Parts of a Poem
A single line of text from left to right
line
What is poetry?
an artform
words to express ideas and feelings
words arranged based on their meaning
The person, thing or animal that is speaking in the poem.
Speaker
Bonus 100 points if you can tell me the speaker of this poem.
The Dream Keeper by Langston Hughes
Bring me all of your dreams,
You dreamers,
Bring me all of your
Heart melodies
describing something in a way that makes the reader feel like they can see, hear, smell, taste, or feel it
Imagery
The person who wrote the poem.
The author of the poem
What is the difference between a rhyming poem and a free-verse poem?
Free-verse poem does not follow any rules, has no rhyme scheme
Rhyming poem has a rhyme scheme
A group of lines separated by a space
* think of the equivalent of a paragraph in a story or a scene to a drama
Stanza
Figurative language are figures of speech that mean something other than what the words actually say.
Give me one example of figurative language and explain.
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
The pattern of rhymes within a poem
I met a dragon face to face A
The year when I was ten, B
I took a trip to outer space, A
I braved a pirate's den, B
Rhyme Scheme
Sound Devices are tools that are used carefully to create a sound and mood.
We talked about four devices yesterday.
Explain one of them
Repetition
Onomatopeia
Rhyming
Alliteration