The Sound of Poetry Music has the power to transmit ideas and emotions. Music of a poem contributes to its meaning and emotional effect,

The Sound of Poetry

•Music has the power to transmit ideas and emotions.

•Music of a poem contributes to its meaning and emotional effect,

Vocabulary and AuthorsVocabulary -add Speaker & Jargon to your notes. Use your notes for the others if you do not remember them.• Rhythm-stressing syllables• Meter-regular, measurable pattern• Sensory language-appeals to senses and represents

nouns.• Foot-basic unit in measurement of rhythm• Scanning-finding the rhythm of a poem• Rhyme-accented sounds are the same• Approximate rhyme• End rhyme• Internal rhyme• Rhyme scheme• Personification• Onomatopoeia• Repetition• Alliteration• Assonance• Parallelism• Stanza• Mood

AuthorsEnter information on to the writer’s

spreadsheet regarding:John MasefieldWilliam Wordsworth- English romantic poet

Eve MerriamLewis Carroll -Alice in Wonderland

Edgar Allan Poe

TLWConstruct poems

Use Venn diagramAnswer comprehension questions

Defend your answersUse context clues

Identify figurative languageIdentify grammar

Expand your vocabulary

Lay out

Rubric• All items labeled• All poems will be written on

separate sheets of paper• Pictures can be used and

typed in preferred• Must complete ALL

exercises/questions to received an “A” for each unit to the BEST of your ability. Remember I know your ability.

• There will a short quiz over authors, vocabulary, and poems for each unit.

• Prepare and study each night.

Must keep all work after I return it to you-poems will be used for a separate project to come.

Sea Feverp 184

Write answers to:• What does the speaker feel he must

do?• List 3 items referring to the call of sea• How many stanzas? Lines in this poem?• Id what the speaker asks for in each

stanza, id the line.• List 2 adjectives that describes the life

the speaker wants to live in the last stanza.

• Who are the characters?• Infer how the speaker’s life is.• Identify the rhyming words in this

poem.

Writing Assignment• In 7-8 line poem format you are to

write a rhyming poem using sensory language(stanza set up). You can add pictures/drawing. Must be on separate sheet and labeled. Breece ex:

• TodayOH! Granola bar, you are so crunchyWith every bite you are munchyI ate you for breakfastAs I ran out the door at lastOn the drive up, I past several cars fastWhen I got to school I saw a student wearing a cast

The day went fast, I had a blast.

She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways p 185

Comprehension • Infer what does the title

mean?• Where did Lucy live? Where

is she now?• What was Lucy compared

to?• Generalize what was Lucy’s

relationships with others?• Define the mood

Rhyme Scheme• Rhyme-sounds are the same

– Types• Approximate {final sounds

similar}• End {rhyming occurs at the

end}• Internal {rhyming within the

line}• Overhead with poem to id rhyme

scheme• Copy this poem & Id the rhyme

scheme in this poem.

Onomatopoeia p 188

• What is the action going on in the poem?

• What is the poem describing?

• List the adjectives tells us the spigot is old?

• What does the water do?• Does the motion of the

water change?

On separate sheet of paper, poem Onomatopoeia

• Write I am poem using onomatopoeia words. Write the lines, fill in words later…Elmo for sheet. Breece Ex

• During first class I was so krupped• I have just finished lunch now I am so boom• I am ready for a long zzzzzhhh• I just finish P.E> so now I am wide tang• My friend is zoork• I am szzzhh• My favorite subject is zing romg• But my least favorite is bloom, bloom• I now must dripple dapple this poem.• As my bus ride has just skirk.• By heehee

Jabberwocky p 189

Comprehension questions:• Using context clues, what is the title?• Why is the boy being warned? • What occurred between the boy and

the jabberwock?• The person who warned the boy

returns at the end, how does he react?

• Who warns the boy? Reference L21-22.

• With the jargon writing of this poem how were you able to understand the outcome?

• History gives us other stories where a boy has slayed a beast, list examples.

Writing on separate paper w/title..I am

I am sharp and focusedI wonder what the camera really seesI hear the buzzing beeI see flowers in early morning lightI want to stop time in a boxI am sharp and focused

I pretend to be a statueI feel the shakes insideI touch the shutter buttonI worry about the blurry resultI cry that the moment has forever passedI am sharp and focused

I understand moments in timeI say let's freeze them foreverI dream of watercolor effects coming to lifeI try to see all the soft muted edgesI hope it happens somedayI am sharp and focused

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The Bells-EA Poe p 191

• Id in each stanza when does the bells ring• List the 3 types of metals that the bells are

made from.• What type of bell is ringing in the 1st

stanza?• Why are they ringing in the 2nd stanza?• What happen in 3rd stanza?• What/who lives in the steeple in 4th

stanza.• What mood is created.

• What is the effect of the poem meaning or

sound?

• Repetition-sounds, letters, words, or lines that give poetry meaning, form, or sound.

• Alliteration-repeat of beginning sounds

• Assonance-repeat of vowel sounds• Parallelism-repeating phrases or

sentences so that the repeated parts are alike in structure or in meaning.

• You will id alliteration, assonance, and parallelism in this poem.

• Questions: • VOC

Examples of AlliterationRepeat of beginning sounds

Betty Botter by Mother Goose

• Betty Botter bought some butter,but, she said, the butter’s bitter;if I put it in my batterit will make my batter bitter,but a bit of better butterwill make my batter better.So she bought a bit of butterbetter than her bitter butter,and she put it in her batterand the batter was not bitter.So ’twas better Betty Botterbought a bit of better butter

alliteration tongue twisters An ape ate Ace’s acorn.

Baby Bobby bed bounced better by bedtime before Billy bounced.

Cory collected cola cans counting continuously

More examples of Alliteration-repeat of beginning sounds

Dr. Seuss poem, “Fox in Socks”

• Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew.Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze.Freezy trees made these trees’ cheese freeze.That’s what made these three free fleas sneeze

Tongue TwisterA tutor who tooted the fluteTried to tutor two tooters to tootSaid the two to the tutor“Is it tougher to tootOr to tutor two tooters to toot?”

Issue workshet

Assonance-repeat of vowels sounds

What is the sound?

Assonance went dancing.

He pranced around, fancying Himself, glancing in the mirror. “What a handsome man I am,” He chanted, “How entrancing! The ladies cannot have a chance But fall for my romantic looks, My candid smile and healthy tan. What a handsome man I am”.

William Wordsworth - The World Is Too Much with Us

..So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn

Edgar Allen Poe - El Dorado

Gaily bedight,A gallant nightIn sunshine and in shadow,Had journeyed long,Singing a song,In search of El Dorado.But he grew old -This knight so bold -And - o'er his heart a shadowFell as he foundNo spot of groundThat looked like El Dorado.

And, as his strengthFailed him at length,He met a pilgrim shadow - "Shadow," said he,"Where can it be - This land of El Dorado?"

"Over the mountainsOf the Moon,Down the Valley of the Shadow,Ride, boldly ride,"The shade replied - "If you seek for El Dorado!"

What is the assonance?

Parallelism-repeating phrases or sentences so that the repeated parts are alike in structure or in meaning

parallelism of words:She tried to make her pastry fluffy, sweet, and delicate.

parallelism of phrases:Singing a song or writing a poem is joyous. parallelism of clauses:Perch are inexpensive;cod are cheap;trout are abundant; but salmon are best.

• What is the parallelism?A. Suzy jumped out of the swing. Tim went down the slide.Jamie bounced the b allCharlie rain in the mileYesterday it is rained.B. I am sitting.Yesterday I ran.Today it is raining.Too bad for a tan.Is the poem parallel? Why/why not?

ParallelismParallelism looks like this: looks like this:

Items in a series must have parallel structure.

ShaneShane ,, , , andand

ShaneShane ,, , , andand

..

..

Here is an example:

ShaneShane ateate the pizza,the pizza, wipedwiped his lips, andhis lips, and burpedburped with contentment.with contentment.

Ate = past tense verb; wiped = past tense verb; and burped =

past tense verb.

Ate = past tense verb; wiped = past tense verb; and burped =

past tense verb.

Id the parallelism-hold your finger up

A.A. Eileen bought new shoes for the party, a gold charm for Eileen bought new shoes for the party, a gold charm for her mother, and to treat her best friend Maria to lunch.her mother, and to treat her best friend Maria to lunch.

B.B. Eileen decided to buy new shoes for the party, Eileen decided to buy new shoes for the party, purchasing a gold charm for her mother, and treating purchasing a gold charm for her mother, and treating her best friend Maria to lunch.her best friend Maria to lunch.

C.C. Eileen purchased new shoes for the party, a gold Eileen purchased new shoes for the party, a gold charm for her mother, and lunch for Maria, her best charm for her mother, and lunch for Maria, her best friend.friend.

A. Eileen bought new shoes for the party, a gold charm for her mother, and to treat her best friend Maria to lunch.

B. Eileen decided to buy new shoes for the party, purchasing a gold charm for her mother, and treating her best friend Maria to lunch.

C. Eileen purchased new shoes for the party, a gold charm for her mother, and lunch for Maria, her best friend.

Concluding the unit Write this on a piece of paper.

A unit test will be given on Tuesday.Vocabulary will be included.All work from the unit:Rhyming poemYour poem with rhyming scheme(referred to as scanning)Onomatopoeia poemI am poemThe Bells work All due no later then Tuesday, all late papers will receive a -10 points.

Activities for The Bells poem:A.Identify the alliteration B.Identify the assonance C.Identify the parallelismD.Identify the repetitionE.Identify the onomatopoeiaF.Classify the rhyme-Is it approximate, end, or internal(or combination)G.For Stanza II label the correct rhyme scheme-AA, BB, CC, etc