When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer – Walt Whitman When I heard the learn’d astronomer;
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;
When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them; When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick; Till rising and gliding out, I wander’d off by myself, In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time, Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars. Hope – Emily Dickinson
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I've heard it in the chillest land, And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me. Fog – Carl Sandberg The fog comes on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. What Is Poetry?
A verbal composition designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen for its sound and suggestive power and by the use of literary techniques such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme.
Poetry is art with words for colors. Entwined with music, poetry speaks to the heart of all who hear. Poetry is an emotional experience.
Poetry Terms & Devices
Alliteration: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
“What would the world be, once bereft/Of wet and wildness?” (Inversnaid,” Gerard
Manley Hopkins)
Assonance: The repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds: “Thou still unravished bride of quietness,/Thou foster child of silence and slow time” (“Ode to a Grecian Urn,” John Keats).
Onomatopoeia: words that imitate sounds. “Boom. Gurgle. Plink.“ Poetry Terms & Devices
Simile: figure of speech that compares two unlike things, using the words like or as. \"His feet were as big as boats.\"
Metaphor: a figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly.
the world's a stage, he was a lion in battle, drowning in debt, and a sea of troubles.
Hyperbole: an expression of exaggeration used for emphasis. \"I nearly died laughing.“
Poetry Terms & Devices
Personification: assigning human qualities to non-human things. \"The dead leaves danced in the wind.“
Symbolism: using an object to represent an idea. Lions often symbolize royalty.
Rhyme: The occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words.
Masculine – final stressed syllable (desire/fire) Feminine - final unstressed syllable (longing/ yearning)
Poetry Terms & Devices
Foot: Two or more syllables that together make up the smallest unit of rhythm in a poem.
Meter: The arrangement of feet to form lines poetry. The combinations of accented (stressed) syllables give poetry its rhythm.
Rhythm: the pattern of long and short syllables in a poetic line. In modern poetry, some words receive greater vocal emphasis than others.
Poetry Terms & Devices
Stanza: Two or more lines that form one of the divisions of a poem, usually of the same length and following the same pattern of meter and rhyme.
Lyrics: what poets write, the actual words used to form the framework of rhythm and meter.
Mood: the overall feeling the poem creates, e.g.
playful, sad, lonely, angry, joyful.
Poetry Forms - Haiku
An ancient Japanese form with no rhyme, usually describing nature. Three lines with a fixed number of syllables: Line 1= 5 syllables Line 2= 7 syllables Line 3= 5 syllables
The dying plant bends
And drips its dew to the ground It falls like a tear
Poetry Forms - Couplets
A pair of poetry lines with the same length, meter, rhyme and that form a complete thought. Shakespearean sonnets usually end in a couplet.
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?... So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
(“Love Sonnet 18,” William Shakespeare)
Poetry Forms - Cinquain
A 5-line poem with a required number of syllables, and a specific topic. Line 1:Title (noun)- 2 syllables Line 2: Description- 4 syllables Line 3: Action- 6 syllables
Line 4: Feeling (phrase)- 8 syllables
Line 5: Title (synonym for the title)- 2 syllables
Flowers
Pretty, fragrant
Waiting, watching, weeding Enjoying all the while they grow Gardens
Poetry Forms - Sonnets
Sonnets: poems of 14 lines that begin with three quatrains (4 lines) and end with a couplet. The couplet often contains a surprise ending or \"turn.\" William Shakespeare is one of the most famous sonnet writers in history.
Poetry Forms - Sonnets Why do we continue to kill in various ways? Why do we waste time with jealousy and hate? Why not take advantage of the current date?
Stop the violence now, don't let it grow. Love is important, a fact that we all know. As the fires of hate continue to burn The hands of clock continue to turn.
No one can find reason to our madness today. The gift of life is extremely short Demand no more violence of any sort!
With kindness, life's quality we can improve! As those hands on the clock continue to move. Day becomes night and night becomes day The hands of the clock keep ticking away.
Poetry Forms - Acrostic
Acrostic: poetry in which the first letter of each line, when read vertically, spell out a word. The word is usually the subject of the poem. After winter’s bitterness Pretty tulips
Rise from the once
Icy ground bringing fresh signs of Life.
Poetry Forms – Shape Poems
Poem that forms a visible picture on the page. The shape usually reflects the subject of the poem. Trees blossoming in the spring Clouds above give rain Fruit will come soon Nature is at work while trees stand still
Poetry Forms – Free Verse
Free Verse: poetry without rules of form, rhyme, rhythm, or meter.
Poetry Forms – Free Verse i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling) i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart) e e cummings
Homework
Read a variety of types of poems
Identify the poetic devices in each of the poems
Optional: Bring a favorite poem to class next week to read aloud
Writing 3 Homework – due 26 October 2011
* Write 3 different types of original poems
* Use the poetic devices reviewed/discussed in class
* Use figurative and descriptive language to create powerful images, evoke emotions, set the mood, and communicate your theme
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