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1. October 2012
2. Discuss with the person next to you: What is poetry? What
does it look like? Do all poems rhyme? Can anyone be a poet?
3. Poetry by Eleanor Farjeon What is Poetry? Who knows? Not a
rose, but the scent of the rose; Not the sky, but the light in the
sky; Not the fly, but the gleam of the fly; Not the sea, but the
sound of the sea; Not myself, but what makes meSee, hear, and feel
something that prose Cannot: and what it is, who knows?
4. Poetry is a type of literature in which the sound and
meaning of language are combined to create ideas and feelings.
There are two broad categories of poetry: Narrative Lyric
5. Lyric poems are shorter poems that are usually written in
first person point of view I express an emotion or an idea or
describe a scene do not tell a story and are often musical (Many of
the poems we read will be lyrics.) Narrativepoems tell a story and
are generally longer than lyric poems because the poet needs to
establish characters and a plot.
6. Humorous poetry is often placed in its own separate
category, but can be lyrical or narrative.
7. Louder Than a Clap of Thunder by Jack Prelutsky Louder than
a clap of thunder, louder than an eagle screams, louder than a
dragon blunders, or a dozen football teams, louder than a four
alarmer, or a rushing waterfall, louder than a knight in armor
jumping from a ten-foot wall. Louder than an earthquake rumbles,
louder than a tidal wave, louder than an ogre grumbles as he
stumbles through his cave, louder than stampeding cattle, louder
than a cannon roars, louder than a giants rattle, thats how loud my
father SNORES! Now, listen to the author read a selection from the
poem.
9. Poems are written in stanzas, or groups of lines arranged
together. paragraphs for poems Each stanza is made up of lines.
Example: A Word by Emily Dickinson A word is dead When it is said,
Some say. I say it just Begins to live that day. How many stanzas
are in the poem? How many lines are in each stanza?
10. Rhythm is the beat of a poem. It is the pattern of stressed
and unstressed syllables.
11. Free Verse Rhyming Do not rhyme Rhyme Do not have a pattern
May have a pattern Do not have a rhythm Has a rhythm Do not have a
May have a structure structureRhyming words sound
alike.Examples:small & tallsew & grow
12. Isused to show the reader how to read the poem Some poems
may not have any punctuation. Some may have commas, periods,
question marks, and exclamation points. Needs to be consistent
13. Imagery is the senses the poem stirs up in the reader.
Imagery puts the reader IN the poem. It helps the reader to see the
poem. The tools of imagery are 5 Senses & emotions : taste,
touch, see, smell, and hear. Figurative language
14. Repetitive line found throughout the poem Is usually found
in the same place in each stanza Similar to the chorus in a
song
15. The tires on my bike are flatThe sky is grouchy gray.
Flowers smell like halibut.At least it sure feels like that Velvet
feels like hay.Since Hannah moved away. Every handsome dogs a mutt
Since Hannah moved away.Chocolate ice cream tastes likeprunes.
Nothings fun to laugh about.Decembers come to stay. Nothings fun to
play.Theyve taken back the Mays andJunes They call me, but I wont
come outSince Hannah moved away. Since Hannah moved away. What is
the refrain in this poem?
16. My Dog Plays Invisible Frisbee by Kenn NesbittMy dog plays
invisible Frisbee.He catches invisible balls.He rides an invisible
skateboard.He hurdles invisible walls.My dog has perfected the
practice of doing invisible tricks.He jumps with invisible jump
ropes and fetches invisible sticks.He barks at invisible mailmen.He
growls at invisible cats.Hell bring me invisible slippers and even
invisible hats.He chases invisible squirrels whenever we go for a
jog.Hes clearly the greatest dog ever.I love my invisible dog.How
many stanzas? Free Verse or Rhyming? Lyric, Narrative or
Humorous?