POETRY

Practicum Teacher Diverís Vega López 8th Grade English

University High School

WHAT IS POETRY?What is the purpose? What does it express?

Can it tell a story? Or is it just structure or

an emotional mess?

ELEMENTS OF POETRY

Structure - The way the words, lines and groups of lines of a poem are arranged.

Lines - Grouping of words. A line may not be a complete sentence. A poem may break, or end, a line to emphasize a word or an idea, or to create a pattern of rhythm or rhyme.

ELEMENTS OF POETRY

Stanzas - Lines may be grouped in stanzas; logical sections of ideas, like paragraphs in an essay.

Rhyme - The rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines. Each new rhyme is assigned a letter of the alphabet.

The path of resistance aIs short, but it's boring. bChoose the tougher distance

aFor soaring. b

ELEMENTS OF POETRY

Poetic Form:

Formal verse - follows fixed, traditional patterns that may include a specific rhyme scheme, meter, line length, or stanza structure.

Free verse - uses poetic language, but does not follow a fixed pattern.

NARRATIVE POETRY

Narrative poetry tells a story.

HOMEWORK

Read pages 638-648. Take notes in your notebook about the information you read.

Think of an idea for a narrative poem and start making a first draft. Remember that it has to tell a story. You will be finishing and sharing your poems next class.