POETRY

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POETRY

• Its rhyme time!

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POETRY VOCABULARY

• End rhyme
• Repetition
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Free Verse

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RHYME

• Rhyme is used in many poems. Using words that
  sound alike makes poetry fun to read and write.
• Examples
• drink stink
• world hurled

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Repetition

• Repetition is used to make an impact on the
  poems tone. Words or phrases are repeated
  throughout the poem.
• Here comes summer,
• Here comes summer,
• Chirping robin, budding rose.
• Here comes summer,
• Here comes summer,
• Gentle showers, summer clothes.
• By Shel Silverstein

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Alliteration

• Alliteration uses the same beginning word sounds
  over and over, like a tongue twister.
• My beautiful bubbles burst and then,
• I simply blow some more again.
• The setting sun slipped slowly down,
• Making room for the milky moon.

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Simile and Metaphor

• Similes are comparisons that use like or as.
  
  Her eyes are
  as green as emeralds. Clouds
  soft and fluffy like marshmallows.
• Metaphors are comparisons that say one thing is
  another.
  My fathers anger is a volcano about to blow.

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Free Verse

• Free verse is poetry that has neither a
  particular beat or rhyme pattern. It usually does
  have rhythm, however.

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Onomatopoeia

• Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate
  sounds.
• Wham! Splat! Pow! I am in trouble now!

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Patterned Poetry

• Patterned poems usually do not rhyme!
• They follow a specific pattern.
• Examples include haiku, cinquain, acrostic,
  initial, and concrete poetry.

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Video Clip Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary
O Neill