Poetry

terms and unit focus

Unit focus

By the end of this unit, the goal is for all of you to be able to: • understand difference between free verse and

rhyme• understand the form and structure of poetry

 • identify poetic elements• identify enjambment• Identify sound devices within poetry

 • create meaning from poetry• create your own poetry

Poetic StructureLines A horizontal row of words that may or may not form a complete sentence

Stanzas

A group of lines forming a unit and separated from the next stanza by a line of spaceThe mother smiled to know her

childwas in a sacred place,but that smile was the last smileto come upon her face.-"Ballad of Birmingham"Dudley Randall

enjambment: The continuation of a complete idea (a sentence or clause) from one line or couplet of a poem to the next line or couplet without a pause

Rhyme

Repetition of a final stressed vowel and succeeding sounds in two or more words.

• Internal rhyme: occurs within lines of poetry• End rhyme: occurs at the end of lines• Rhyme scheme: pattern formed by the end rhymes

o Is shown by a row of letters, in which a different letter of the alphabet signals each new rhyme

Sound Devices

• Alliterationo repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of

wordso past the puff-cheeked clouds

• Consonanceo repetition of consonant sounds within words or at

the end of wordso and kisses are a better fate

• Assonanceo repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming

wordso in a proud round cloud in a white high night

• Onomatopoeiao words that imitate sounds - spelled as it soundso swoosh or clank

Review?

Words we've discussed that you will need to know.IF you don't - this is your HOMEWORK

• Simile• Metaphor• Personification• Imagery

Unit OutlineHistorical/Cultural Themes in Poetry: Week 1 George Ella Lyon Langston HughesFelix Morisseau-LeroyPablo NerudaHeadline PoetryCreating meaning - multiple messages: Week 2Emily Dickinson William Butler Yeats E.E. CummingsFire and IceShel Silverstein

• Did you hear about the rose that grewfrom a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's law is wrong it learned to walk with out having feet. Funny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concretewhen no one else ever cared. 

The Rose that Grew from Concrete