Poetry Figurative Language

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PoetryFigurative Language

• Mrs. Blosch

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What is poetry?

• Poetry is found everywhere
• Nursery rhymes
• TV Commercials
• Songs
• Books

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Basics

• Poetry has a different form from other pieces of
  writing.
• Poetry is broken into lines
• The length of lines and where they break
  contribute to the meaning and sound of a poem
• Lines are then often grouped into stanzas
• Stanzas work together to convey the overall
  message of the poem

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Traditional vs. Unconventional

• Some poetry is traditional
• Might have a specific number of lines and stanzas
• Might have a regular pattern of rhyme or rhythm.
• Some poetry is unconventional
• Has no recognizable patterns
• Might use incorrect grammar or spelling
• Might use inconsistent line length

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Poetic Elements

• Sound Devices
• Poets choose words not only for their meaning,
  but also for their sounds.
• Examples of sound devices
• Rhythm the pattern of stressed and unstressed
  syllables in each line.
• A regular pattern of rhythm is called

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Sound Devices Cont.

• Rhyme the repetition of sounds at the ends of
  words as in sun and one.
• Rhyme Scheme is the pattern that the end-rhyming
  words follow.
• Repetition the use of a word, phrase, line, or
  sound more than once
• Creates a mood
• Helps make a point
• Can be used to add humor

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Continued

• Alliteration the repetition of consonant sounds
  at the beginning of words
• Tiptoe through the tulips
• Assonance the repetition of vowel sounds in
  words that do not end with the same consonant
• Bow down

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Figurative Language

• Tools that an author uses to help the reader see
  what is happening in a poem or story.
• Simile
• metaphor
• Personification
• alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
• Imagery
• sensory language

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Simile

• A simile is a comparison using like or as.
• It usually compares two dissimilar objects.
• His feet were as big as boats.
• He is as poor as dirt
• I am as sick as a dog

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Example of Simile
A Red, Red Rose Robert Burns 1794
Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear, And the
rocks melt wi' the sun And I will luve thee
still, my dear, While the sands o' life shall
run.   And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve! And
fare-thee-weel, a while! And I will come again,
my Luve, Tho' 'twere ten thousand mile!
O my Luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly
sprung in June O my Luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune.   As fair art
thou, my bonie lass, So deep in luve am I And
I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the
seas gang dry.
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Metaphor

• A metaphor states that one thing is something
  else.
• Its a comparison, but does NOT use like or as
• Her hair is silk
• He was a hog at dinner
• Her room is a refrigerator
• I am a bear when I dont get my coffee.

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Personification

• Giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or
  characteristics to inanimate (non-living)
  objects.
• Making a thing, idea, or an animal do something
  only humans can do.
• The sun smiled on me.
• The verb, smiled, is a human action.
• The sun is an inanimate object.
• Tears gently kissed my cheeks.
• The verb, kissed, is a human action.
• Tears are inanimate objects.
• Toy story!!!

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Alliteration

• Repetition of initial sounds in two or more
  neighboring words.
• Alliterations you might Recognize
• Bertie Botts
• Dudley Dursley
• Minerva McGonagall
• Severus Snape
• Cho Chang
• Rowena Ravenclaw
• Godric Gryffindor .. and so many more!!!
• ?? Know any students with alliterations for names

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Tongue Twisters

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A
  peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.If
  Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
  How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

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Onomatopoeia

• Onomatopoeia is the imitation of natural sounds
  in word form.
• These words help us form mental pictures about
  the things, people, or places that are described
  by copying the sound.
• Bang! Hiss! Buzz! Pop!

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Examples
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Hyperbole

• A hyperbole is an exaggeration.
• Can be confused with a simile or a metaphor
  because it often compares two objects.
• Hyperbole is used for emphasis or humorous
  effect.
• His feet were as big as a barge.
• a barge is approximately 700 feet long. Imagine
  getting a pair of shoes that

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• "she gets a seniors discount at the nursing
  home!
• "she personally knew Shakespeare!
• "she taught cave men to start a fire.
• "she remembers when the dinosaurs died!
• "she knows how to speak cave-man language!"

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Common Hyperboles

• "I think of you all the time.
• It was so cold, I froze to death waiting for the
  bus!
• Her eyes are so big, its like they're going to
  jump out and grab you!
• I nearly died laughing!
• Ive told you a million times!!

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Imagery

• The use of vivid description, using one or more
  senses to create pictures, or images, in the
  reader's mind
• Imagery uses a word or phrase to stimulate your
  memory of those senses
• These memories can be positive or negative which
  will contribute to the mood of your poem

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Use your senses

• Find your subject then think about a description
  for each sense
• This will create a sensory image in your readers
• Think about touch, smell, hearing, tasting, and
  seeing.

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Narrative Poetry

• Narrative Poetry Poetry that tells a story
• Uses all the different figurative language to
  create a picture in the readers mind.
• Read poems on pages 638-645 of your Literature
  book for examples.