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POETRY
POINT OF VIEW
IN POETRY
POET
SPEAKER
The poet is the author of the
poem.
The speaker of the poem is
the narrator of the poem.
They are not always the same!
STRUCTURE
IN POETRY
STRUCTURE
LINE - a group of words
together on one line of the
poem
●A word is dead
●When it is said,
●Some say.
STANZA - a group of lines
arranged together
●I say it just
●Begins to live
●That day.
One
Line
Two
Stanzas
RHYME IN POETRY
RHYME
Words sound alike because
they share the same ending
vowel and consonant
sounds.
●LAMP
●STAMP
●Share the short “a” vowel
sound
●Share the combined “mp”
consonant sound
RHYME SCHEME
✓ A rhyme scheme is a pattern of rhyme (usually end rhyme, but
not always).
✓ Use the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able
to visually “see” the pattern.
Hector the Collector
Collected bits of string.
Collected dolls with broken heads
And rusty bells that would not ring.
A
B
C
B
SOUND
IN POETRY
ALLITERATION
Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words
● If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many
pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
ONOMATOPOEIA
✓ the formation of a word
from a sound
“Onomatopoeia Poem”
By Lee Emmett
✓ the use of onomatopoeia
for rhetorical effect (the
art of language).
water plops into pond
splish-splash downhill
warbling magpies in tree
trilling, melodic thrill
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TYPES OF POETRY
BALLAD
✓ A poem that tells a story.
✓ Originally meant to be
sung.
Examples of Ballads:
“The Highwayman”
By Alfred Noyes
Many songs by Taylor Swift
are ballads.
FREE VERSE
✓ Unlike metered poetry, free
verse poetry may
NOT rhyme.
✓ Free verse poetry is
conversational - sounds
like someone talking with
you.
✓ A modern type of poetry.
Examples of Free Verse:
“Freedom of Free Verse”
By Elandra Poindexter
“Severe Weather”
By Dorian Petersen Potter
NARRATIVE POEMS
✓ A poem that tells a story.
✓ Generally longer than the
lyric poetry because the
poet needs to establish
characters and a plot.
Examples of Narrative
Poems:
“The Raven”
By Edgar Allen Poe
“Casey at the Bat”
By Ernest Lawrence Thayer
How to Analyze
POETRY
TONE
The Author’s Attitude
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Positive?
Negative?
Humorous?
Sorrowful?
Neutral?
Process:
1. Pick a category from
the left side.
2. Then a word to
describe the author’s
tone.
3. Then choose text
evidence to support
the tone word you
chose.
STYLE
Literary style refers to the
way an author presents
the information.
Types of Literary Styles:
Expository/Explain
Descriptive
Persuasive or Argumentative
Narrative/Story
Informal
Formal
Journalistic
Archaic/Old Fashioned
Process:
1. Identify the author’s
style in this piece.
2. Identify text evidence
that supports the style
you chose.
THEME
The message of a piece of writing,
usually the author's thoughts on a
specific topic. When looking at
theme, use the other parts of the
TWIST to piece together information
about the author's intentions. By
looking at the tone and imagery, it
makes it possible to pinpoint the
theme.
From there, you will need to infer the
author's thoughts on it. Using
imagery and style will help you
uncover the attitude of the author on
the topic.
Process:
1. Identify the author’s
message in this piece.
2. Identify examples of
imagery, words, and
style that support the
author’s message.
This is your evidence.
FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
PERSONIFICATION
Something not human given
human-like qualities or an
object given life-like
qualities.
Example of Personification
in Poetry:
“Take a Poem to Lunch”
By Denise Rodgers
SIMILE
A comparison of
two things using
“like” or “as.”
“Simile Poem”
By Denise Rodgers
Your teeth are like stars;
They come out at night.
They come back at dawn
When they’re ready to bite.
Read more at
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/exa
mples-of-similepoems.html#S2CA07l9uup6cHaz.99
DIRECT METAPHOR
A direct comparison
of two unlike things
without using “like” or
“as.”
“All the world’s a stage,
and we are merely players.”
- William Shakespeare
HYPERBOLE
Exaggeration
often used
for emphasis.
Find more of these
hyperbole poems at
http://www.mywordwiza
rd.com/hyperbolepoems.html
“Appetite”
In a house the size of a postage stamp
lived a man as big as a barge.
His mouth could drink the entire river
You could say it was rather large.
For dinner he would eat a trillion beans
And a silo full of grain,
Washed it down with a tanker of milk
As if he were a drain.
IMAGERY
✓ Language that appeals to
the senses.
✓ Most images are visual, but
they can also appeal to the
senses of sound, touch,
taste, or smell.
then with cracked hands
that ached
from labor in the
weekday weather . . .
from “Those Winter
Sundays”
SYMBOLISM
✓ When a person, place,
thing, or event that has
meaning in itself.
✓ Also represents, or
stands for,
something else.
Innocence
America
Peace