Figurative Language
What is the poetic device used and how do you know?
"...two socks as soft as rabbits."
Ode to My Socks by Pablo Neruda
20 seconds
Simile
uses 'as' to compare the softness of socks to the softness of rabbits
Sally Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore
15 seconds
Alliteration
How a poem sounds and what it looks like forms its...
Structure
A view about life that is not directly stated. A lesson the author wants us to take away from the poem.
Theme
A group of lines of poetry (like a paragraph)
What is stanza?
What is the poetic device used? Explain.
"When the night has come
and the land is dark
and the moon is the only light we see."
and then moves on."
Stand By Me by Ben E. King
45 Seconds
Sight Imagery
describes darkness, night time, with only the light of the moon
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth...
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
30 seconds
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What form of poetry and HOW do you know?
Roses are red, violets are blue,
All day long I think about you.
The way mozzarella melts so evenly,
It fills every crevice just so freely.
Your so crispy crust
Makes my heart want to bust.
First thing in the morning
and late in the night,
I just can't wait until my next bite.
Pizza by Corrie
Ode
the poet loves pizza
the poet is obsessed with pizza
The attitude or feeling an author suggests in a poem.
Tone
The narrator of a poem...
Speaker
What is the poetic device used? Explain.
"When you awaken in the morning’s hush..."
Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep
by Mary Elizabeth Frye
45 seconds
Sound imagery
morning's hush - morning quiet
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
and sweet to remember.
"We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,"
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
I Heard a Bird Sing by Oliver Herford
1 minute
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What form of poetry and HOW do you know?
The wind is blowing
the leaves rustle in rhythm
to nature's heartbeat.
Haiku
3 lines; about nature ; syllables - 5 - 7 - 5
doesn't rhyme
The feeling or atmosphere of a poem that the reader experiences.
Mood
A single row of words in a poem.
Line
What is the poetic device used and what does it mean?
"The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches.
and then moves on."
Fog by Carl Sandburg
45 seconds
Personification
A fog comes in quietly, sneaking up, moving quietly, then disappears under the sun just as quietly.
What tool is used to create emphasis in this poem? Hint: It is NOT rhyme.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Repetition
What form of poetry and HOW do you know?
a sentence
will always look
like a poem
if you
hit enter
a lot
Free verse
Follows regular patterns of speech.
No particular rhyme scheme, rhythm, or structure.
What is a theme of Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven?
1-2 minutes
Grief; Depression; Loneliness;
Death; the Supernatural;
Identify 3 types of figurative language used in this stanza:
"Thump, thump, thump went his foot on the floor. He played a few chords and then he sang some more..."
The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes
1-2 minutes
Onomatopoeia
Sound Imagery
Alliteration
What is the poetic device used and and what does it means?
"Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly."
Dreams by Langston Hughes
45 seconds
Metaphor
comparing the loss of dreams to a bird that can't fly - a bird that can't fly can't survive - a person without dreams doesn't live a full life
w/out using 'like' or 'as'
What is the rhyme scheme?
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
Caged Bird by Maya Angelou
1 minute
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What form of poetry and HOW do you know?
There was an old man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared!
Two owls and a hen,
Four larks and a wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!
There Was An Old Man With A Beard by Edward Lear
Limerick
AABBA Rhyme Scheme; Silly w/ 5 lines
3 long lines & 2 short lines
starts with "There was an..."
Follow along in your packet of poems and listen as the teacher reads, "I, Too" by Langston Hughes.
What is a theme in the poem?
1-2 minutes
Race; Freedom; Ambition; Pride; Overcoming
One (poet/poem) I really liked was ____ because...
Poet/Poem
because...