1. Theyreour signal that a text is poetry, notprose. They can create rhythm. They control the pace/speed of a poem. They can emphasize words or ideas. May contain breaks called caesuras (usually indicated by punctuation or spacing) Can differ from line to line

2. Whenpeople read your poem out loud, or in their heads, they will pause slightly at the end of each line. For example: I bet you can figure out where the line breaks should be in this example: Hickory, dickory, dock the mouse ran up the clock the clock struck one and down he run hickory, dickory, dock. 3. Hickory, dickory, dock. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one And down he run; Hickory, dickory, dock. 4. Lines control the pace of the poem. Shortening or lengthening the lines can speed up or slow down the way people read. Is the following fast or slow? a wind shakes them but they wont go oh no there goes one now. No.Power word:a break in the line that pulls the reader into the next line. 5. Crippled with desire, he questioned it. Evening upon the heights, juice of the pomegranate: who could connect it with sunlight? Crippled with desire, he questioned it. Evening upon the heights, juice of the pomegranate: who could connect it with sunlight? 6. Arrangedto emphasize and compliment the other (musical, contextual, etc.) elements of language 7. Howthe poem looks on the page - Does the poem look light, delicate, with a lot of white space around the lines? Or are the lines packed solidly together? 8. William Carlos Williams This Is Just to Say in Varied Forms 9. This is just to say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me; they were delicious so sweet and so cold.This Is Just to Say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me; they were delicious so sweet and so cold.Whats the difference between these two poems? 10. This Is Just to SayThis Is Just to SayI have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me; they were delicious so sweet and so cold.I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so coldWhats the difference between these two poems? What effect do the shorter lines have? 11. Stanza is Italian for room Think of stanzas of a poem as rooms of a house Indicates a pause Often coincides with the rhythm of apoem/song. Used strictly in forms Prevents confusion (through organization)/ boredom in readers Poems form of a paragraph Best thing? Theres no right or wrong way to divide one of your own poems. 12. This Is Just to SayThis Is Just to SayI have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so coldI have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive meHow do the stanza breaks influence the reading of the poem?they were delicious so sweet and so cold 13. This Is Just to SayThis Is Just to SayI have eatenI have eaten the plums that were in the iceboxthe plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably savingand which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so coldfor breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so coldHow do the stanza breaks influence the reading of the poem? 14. Whathappens when you break a line/stanza mid-sentence? 15. Justification(left, right, center) Font Typeface Size Bold/italics/underline Shapeof poems Tabs Spacebetween words 16. attack my mind with complete and utter chaos.- Ashley J.