POETRY IS..... TAKE 5 MINUTES TO WRITE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS TOWARDS POETRY

POETRY IS.....

TAKE 5 MINUTES TO WRITE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS

TOWARDS POETRY

POETRY:THE ART OF MAKING POEMS “THE SPONTANEOUS OVERFLOW OF POWERFUL FEELINGS; IT TAKES ITS ORIGIN FROM EMOTION RECOLLECTED IN TRANQUILITY.”

-WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

POEM:TEXTS WITH CHARGED, COMPRESSED LANGUAGECONVEY AN EXPERIENCE, AN EMOTION, OR SIMPLY AN AESTHETICALLY PLEASING ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS

Right Brain:CreativityEmotions

Left Brain:Logic

Reality

The Human Brain•Divided into 2 parts•Each half has its own function

To clarify . . .

When you are looking at big puffy clouds . . .

Your right brain tells you, “Hey! That one looks like a bunny.”While your left brain tells you . . .

It’s a cloud, Stupid!

So, which half do you use when studying poetry?

Here are a few hints: Poetry requires creativity Poetry requires emotion Poetry requires an artistic quality Poetry requires logic

For the Left Brain:Recognizing certain devices used within a poem will give the left brain something to concentrate on.We’ll start with the sound devices:

The repetition of soundsExample: hat, cat, brat, fat, mat,

sat My Beardby Shel Silverstein

My beard grows to my toes,I never wears no clothes,I wraps my hair Around my bare,And down the road I goes.

Here is another example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGrcdq2viZg

The beatWhen reading a poem out loud, you may notice a sort of “sing-song” quality to it, just like in nursery rhymes. This is accomplished by the use of rhythm. Rhythm is broken into seven types.•Iambic

•Anapestic•Trochaic•Dactylic

•Monosyllabic•Spondaic•Accentual Less

CommonMostUsed

These identify patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.That means one syllable is pronounced stronger, and one syllable is softer.

iambic: anapestic:trochaic:dactylic:

unstressedstressed

LITERARY DEVICES

SIMILEA FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT MAKES A COMPARISION BETWEEN TWO UNLIKE THINGS, USING LINKING WORDS: LIKE, AS, SUCH AS, AND HOW

____AS DISGUSTING AS___________

____AS MESSY AS_______________

____AS EXCITING AS____________

____SWIFT LIKE________________

____WRINKLY LIKE____________

____BEAUTIFUL LIKE__________

METAPHORA FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT MAKES AN EMPHASIZED COMPARISION BETWEEN TWO UNLIKE THINGS WITHOUT THE USE OF LIKE OR ASEXAMPLE:

MUSIC IS A JOYFILLING MY HEART WITH BEATS

MUSIC IS A FLAMEFILLING MY EARS WITH HEAT

MUSIC IS MY SOULMUSIC MAKES ME WHOLE

CREATE 5 SENTENCES THAT CONTAIN METAPHORS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeTnog5RRQo&feature=player_detailpage

“ THE NEW MOON RODE HIGH IN THE CROWN OF THE METROPOLIS…..”

MAKING MEANING OF METAPHOR

1. IDENTIFY THE CENTRAL METAPHOR IN THE VERSE AND EXPLAIN HOW THE TWO UNLIKE THINGS ARE BEING COMPARED TO ONE ANOTHER TO ILLUSTRATE THE SPEAKER’S POINT.

2. GOOD METAPHORS PUT VERY CLEAR AND MEMORABLE PICTURES IN THE READER’S HEAD.WHAT PICTURE IS GIVEN IN LINES 8-10, AND WHAT DO THESE PICTURES STAND FOR METAPHORICALLY?

3. EXPLAIN HOW YOU BELIEVE THE SPEAKER OF THE POEM FEELS ABOUT NEW YORK? WHY?

ALLITERATION

THE REPETITION OF THE SAME OR SIMILAR CONSONANT SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNING OF WORDS THAT ARE CLOSE TOGETHER

EXAMPLE:BRAZEN BELLS!WHAT A TALE OF TERROR, NOT THEIR TURBULENCY TELLS!-EDGAR ALLEN POE

Picture Puzzle Piece by Shel Silverstein

One picture puzzle pieceLyin' on the sidewalk,

One picture puzzle pieceSoakin' in the rain.

It might be a button of blueOn the coat of the woman

Who lived in a shoe.It might be a magical bean,

Or a fold in the redVelvet robe of a queen.

It might be the one little biteOf the apple her stepmother

Gave to Snow White.

It might be the veil of a brideOr a bottle with some evil genie inside.

It might be a small tuft of hairOn the big bouncy belly

Of Bobo the Bear.It might be a bit of the cloak

Of the Witch of the WestAs she melted to smoke.

It might be a shadowy traceOf a tear that runs down an angel's face.

Nothing has more possibilitiesThan one old wet picture puzzle piece.

HYPERBOLE

A FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT USES INCREDIBLE EXAGGERATION, OR OVERSTATEMENT, FOR EFFECT.

“I PULLED UP WITH A MILION TRUCKS- LOOKIN’, SMELLIN’, FEELING LIKE A MILLION BUCKS” -LUDACRIS

I AM SO THIRSTY____________________.

THE GUY IS SO CHEAP_______________.

SHE IS SO SMART_________________.

I LOVE IT MORE THAN_________________.

PERSONIFICATIONA FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH AN OBJECT OR ANIMAL IS GIVEN HUMAN FEELINGS, THOUGHTS, OR ATTUTUDES.

EXAMPLE:MY REPORT CARD SMILED, SHOWING OFF STRAIGHT A’S

“LODGED” BY ROBERT FROST

THE RAIN TO THE WIND SAID,“YOU PUSHED AND I’LL PELT.”THEY SO SMOTE THE GARDEN BEDTHAT THE FLOWERS ACTUALLY KNELT,AND LAY LODGED-THOUGH NOT DEAD.I KNOW HOW THE FLOWERS FELT.

GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN_VMeJEvWA&feature=related

“GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE, YOU OLD GLOOMY SIGHT

THE USE OF A WORD WHOSE SOUND IMITATES OR SUGGESTS ITS MEANING

ONOMATPOEIA

A HUMAN LAUGH A BELL WATER DRIPPING CAR HORNS WALKING ON PEANUT SHELLS BRAKES STOPPING CREAKING OF A DOOR EATING POTATO CHIPS

THE USE OF LANGUAGE TO EVOKE A PICTURE OR CONCRETE SENSATION OF A PERSON, PLACE, THING, OR AN EXPERIENCE

IMAGERY

TOUCH:

TASTE:

SMELL:

SIGHT:

SOUND:

HARLEM: A DREAM DEFERRED

-LANGSTON HUGHESWHAT HAPPENS TO A DREAM DEFERRED?

DOES IT DRY UPLIKE A RAISIN IN THE SUNOR FESTER LIKE A SORE-AND THEN RUN?DOES IT STINK LIKE ROTTEN MEAT?OR CRUST AND SUGAR OVER-LIKE A SYRUPY SWEET?

MAYBE IT JUST SAGS LIKE A HEAVY LOAD.

OR DOES IT EXPLODE?

GENERATION LOSTB.O.B.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fxqbZ6GOIU

“I USED TO WEAR A GRILL BECAUSE IT WAS THE TREND; NOT BECAUSE I LIKED IT I JUST WANTED TO FIT IN”

TYPES OF POEMSPERSONAL “I”

LIMERICKDIAMANTE

HAIKUSONNET

CINQUAIN PANTOUM

SPOKEN WORD

LIMERICK

A WITTY, HUMOROUS, OR NONSENSE POEM WITH AN AABBA RHYME SCHEME

HAIKU PRESENTS A VIVID PICTURE AND THE

POET’S IMPRESSION, SOMETIMES WITH SUGGESTIONS OF SPIRITUAL INSIGHT.

1. A MOMENT IN HUMAN EXPERIENCE (KOKORO-FROM THE HEART)

2. DESCRIBES TWO CONTRASTING THINGS(SOUND FAMILIAR??)

3. RECORDS A MOMENT OF ENLIGHTENMENT4. TRY TO CAPTURE CONCRETE IMAGES,

OFTEN WITH BOTH TIME AND PLAVCE MENTIONED OR SUGGESTED

3 Lines longFirst line is five syllablesSecond is seven syllablesThird is five syllables

What’s in my headphones? (5)Nothing but Hip-Hop music,(7)Jay-Z, Tupac, Nas!(5)

• CONCISE

• CONCRETE IMAGERY

• HAVING THE NATURAL WORLD AS A SUBJECT MATTER

Does my haiku have three lines? _________________

Does my first line have five syllables? _________________

Does my second line have seven syllables? _________________

Does my third line have five syllables? _________________

Does my haiku express how I feel at a specific moment in time? _________________

DIAMANTE IRIS TIEDT CREATED AN UNRHYMED

FORM OF POETRY THAT COMBINES OPPOSITES IN A SINGLE, SEVEN-LINE POEM.

THE WORD OF THE LAST LINE IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE WORD OF THE FIRST LINE. THE LINES IN BETWEEN DESCRIBE EITHER THE STARTING WORD OR ITS OPPOSITE.

ON PAPER THESE POEMS LOOK LIKE A DIAMOND, SO WE CALL THEM AFTER THE ITALIAN WORD FOR DIAMOND– DIAMANTE

DOGS FURRY LOUD BARKING SNIFFING ROLLINGJACK RUSSELL, CHIHUAHUA, ENGLISH BULLDOG, PERSIAN, SIAMESE, SPHYNX PURRING SCRATCHING TWIRLING SOFT SLEEK

CATS

LINE 1:ONE WORD(SUBJECT/NOUN THAT IS CONTRASTING TO LINE 7)LINE 2:TWO WORDS(ADJECTIVES) THAT DESCRIBE LINE 1 LINE 3:THREE WORDS(-ING VERBS)THAT RELATE TO LINE 1 LINE 4:FOUR WORDS (NOUNS) FIRST 2 WORDS RELATE TO LINE 1 LAST 2 WORDS RELATE TO LINE 7 LINE 5:THREE WORDS (ACTION VERBS) THAT RELATE TO LINE 7 LINE 6:TWO WORDS (ADJECTIVES) THAT DESCRIBE LINE 7 LINE 7:ONE WORD( SUBJECT/NOUN THAT IS CONTRASTING TO LINE 1)

SQUARE SYMMETRICAL, CONVENTIONAL SHAPING, MEASURING, BALANCING BOXES, ROOMS, CLOCKS, HALOS ENCIRCLING, CIRCUMNAVIGATING, ENCLOSING ROUND, CONTINUOUS CIRCLE

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CINQUAIN A CINQUAIN IS A FIVE-LINE POEM THAT

DESCRIBES A PERSON, PLACE, OR THING.

LINE 1: ONE WORD(SUBJECT OR NOUN) LINE 2: TWO WORDS(ADJECTIVES) THAT DESCRIBE LINE 1 LINE 3: THREE WORDS(ACTION VERBS) THAT RELATE TO LINE 1LINE 4:FOUR WORDS(FEELINGS OR A COMPLETE SENTENCE) THAT RELATES TO LINE 1 LINE 5:ONE WORD(SYNONYM OF LINE 1 OR A WORD THAT SUMS IT UP)

HAPPINESS(SUBJECT/NOUN)CHEERFUL, DELIGHTFUL, GLEEFUL (3 ADJECTIVES RELATED TO LINE 1)LAUGHING, GIGGLING, REJOICING(3 ACTION WORDS RELATED TO LINE 1)LAUGHTER IS THE SECRET OF LONGEVITY(4 WORDS OR A SENTENCE RELATED TO LINE 1)BLESSEDNESS(ONE WORD THAT SUMS UP THE POEM)