poetry notes because i know you love poetry!. narrative poetry 0 -tells a story 0 -uses some of the...
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Poetry NotesBecause I know you love poetry!
Narrative Poetry
0 -tells a story0 -uses some of the same elements as short stories0plot0 characters0dialogue0 setting0 -may have language that repeats, which helps readers
focus on important details of story0 -example: “The Highway Man” by Alfred Noyes
Rhythm
0 -sound pattern created by combining stressed and unstressed syllables0 stressed syllables (marked ‘)0 unstressed syllables (marked )
0 -some change from line to line0 -example: “The Cremation of Sam McGee” by Robert
Service
Rhyme
0 -repetition of sound in two or more words or phrases0 -types:
0End Rhyme-occurs at end of a line0 Internal Rhyme-occurs within a line such as “peas and
cheese”0Approximate Rhyme-words whose sounds are similar, but
not identical such as “pans and hams”
0Rhyme Scheme-variety of rhyme pattern0 -example: “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take
the Garbage Out” by Shel Silverstein
Repetition
0 -use of a word or group of words more than once0 -may cause the poem to sound like a piece of music0 -example: “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe
Figurative Language
0 -language not to be meant to be taken literally0 -may use comparisons to change usual views of seeing
the world0 -four types:
0 simile-comparison that uses the words “like,” “than,” or “as” to point out a similarity between two unlike things
0 - example: “The Magnificent Bull” by Dinka Traditional
Figurative Language
0metaphor-comparison that does not use the words “like” or “as,” but points out similarity between two unlike things0 - example: “Fog” by Carl Sandburg
0extended metaphor-continues beyond a single phrase or sentence0 -example: “Loo-Wit” by Wendy Rose
0personification-animal, object, or abstract idea is given human qualities
0 - example: “Loo-Wit” by Wendy Rose
Imagery
0 -pictures created with words0 -can see images in your mind while reading
0 -example: “The Bat” by Theodore Roethke & “The Pasture” by Robert Frost
Concrete Poetry
0 -meant to be seen on the page so the words are arranged into a shape that often looks like the subject0 -example: “Seal” by William Jay Smith
Haiku
0 three lines0 -1st and 3rd lines have five syllables each0 -2nd line has seven syllables
0 -usually describes scene in nature0 -usually conveys strong feeling0 -example: “Three Haiku” translated from the Japanese
by Harry Behn
Lyric Poetry
0 -expresses poet’s personal thoughts and feelings in vivid and musical language
0 -different patterns of rhyme and rhythm0 -example: “Washed in Silver” by James Stephens
Connotation
0 -refers to feelings and associations words stir up in us 0 -example: “Feelings about Words” by Mary O’Neill
Literal Language
0 -refers to language that does not go beyond the dictionary definitions of words (opposite of figurative language
0 -example: “The Courage that My Mother Had” by Edna St. Vincent Millay (uses both literal and figurative language)
Sensory Language
0 -language that appeals to your senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell)
0 -example: “in Just-“by E.E. Cummings and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost
Sound Devices
0Alliteration- repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words0 -example: “Season at the Shore” by Phyllis McGinley
0Onomatopoeia- use of a word that imitates or suggests the sound of what the word refers to0 -example: “When the Frost is on the Punkin” by James
Whitcomb Riley
Tone
0 -poet’s or speaker’s attitude toward the subject, toward the reader, or toward himself or herself
0 -example: “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes and “I’m Nobody” by Emily Dickinson
Humor
0 -most have two things in common, rhythm and rhyme0 -example: “Father William” by Lewis Carroll
Limerick
0 -five lines0 -1st, 2nd, and 5th lines rhyme0 -1st, 2nd, and 5th lines have three beats0 -3rd and 4th lines rhyme0 -3rd and 4th lines have two beats0 -example: “Two Limericks” by Oliver Herford
Free Verse
0 -has no regular rhythm pattern0 -has no regular rhyme pattern0 -usually uses sounds of natural speech0 -example: “Miracles” by Walt Whitman