POETRY: SOUND

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POETRY SOUND SENSE
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NARRATIVE POETRY

• A poem that tells a story, but relies on poetic
  devices.
• Has character, setting, plot (conflict)
• Paul Reveres Ride by Henry Wadsworth
  Longfellow
• Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose

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VAN LEAR ROSE

• One of my fondest memoriesWas sittin' on my
  daddy's kneeListenin' to the stories that he
  told He'd pull out that old photographLike a
  treasured memory from the past And say
  childThis here's the Van Lear RoseOh how it
  would bring a smile When he talked about her big
  blue eyesAnd how her beauty ran down to her
  soulShe'd walk across the coal miner's yard
  Them miner's would yell loud and hard and
  they'd dream of who would holdThe Van Lear Rose
• (Chorus)She was the belle of Johnson
  CountyOhio river to Big SandyA beauty to behold
  like a diamond in the coalAll the miner's they
  would gather 'round Talk about the man that came
  to townRight under their nose Stole the heart
  of the Van Lear Rose

• Now the Van Lear Rose could've had her
  pickAnd all the fellers figured richUntil this
  poor boy caught her eyeHis buddies would all
  laugh and sayYour dreamin' boy she'll never look
  your wayYou'll never ever hold the Van Lear
  Rose(Chours)Then one night in mid
  JulyUnderneath that ol' blue Kentucky skyWell,
  that poor boy won that beauty's heartThen my
  daddy would look at my mommy and smileAs he
  brushed the hair back from my eyes and he'd
  sayYour mamaShe's the Van Lear Rose

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BALLAD

• A song or song like poem that tells a story,
  usually about love lost, betrayal, or death.
• Simple language, repetition (refrain)
• Most famous ballads are passed down orally for
  years (sometimes result in various versions)
• The Cremation of Sam McGee
• The LighthouseThe Ballad of Curtis Loew

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The Ballad of Curtis Loew

• Well I used to wake the morning before the
  rooster crowed
• Searching for soda bottles to get myself some
  doughBrought 'em down to the corner, down to the
  country storeCash 'em in and give my money to a
  man named Curtis LoewOld Curt was a black man
  with white curly hairWhen he had a fifth of wine
  he did not have a careHe used to own an old
  dobro, used to play it across his kneeI'd give
  old Curt my money, he'd play all day for mePlay
  me a song Curtis Loew, Curtis LoewI got your
  drinking money, tune up your dobroPeople said he
  was useless, them people are the fools'Cause
  Curtis Loew was the finest picker to ever play
  the bluesHe looked to be sixty, and maybe I was
  tenMama used to whoop me but I'd go see him
  againI'd clap my hands, stomp my feets, try to
  stay in timeHe'd play me a song or twoThen take
  another drink of winePlay me a song Curtis
  Loew, Curtis LoewI got your drinking money, tune
  up your dobroPeople said he was useless, them
  people are the fools'Cause Curtis Loew was the
  finest picker to ever play the bluesOn the day
  old Curtis died, nobody came to prayOl' preacher
  said some words, and they chunked him in the
  clayBut he lived a lifetime playin' the black
  man's bluesAnd on the day he lost his life,
  that's all he had to losePlay me a song Curtis
  Loew, Hey Curtis LoewI wish that you was here so
  everyone would knowPeople said you was useless,
  them people all are fools'Cause Curtis you're
  the finest picker to ever play the blues

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The Lighthouse Tale

• I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the
  waves. I keep my lamp lit, to warn the sailors
  on their way. I'll tell a story, paint you a
  picture from my past. I was so happy, but joy in
  this life seldom lasts. I had a keeper, he
  helped me warn the ships at sea. We had grown
  closer, 'till his joy meant everything to me.
  And he was to marry, a girl who shone with
  beauty and light. And they loved each other, and
  with me watched the sunsets into night.
  ChorusAnd the waves crashing around me, the
  sand slips out to sea. And the winds that blow
  remind me, of what has been, and what can never
  be. She'd had to leave us, my keeper he prayed
  for a safe return. But when the night came, the
  weather to a raging storm had turned. He
  watched her ship fight, but in vain against the
  wild and terrible wave. In me so helpless, as
  dashed against the rock she met her end.
  ChorusThen on the next day, my keeper found
  her washed up on the SHORE. He kissed her cold
  face, that they'd be together soon he'd swore.
  I saw him crying, watched as he buried her in
  the sand. And then he climbed my tower, and off
  of the edge of me he ran. ChorusI am a
  lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.
  And though I am empty, I still warn the sailors
  on their way.

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Epic

• A long narrative poem
• Written in formal, elegant language
• Tells about a series of quests undertaken by a
  great hero.
• Next year you will read The Odyssey
• Beowulf (excerpt)
• Wonder Boy - Tenacious D

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Wonder Boy

• High above the mucky-muck, castle made of
  clouds,There sits Wonderboy, sitting oh so
  proudly.Not much to say when you're high above
  the mucky-muck.Yeah, yeah.Wonderboy, what is
  the secret of your power?Wonderboy, won't you
  take me far away from the mucky-muck
  man?spokenNow it's time for me to tell you
  about Young Nastyman,archrival and nemesis of
  Wonderboy, with powers comparable to
  Wonderboy.What powers you ask? I dunno how 'bout
  the power of flight?That do anything for ya?
  That's levitation, holmes.How 'bout the power to
  kill a yak from 200 yards away...with mind
  bullets! That's telekinesis, Kyle.How 'bout the
  power to move you?sungHistory of Wonderboy
  and Young Nastyman,Riggah-goo-goo,
  riggah-goo-goo.A secret to be told, a gold chest
  to be bold,And blasting forth with three-part
  harmony, yeow!Wonderboy, what is the secret of
  your power?Wonderboy, won't you take me far away
  from the mucky-muck man?spokenWell,
  Wonderboy and Young Nastyman joined forcesthey
  formed a band the likes of which have never been
  seen,and they called themselves Tenacious D.
  That's right,sungMe! And KG!KG (spoken)
  That's me.sungWe're now Tenacious D!Come fly
  with me, fly!Wonderboy, what is the secret of
  your power?Wonderboy, won't you take me far away
  from the mucky-muck man.

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Ode

• Originated in ancient Greece
• Lyrics are meant to celebrate one person or thing
• Uses expression of positive images and feelings
  related to the celebrated topic

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Boondocks

• I feel no shameI'm proud of where I came fromI
  was born and raised in the boondocksOne thing I
  knowNo matter where I goI keep my heart and
  soul in the boondocksAnd I can feelThat muddy
  water running through my veinsAnd I can hear
  that lullaby of a midnight trainIt sings to me
  and it sounds familiar(Chorus)And I can
  tasteThat honeysuckle and it's still so
  sweetWhen it grows wildOn the banks down at old
  camp creekYeah, and it calls to me like a warm
  wind blowing(Chorus)It's where I learned
  about livingIt's where I learned about loveIt's
  where I learned about working hardAnd having a
  little was just enough

• It's where I learned about JesusAnd knowing
  where I standYou can take it or leave it, this
  is meThis is who I amGive me a tin roofA front
  porch and a gravel roadAnd that's home to meIt
  feels like home to me(Chorus)I keep my heart
  and soul in the boondocksYou get a line, I'll
  get a poleWe'll go fishing in the crawfish
  holeFive-card poker on a Saturday nightChurch
  on Sunday morning(2x)You get a line, I'll get
  a poleWe'll go fishing in the crawfish
  hole(Down in the boondocks)Five-card poker on a
  Saturday nightChurch on Sunday morningSay a
  little prayer for me

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Sonnet

• A lyric poem
• of fourteen lines, usually in iambic pentameter
• with rhymes arranged according to certain
  definite patterns.
• It usually expresses a single, complete idea or
  thought with a reversal, twist, or change of
  direction in the concluding lines.
• Rap music is about the beat/rhythm/sound

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Hip Hop

• Lyrics

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Elegy

• A poem of poem of mourning
• Most elegies are about someone who has died, but
  some may mourn a way of life that is gone
• Ill be Missing you P. Diddys elegy to
  Notorious B.I.G after his death in 1997
• O Captain! My Captain! one of American
  literatures most famous elegies

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Ill Be Missing You

• Seems like yesterday we used to rock the show I
  laced the track you locked the flow So far from
  hanging on the block of dough Notorious, they
  got to know that! Life ain't always what it
  seems to be Words can't express what you mean to
  me Even though you're gone We still a team
  Through your family I'll fulfill your dreams
  In the future can't wait to see If you'll open
  up the gates for me Reminisce sometime The
  night they took my friend Try to black it out
  but it plays again When it's weird feelin' hard
  to conceal Can't imagine all the pain I feel
  Give anything to hear half your breath I know
  you still livin' your life after death CHORUS
  Every step I take Every move I make Every
  single day Every time I pray I'll be missing
  you Thinking of the day When you went away
  What a life to take What a bond to break I'll
  be missing you

• It's kinda hard with you not around Know you're
  in heaven smilin' down Watchin' us while we pray
  for you Everyday we pray for you Till the day
  we meet again In my heart is where I'll keep you
  friend Memories give me the strength I need to
  proceed Strength I need to believe My
  thoughts,Big, I just can't define Wish I could
  turn back the hands of time Us in the 6 Shop
  for new clothes and kicks You and me taking
  flicks Making hits stages they receive you on
  Still can't believe you're gone Give anything
  to hear half your breath I know you still livin'
  your life after death CHORUS
• Somebody tell me why One black morning When
  this life is over I know I'll see your face
  CHORUS

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Lyric Poem

• Short poem that expresses personal feelings.
• Can be set to music.
• Love Song by Sara Bareilles
• Valentine for Ernest Mann

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Free Verse

• Free verse poetry does not follow a regular rhyme
  scheme or meter.
• Poets rely on poetic devices instead.
• There are several specific types of free verse
  poetry.

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Strawberry Fields Forever

• No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be
  high or low.That is you can't you know tune in
  but it's all right.That is I think it's not too
  bad.Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to
  Strawberry Fields.Nothing is real and nothing to
  get hung about.Strawberry Fields
  forever.Living is easy with eyes closed,
  misunderstanding all you see.It's getting hard
  to be someone but it all works out.It doesn't
  matter much to me.Let me take you down, 'cause
  I'm going to Strawberry Fields.Nothing is real
  and nothing to get hung about.Strawberry Fields
  forever.Always know sometimes think it's me,
  but you know I know and it's a dream.I think I
  know of thee, ah yes, but it's all wrong.That is
  I think I disagree.Let me take you down, 'cause
  I'm going to Strawberry Fields.Nothing is real
  and nothing to get hung about.Strawberry Fields
  forever.Strawberry Fields forever.Strawberry
  Fields forever.

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Catalog Poem

• A list of items/emotions
• Usually is free verse
• The list pertains to a certain topic
• Billy Joels We Didnt Start the Fire

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We didnt Start the Fire

• Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
  South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
  Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker,
  television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn
  Monroe Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
  Brando, "The King and I", and "The Catcher in
  the Rye" Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a
  new queen Marciano, Liberace, Santayana
  goodbyeCHORUSWe didn't start the fireIt was
  always burningSince the world's been turningWe
  didn't start the fireThough we did ignite itBut
  we tried to fight itJosef Stalin, Malenkov,
  Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller, Campanella,
  Communist Bloc Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini,
  DacronDien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock
  Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning
  teamDavy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley,
  Disneyland Bardot, Budapest, Alabama,
  KhrushchevPrincess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble
  in the Suez CHORUS
• Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle,
  KerouacSputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River
  Kwai Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California
  Baseball, Starkwether, Homicide, Children of
  Thalidomide

• Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, MafiaHula
  Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go U2, Syngman
  Rhee, payola and KennedyChubby Checker, Psycho,
  Belgians in the Congo
• CHORUS Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a
  Strange Land,Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
  Lawrence of Arabia, British BeatlemaniaOle
  Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson Pope
  Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sexJ.F.K.
  blown away, what else do I have to say CHORUS
  Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back
  againMoonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk
  rockBegin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the
  airlineAyatollah's in Iran, Russians in
  Afghanistan Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy
  metal, suicideForeign debts, homeless Vets,
  AIDS, Crack, Bernie GoetzHypodermics on the
  shores, China's under martial lawRock and Roller
  cola wars, I can't take it anymore We didn't
  start the fireIt was always burning since the
  world's been turning.We didn't start the
  fireBut when we are goneIt will still burn on,
  and on, and on, and on...CHORUS