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Poetry's Purpose - Poetry Is A Form of Writing That Is Meant To
Poetry's Purpose - Poetry Is A Form of Writing That Is Meant To
Poetry's Purpose - Poetry Is A Form of Writing That Is Meant To
• Poetry is a form of
writing that is
meant to
1. entertain
2. describe
3. inform
4. persuade
Distinguishing Characteristics of Poetry
• Prose has a narrator, on the other hand,
poetry has a speaker.
– A speaker, or voice, talks to the reader. The
speaker is not necessarily the poet. It can also be
a fictional person, an animal or even a thing
Green Eggs and Ham
Do you like green eggs and ham? I would not like them here or
I do not like them, Sam-I-am. there.
I do not like green eggs and ham! I would not like them anywhere.
Would you like them here or I do so like green eggs and ham!
there? Thank you! Thank you,
Sam-I-am!
Poetry is written in lines and stanzas
• A line is just one line of writing.
• A stanza is a group of lines separated by a
space from another group of lines.
• Read the following slide to understand the
difference between lines and stanzas.
I Love To Write Poems (title)
(First Stanza)
A line in the
I love to write Day and night
poem
What would my heart do
But cry, sigh and be blue
If I could not write
(Second Stanza)
Writing feels good
And I know it should
Who could have knew A stanza
That what I do
Is write, write, write-
Unknown Author
Sound Devices of Poetry
A. Alliteration is the repetition of consonant
sounds at the beginning of words.
B. Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds
within a line of poetry.
C. Onomatopoeia is the use of a word or
phrase, such as “hiss” or “buzz” that imitates or
suggests the sound of what it describes.