition of a vowel sound in
two or more words in the line of a
poem
ASSONANCE
Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line
or lines of poetry.
(Often creates near rhyme.)
Lake
Fate
Base
Fade
(All share the long a sound.)
ASSONANCE cont.
Examples of ASSONANCE:
Slow the low gradual moan came in
the snowing.
- John Masefield
Shall ever medicine thee to that
sweet sleep.
- William Shakespeare
STANZA
A unit of lines grouped
together
Similar to a paragraph in
prose
Couplet- A stanza
consisting of two lines that
rhyme
Quatrain - A stanza
consisting of four lines
IMAGERY
Representation of the five
senses: sight, taste, touch,
sound, and smell
Creates mental images about a
poems subject
Example: Continuous as
the stars that shine and
twinkle on the milky way
Symbol
A word or object that has its own
meaning and represents another
word, object or idea
Example: The daffodils
represent happiness and
pleasure to the author.
POETRY
POETRY
A type of
literature that
expresses ideas,
feelings, or tells
a story in a
specific form
(usually using
lines and
stanzas)
POETRY FORM
FORM - the
appearance of the
words on the page
LINE - a group of
words together on
one line of the
poem
STANZA - a group
of lines arranged
together
A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.
RHYME
Words sound alike
because they
share the same
ending vowel and
consonant sounds.
(A word always
rhymes with itself.)
LAMP
STAMP
Share the short
a vowel sound
Share the
combined mp
consonant sound
END RHYME
A word at the end of one line rhymes
with a word at the end of another line
Hector the Collector
Collected bits of string.
Collected dolls with broken heads
And rusty bells that would not ring.
INTERNAL RHYME
A word inside a line rhymes with
another word on the same line.
Once upon a midnight dreary,
TYPES OF POETRY
LYRIC
A short poem
Usually written in first person point
of view
Expresses an emotion or an idea or
describes a scene
Do not tell a story and are often
musical
HAIKU
A Japanese
poem written in
three lines
Five Syllables
Seven Syllables
Five Syllables
CINQUAIN
A five line poem
containing 22
syllables
Two Syllables
Four Syllables
Six Syllables
Eight Syllables
Two Syllables
How frail
Above the bulk
Of crashing water
hangs
Autumnal, evanescent,
wan
The moon.
SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET
A fourteen line poem with a
specific rhyme scheme.
The poem is written in three
quatrains and ends with a
couplet.
The rhyme scheme is
Narrative Poetry
Narrative poetry is verse that tells a story.
Two of the major examples of narrative
poetry include:
Ballads a song or poem that tells a story.
Folk ballads, which typically tell of an
exciting or dramatic event, were composed
by an anonymous singer or author and
passed on by word of mouth for generations
before written down. Literary ballads are
written in imitation of folk ballads, but
usually given an author.
Epics a long narrative poem on a great and
serious subject that is centered on the
actions of a heroic figure
NARRATIVE POEMS
A poem that tells
a story.
Generally longer
than the lyric
styles of poetry
b/c the poet
needs to establish
characters and a
plot.
Examples of
Narrative Poems
The Raven
The Highwayman
Casey at the Bat
The Walrus and
the Carpenter
CONCRETE POEMS
In concrete
poems, the words
are arranged to
create a picture
that relates to the
content of the
poem.
Poetry
Is like
Flames,
Which are
Swift and elusive
Dodging realization
Sparks, like words on the
Paper, leap and dance in the
Flickering firelight. The fiery
Tongues, formless and shifting
Shapes, tease the imiagination.
Yet for those who see,
Through their minds
Eye, they burn
Up the page.
Dramatic Poetry
Dramatic poetry is poetry in which
one or more characters speak.
Each speaker always addresses a
specific listener.
This listener may be silent (but
identifiable), or the listener may be
another character who speaks in reply.
Usually the conflict that the speaker is
involved with is either an intense or
emotional.
HYMN TO VENUS
IMMORTAL VENUS THRONED ABOVE
IN RADIANT BEAUTY, CHILD OF JOVE
O SKILLED IN EVERY ART OF LOVE
AND ARTFUL SNARE;
HYMN TO VENUS
DREAD POWER TO WHOM I BEND
THE KNEE
RELEASE MY SOUL AND SET IT FREE
FROM BONDS OF PIERCING AGONY
AND GLOOMY CARE
HYMN TO VENUS
YET COME THYSELF, IF EER BENIGN
THY LISTENING EARS THOU DIDST
INCLINE
TO MY RUDE LAY THE STARRY SHINE
OF JOVES COURT LEAVING
HYMN TO VENUS
IN CHARIOT YOKED WITH COURSES
FAIRTHY OWN IMMORTAL BIRDS
THAT BEAR
THESE SWIFT TO EARTH, THE
MIDDLE AIR
WITH BRIGHT WING CLEAVING
HYMN TO VENUS
SOON THEY WERE SPED-AND THOU,
MOST BLEST
IN THINE OWN SMILES AMBROSIAL
DRESSED,
DIDST ASK WHAT GRIEFS MY MIND
OPPRESSEDWHAT MEANT MY SONG-
HYMN TO VENUS
WHAT END MY FRENZIED THOUGHTS
PURSUEFOR WHAT LOVED YOUTH I SPREAD
ANEW
MY AMOROUS NETS-WHO SAPPHO,
WHO
HATH DONE THEE WRONG
HYMN TO VENUS
WHAT THOUGH HE FLY , HELL SOON
RETURN
STILL PRESSED THY GIFTS, THOUGH
NOW HE SPURN
HEED NOT HIS COLDNESS-SOON HELL
BURN
EEN THOUGH THOU CHIDE
HYMN TO VENUS
AND SAIDST THOU THUS DREAD
GODDESS? O,
COME THEN ONCE MORE TO EASE MY
WOE
GRANT ALL AND THY GREAT SELF
BESTOW
MY SHIELD AND GUIDE!
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