How Poetry is Different: Presentation

Distinguish poetry from prose (written or spoken language in its ordinary form).

Characteristics

1. Writer

2. Dialogue (conversation)

3. Structure

4. Figurative Language

5. Sound Devices

Notes

Presentation

Prose

Author Poet

Poetry

Just as

They are both (relating factor)

Narrator

Prose

Speaker

Poetry

Just asThey both (relating factor)

writers

Speak to the audience

Distinguishing Characteristics of Poetry

• Unlike prose which has a narrator, poetry has a speaker.

– A speaker, or voice, talks to the reader. The speaker is not necessarily the poet. It can also be a fictional person, an animal or even a thing

Distinguishing Characteristics of Poetry

• Poetry is also formatted differently from prose.– A line is a word or row of words that may

or may not form a complete sentence.– A stanza is a group of lines forming a

unit. The stanzas in a poem are separated by a space.

ExampleOpen it.

Go ahead, it won’t bite.Well…maybe a little.from “The First Book” by Rita Dove

Figures of Speech

• A figure of speech is a word or expression that is not meant to be read literally.

MetaphorPersonificationSimile

Sound Devices

AlliterationRepetitionRhythmRhymeOnomatopoeia