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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.
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