Poetry has its own form:
Poetry has its own form Different form than fiction
Poetic license
Syllables
Feet
Lines
Stanzas
Building Blocks of Poetry:
Building Blocks of Poetry Foot
Pattern of syllables that create the meter of a poem
Iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl, spondee…
Line
The number of feet in a poetic line
Unlike a sentence that is determined by a subject, verb, and punctuation.
Monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter…
Stanza
Formed by a grouping of lines.
A line, couplet, tercet, quatrain, quintain…
Rhyme Scheme:
Rhyme Scheme Establish each rhyme ending with a letter of the alphabet starting with the letter ‘A’
This helps you see a pattern in the rhyme scheme.
The Sick Rose
O rose, thou art sick, A
The invisible worm B
That flies in the night C
In the howling storm B
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Types of Poetry:
Types of Poetry Narrative Poetry
Tells stories
Ballads
Simple narratives
Lyric
Subjective and emotional
Odes
Fomral lyrics that honor something or someone
Elegies
Lyrics that mourn the dead or a loss
Dramatic Monologues
Converse withteh reader as they reveal events
Sonnets
14 line form of poetry (Shakespearean and Italian)
Villanelles
Fixed form that depends on refrains
Interpreting Poems:
Interpreting Poems Voice Lessons
Literal and figurative meaning
Symbols
Situation
Structure
Form, movement, syntax, punctuation, title, shift
Language
Diction, allusions, imagery
Musical Devices (Literary Techniques/Figures of Speeach)
Alliteration, assonance, consonance repetition.
COMPARING AND CONTRASTING POEMS:
COMPARING AND CONTRASTING POEMS Consider the following:
Speaker
Subject
Situation
Devices
Tone
Theme
**see handout on comparison