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Introduction to Poetry
“Poetry is the rhythmical creation of
beauty in words.” - Edgar Allan Poe
POETRY:
A type of literature that
expresses ideas, feelings or tells
a story in a specific form.
FORM - the appearance of the
words on the page
Stanza - a group of lines arranged
together
MOOD
and
TONE
MOOD - the emotions that the words of a
poem evoke in a reader
TONE - the attitude a poet takes towards
a subject or character.
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“Her delicate, dead fingers
laid lightly on the hem of
her prom dress.”
serious, humorous, sarcastic,
ironic, satirical, solemn
“The overweight politician stood in
front of the courtroom stumbling
through his speech, more worried
about his appearance than anything
else.”
RHYME
AND
NEAR RHYME
RHYME - words share the same ending vowel
and consonant sounds
EXAMPLE:
LAMP
STAMP
NEAR RHYME - similar but not identical
ending sounds; vowels or consonants are not
the same
EXAMPLES:
DESPAIR
PLACE
SHARED
DAZE
EXTERNAL/END RHYME
External/End Rhyme: words rhyme at the end of lines in a poem
Hector the collector collected bits of string
Collected dolls with broken heads
And rusty bells that would not ring.
INTERNAL RHYME
INTERNAL RHYME - is rhyming that happens WITHIN a line.
My sad cat was actually mad,
With her wire whiskers, as orange as fire.
Fire and Ice
by Robert Frost
RHYME SCHEME:
a pattern of rhyme (usually
end rhyme, but not always) in
a poem. Alphabet shows
scheme.
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Onomatopoeia words that imitate the sound that
are making
Alliteration
The repetition of beginning sounds in neighboring words.
Examples:
The sweet smell of success.
The building was bigger and better.
Consonance
repeated CONSONANT sounds
appearing anywhere in a word
Example (from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven):
“There came a tapping, as of someone gently
rapping - rapping on my chamber door.”
Assonance
repeated VOWEL sounds appearing anywhere in a word
Example (The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe):
Hear the mellow wedding bells
Example (Shakespeare) :
“Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep.”
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THE COZY BLANKET FELL AROUND
ME AS I GAZED OUT THE WINDOW
AT THE WINTER WONDERLAND.
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THE SOUND OF SCREECHING
TIRES AND BREAKING GLASS
PIERCED MY EARS.
Connotation:
an idea or feeling that word creates in
the mind of a reader
REFRAIN:
a sound, word, phrase or line that
is repeated regularly in a poem.
“Quoth the raven,
Nevermore.”
- E. A. Poe