BW: What is Poetry to you? Name 3 characteristics

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BW What is Poetry to you? Name 3
characteristics

• Do you think youll like it? Why or why not?

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Structureorganization

• Stanzas paragraphs
• Lines rows (not always sentences)

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POETRY can you feel it?

• -IMAGERY
• word pictures
• Sensory details, 5 senses
• 1. See
• 2. Hear
• 3. Smell
• 4. Taste
• 5. Touch

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Imagery
Sometimes an image helps us imagine that we

• hear a sound,

• smell an odor,

• feel a texture,

• or even taste something.

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Imagery
Poets may use sensory details, elements that help
you imagine how something looks, sounds, smells,
feels, or tastes.
What sensory details does the following excerpt
contain?
Out on the land White Moon shines.Shines and
glimmers against gnarled shadows,All silver to
slow twisted shadowsFalling across the long road
that runs from the house. from Baby Face by
Carl Sandburg
Out on the land White Moon shines.Shines and
glimmers against gnarled shadows,All silver to
slow twisted shadowsFalling across the long road
that runs from the house. from Baby Face by
Carl Sandburg
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• Lizzie veiled her blushes."Lie close," Laura
  said,Pricking up her golden headWe must not
  look at goblin men,We must not buy their
  fruitsWho knows upon what soil they fedTheir
  hungry thirsty roots?
• "Come buy," call the goblinsHobbling down the
  glen."O! cried Lizzie, Laura, Laura,You
  should not peep at goblin men."

• MORNING and eveningMaids heard the goblins
  cry"Come buy our orchard fruits,Come buy, come
  buyApples and quinces,Lemons and
  oranges,Plump unpecked cherries-Melons and
  raspberries
• Evening by eveningAmong the brookside
  rushes,Laura bowed her head to hear,

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Allusion what are you alluding to?

• reference to a well-known person, place, thing or
  event
• drawn from history, geography, or religion, pop
  culture
• Who do you think you are, trying to fight the
  school bully? Superman?
• Harriet Tubman was called the Moses of her time.
• She had Aphrodites charm.
• The stench of burning bodies filled the air.

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Figurative Language

• Metaphor - implied comparison between very
  different things w/o like or as. Can be direct
  or implied
• Ex. Her mind is a calculator.
• Ex. Hes a tank, coach!

• Simile - Comparing 2 unlike things using like
  or as.
• Ex He was as tall as the highest tree.
• Ex Her beauty was like a sun setting over the
  beach.

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Metaphors X Is Y
direct metaphor directly compares two things by
using a verb such as is.
This computer is a dinosaur.
The computer isnt really a dinosaur, but it is
old and out of date like one.

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Metaphors X Is Y
An implied metaphor implies or suggests a
comparison between two things, rather than
stating the comparison directly.
Gabi stared at me with venomous eyes and hissed
out her reply.
Gabi stared at me with venomous eyes and hissed
out her reply.
Gabi is being compared to a snake, as these words
imply.
With what is Gabi being compared?
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Personification

• Giving human qualities to inanimate
  objects/animals.
• EX During the test, the clock laughed at me.
• EX Love smiled at me warmly and filled his heart
  with her soft voice.

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Personification
a type of metaphor, human qualities are given to
something that is not human, such as an object,
an animal, or even an idea.
Spring caresses the earth with her warm, delicate
hands.
Spring caresses the earth with her warm, delicate
hands.
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• RHYME
• End rhyming at the end of a line
• Internal 2 words in the same line
• Approximate (Half, Slanted, Forced)
• Orange and porridge

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• End
• Internal
• Approximate

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• ShallI comPAREthee TOa SUMmersDAY?

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Where are the stressed and the unstressed?

• "Go sad or sweet or riotous with beer
• "Go SAD or SWEET or RI-o-TOUS with BEER"

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Rhythm
musical quality based on repetition.
When you talk about the beat you hear when you
read a poem, you are describing its rhythm.
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-RHYTHM Meter

• Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed
  syllables that gives a predictable rhythm to a
  poem

• because poetry is so emotionally charged and
  intense, rhythm can be measured in terms of
  heavily stressed to less stressed syllables.

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Alliteration

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds in
  neighboring words.
• Ex
• -Sally searched for seashells on the
  seashore.
• -Betty bought a batch of butter.

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Onomatopoeia

• imitates the sound it represents.
• Ex woof, bang, clank, buzz, zap

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Assonance

• repetition of vowel sounds (not consonant sounds)
  in neighboring words.
• Ex The cat in the hat
• sat down on the mat.

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• An exaggeration or overstatement.
• EX
• I feel as big as a house.
• Youre killing me!

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Dialect Howdy, yall!

• a socially distinct variety of a language
• differs from standard language
• EX Crikey! Look at that, mate!

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The BATTLE Tone vs. Mood

• Tone refers to the attitude that the writing
  style implies
• Tone can change throughout a poem
• To find tone, imagine what tone of voice you
  would use when reading the poemwould it be sad?
  Happy? Angry?
• Ex Today, the rain refreshed the flowers
  Bringing new life to the world.
• Yesterday, the rain battered my windows.
• Shattering glass upon the flowers.

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Mood ? Tone

• The mood is the atmosphere or the meaning of the
  poem. Some examples include
• A feeling of love
• A feeling of fear
• An atmosphere of chaos
• To find the mood, you should look for
• Which words the author uses
• Symbolic and figurative language
• The length and rhythm of each poetic line

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TONE CAN HELP YOU IDENTIFY THE MOOD!!!
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Does the mood of this picture match the music?