Elements of Poetry
TRUE OR FALSE:
White space is the part of the poem where there are no words.
True
Who is a poet?
The person who writes a poem
In "The Macaw" what imagery do you experience?
Who
spilled
the
paint?
Something with many colors everywhere
Why is rhythm important in a poem?
Helps you to better enjoy the language and feel of the poem
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Alliteration
Which should have a longer pause before continuing on to the next part of a poem: white space or line breaks?
White space
What is imagery?
Words that poets can use to make you see, hear, and feel things.
What image do you see when you hear this line from "Crescent"?
Your shape, like the side
Of a copper cent,
Out of pocket but
Not yet spent.
A thin sliver of the moon, like the side of a copper penny
What causes the rhythm in the poem "Three-Spined Stickleback Fish"
Ms. Stickleback,
see my nest?
See it's better
than the rest?
See the tunnel?
See the mound?
See I made it
nice and round?
Repetition of the word see, and the short lines are equal lengths
Hear the mellow wedding bells
Assonance
Always, Often, or Sometimes:
Poets use few words to tell about an idea or express a feeling
Always
The sounds and words that follow a pattern are called _____
rhythm
A single shell,
A jingle shell,
Just like an open hand.
A single shell,
A dingle shell,Fanned out upon the sand.
single, jingle, dingle
What causes the rhythm in the poem "Circle"?
Round as a ball,
Round as the sun,
A circle goes round
To where it's begun.
Where it's begun,
Is where it will end,
And then it starts circling
Over again.
The repetition of the words (round as a ____)
Strips of tinfoil winking like people
Assonance
Poets repeat words and phrases
Define poetry
A kind of writing that uses few words to describe an idea in an imaginative or artistic way. Poets use line breaks and white space as well.
In multitude...
a conflagration!
The sky is set
alight!
The feeling of heat and the image of a big roaring fire
What causes the rhythm in the poem "Triangle"?
To tell the truth,
The gator's tooth--
Triangular in shape--
Is dangerous
And dagger-ous
When that great mouth's agape
2 short lines followed by one longer line
Sally sells seashells by the seashore
Alliteration (but could it be assonance?)