Transcript Poetry - NERIC

Poetry
Prose
All forms of ordinary writing.
Poetry
Writing in its most intense, most
imaginative, and most rhythmic forms.
Poetry
 Theme
The Central idea developed in a literary work.
 Mood
The emotional attitude in a literary work, (regret,
hope).
Poetic Devices
Strategies used in poetry for effect
 Onomatopoeia
The use of words whose sound imitates the sound
of the thing being named.
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 Alliteration
The repetition of identical sounds at the beginning of
words or accented syllables.
Poetic Devices
Strategies used in poetry for effect
 Consonance
A repetition of consonant sounds. A lot like
Alliteration.
 Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds.
 Internal
Rhyme
The rhyming of words within one line of poetry.
Figurative Language
A Writer’s use of words apart from their ordinary, literal meaning
 Personification
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are assigned to
non-human things.
 Hyperbole
An exaggeration for effect
 Simile
Similes for Kids
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A direct comparison between two unlike things using the words
“like” or “as” (seems, than, appears)
 Metaphor
An implied comparison between two unlike things. (To say
something IS something else)
Figurative Language
A Writer’s use of words apart from their ordinary, literal meaning.
 Symbolism
A concrete or real object used to represent an idea.
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Descriptive Language
Language that paints a colorful picture of a person, place, thing,
or idea using vivid details.
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Imagery
The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects,
actions, or ideas.
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
"Nature's first green is gold”.
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Frost's poem contains the perfect image of Vermont's spring landscape. The
hardwoods lose their leaves in autumn and stay bare through the winter. In
spring, the first green to appear is really gold as the buds break open. The
willows and maples have this temporary gold hue. In only a few days, the
leaves mature to green.
The Outsiders by Robert Frost
Ponyboy reciting
“Nothing Gold Can Stay”
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Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. -- Robert Frost
STAY GOLD!
Types of Poetry
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Free Verse
Poetry written without proper rules about form, rhyme, rhythm, meter,
etc.
Limerick
A five line poem written with one couplet and one triplet.
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Haiku
A three line Japanese poem that contains 5 syllables the first line, 7
syllables the second line, and 5 the third.
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Harry Potter Haiku
Couplet
A pair of lines of poetry that are usually rhymed.
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Diamante
A seven lined poem, shaped like a diamond.
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Online Reading by Sharon Creech,
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Online Reading of Harlem
by Walter Dean Myers
illustrated by Christopher Myers
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