Poetry

A PoemA Poem• Basic unit of a poem: a word• Sequence of words = a line • Sequence of lines = a stanza or verse A poem is like the poem is like the words to a songwords to a song

I was I was BornBorn to be Somebody to be Somebody

Ain’t nothing that’s ever gonna stop emAin’t nothing that’s ever gonna stop emI’ll light up the sky like lightningI’ll light up the sky like lightningI’m gonna’ rise above, show ’em what I’m I’m gonna’ rise above, show ’em what I’m made of.made of.

Lyrics by: Justin Bieber

Stanza/Stanza/VerseVerse

• Stanza or Verse is lines of poetry grouped together— like a paragraph.

• A stanza or verse usually completes a certain thought, much like a paragraph.

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Before Bed

Verse #1Verse #1 Tell me a story, Tell me a story, Sing me a song,Sing me a song, Give me a smileGive me a smile

To hold all night long.To hold all night long.

Verse #2Verse #2 Tell me again, Tell me again, Sing me a tune,Sing me a tune,

Give me a dream,Give me a dream, To take to the moon.To take to the moon.

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Poets Use Poets Use “Figures of Speech”“Figures of Speech”

• RhymeRhyme• ImageryImagery• AlliterationAlliteration• SimileSimile• MetaphorMetaphor• OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeia• PersonificationPersonification

ImageryImagery: The Five SensesThe Five Senses

5 Senses PoemCarnivalI smell.....caramel popcorn.I taste.....blue or pink cotton candy.I hear.....children playing games.I feel......cold air on my face on rides.I see......people laughing and having fun.• ©http://realhousewife.hubpages.com/hub/Poems-for-Chelsea

There Was a Little TurtleThere Was a Little Turtle

• The Little Turtle• He lived in a box. • He swam in a puddle. • He climbed on the rocks. •

He snapped at a mosquito. • He snapped at a flea. • He snapped at a minnow. • And he snapped at me. •

He caught the mosquito. • He caught the flea. • He caught the minnow. • But he didn't catch me. • By Vachel Lindsay 1879–1931

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Rhyming Poem

Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are?Up above the world so high , like a diamond in the skyWhen the blazing sun is gone, when he nothing shines upon,Then you show your little light, twinkle, twinkle all the night.Then the traveller in the dark, thanks you for your tiny spark,He could not see which way to go, if you did not twinkle so.In the dark blue sky you keep, and often through my curtains peep,For you never shut your eye, 'till the sun is in the sky.As your bright and tiny spark lights the traveller in the dark,Though I know not what you are - twinkle, twinkle little star.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star(The words to the song are the words of the poem)

Now Hear This: Now Hear This: AlliterationAlliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of the same beginning sound.

Wally Washington wears white wigs.

I love to eat peaches and grapes. ?

Can Karen catch up with the crawling caterpillars?

SIMILIES : Using “like” or SIMILIES : Using “like” or “as” “as”

to compare two things.to compare two things.

Pumpkin

Oh, I saw a big, orange pumpkin

One harvest afternoon,

The prettiest pumpkin I did see,

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FRIENDS

A book is a friend . . .A book is a friend . . .always very clever andalways very clever and

waiting to be read.waiting to be read.

Metaphor: Comparing Metaphor: Comparing two things (nouns) that two things (nouns) that

are not really alike are not really alike without using “like” or without using “like” or

“as”“as”

Bow-wow, says the dog,Bow-wow, says the dog,Mew, mew says the cat,Mew, mew says the cat,Grunt, grunt, goes the hog,Grunt, grunt, goes the hog,And squeak goes the rat.And squeak goes the rat.Tu, whu, says the owl,Tu, whu, says the owl,Quack, quack, says the duck,Quack, quack, says the duck,And what the cuckoo says you And what the cuckoo says you know.know.       (Mother (Mother Goose)Goose)

Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds or sounds which are associated with objects.

Personification: Giving human qualities or characteristics to non-human objects.The leaves were dancing merrily across the

yard.

(Leaves can’t dance—humans do!)The factory smokestack belched black smoke into the sky.

(A smokestack can’t belch—humans do!)

The trees groaned and cried under the weight of the snow.

(Trees can’t groan and cry—humans do!)