POETRY Yuying Wei. DEFINITION Poetry is a form of literary art which uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to,

POETRYPOETRY

Yuying Wei

DEFINITION

• Poetry is a form of literary art which uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.

BRIEF HISTORY

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnX0tAOnq-g

ELEMENTS

• PROSODY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZL1jzdzIQ4

• RHYME, ALLITERATION, ASSONANCE rhyme-a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, most often at the end of lines alliteration-repitition of initial consonants of a series

of words assonance-repetition of vowels to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences

• FORM Line Stanza

Figure this out

• I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless....

• Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

• on a proud round cloud in white high night

Rhyme?Alliteration?Assoncance?

Rhyme?Alliteration?Assoncance?

CATEGORIESClassics

sonnetlyric poemepic poemfree verseChinese-ShiJapanese-Kaikuetc.

The term nursery rhyme is used for "traditional" poems and songs for young children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the 19th century and in North America the term "Mother Goose Rhymes", introduced in the mid-1700s, is still often used.

Nursery Rhymes

Mother Goose

Smoker's Epitaph Fill-In-The-Blank PoemsGAME

• Here lies Sam Shay.• Smoked six packs a day.• He started smoking

when he was one.• Now he's one dead son-

of-a- ?.

• Here lies Sam Shay.• Smoked six packs a day.• He started smoking

when he was two.• Now there's nothing he

can ? .

• Here lies Sam Shay.• Smoked six packs a day.• He started smoking

when he was three.• Now he's buried beneath

a ? .

Here lies Sam Shay.Smoked six packs a day.He started smoking when he was four.Now he's knocking on heaven's ? .

Here lies Sam Shay.Smoked six packs a day.He started smoking when he was five.Now the poor guy ain't ?.

gun

do

tree

door

alive

GAME• Here lies Sam Shay.• Smoked six packs a day.• He started smoking when he

was six.• Now he's got a problem we

can't ? .

• Here lies Sam Shay.• Smoked six packs a day.• He started smoking when he

was seven.• Now we hope he's gone to ? .

• Here lies Sam Shay.• Smoked six packs a day.• He started smoking when he

was eight.• Now he he doesn't look too ? .

Here lies Sam Shay.Smoked six packs a day.He started smoking when he was nine.Now he isn't feeling ? .

Here lies Sam Shay.Smoked six packs a day.He started smoking when he was ten.Now, he'll never smoke ?.

fix

heaven

great

fine

again

SHARING RESCOUCES• Poetry 4 kids http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/ho

w-to-write-a-fractured-nursery-rhyme/

• Poetry Teachers http://www.poetryteachers.com/index.html

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry#Forms

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursery_rhyme

• http://www.poetryteachers.com/index.html

• http://iambicpentameter.net/