Alliteration- the Repetition of Consonant Sounds at the Beginning of Words. for Example

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Poetry Notes

Alliteration- the repetition of consonant Prose- ordinary or plain everyday language used in sounds at the beginning of words. For speech or writing with no patterns or rhymes. example- little lemurs love to leap. Refrain- a repeated verse within a poem or song Allusion-when a work of literature refers to pertaining to a central topic (Like a song chorus). another work of literature or event from history. For example- Our backyard is an Rhyme-a recurrence of similar ending sounds at the Eden. ends of a poetic line/verse such as 'run' and 'sun', or 'night' and 'light'. End rhyme is rhyming words at Assonance- the repetition of vowel sounds in the end of lines of poetry. Internal rhyme rhymes the middle of words. It kind of sounds like an words within lines of poetry. incomplete rhyme. For example-I’d like to fly a kite for the rest of my life. Rhyme Scheme- a pattern established by the arrangement of rhymes in a line or stanza. A rhyme Metaphor- comparing two things that are not scheme is labeled using letters of the alphabet. alike to suggest something they might have in common. Metaphors often use forms of the Rhythm- the rise and fall of stress in spoken verb “to be” (were, are, is, am, etc). For language. example-His ice cold stare pierced my soul. Simile- a comparison between two unlike things Metre- a measure of rhythmic quantity using like or as. For example-Your eyes are like organized into groups of syllables at regular sparkling diamonds". intervals in a line of poetry. The unit of meter is the foot. One metric foot contains 3 Stanza- one of the divisions of a poem, composed syllables. of two or more lines of verse usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, or number of Onomatopoeia- a word that looks like it lines. sounds. Words such as pop, crackle, snap, whizz, buzz, zing. Symbol- an image or icon that represents something else by association. Oxymoron- a phrase that seemingly contradicts itself. For example-The dance was Free Verse Poem- A free verse poem is one with no horrifyingly beautiful. structural guidelines. This term describes various styles of poetry that are not written using strict Personification- when an inanimate object is metre or rhyme, but that still are recognizable as described as having human-like traits. For 'poetry' by virtue of complex patterns of one sort or example-Night swallowed the sun's last ray of another that readers will perceive to be part of a light whole.

Poem- written expression of emotion or ideas Found Poem- A found poem is the rearrangement in an arrangement of words/verse, most often of words or phrases found from other sources to rhythmically. create new meaning in the form of a poem.

1 BLUEFLAG By Elizabeth Brewster

So that I would not pick the blueflag in the midst of the pond (and get my clothes wet) my mother told me that it was poison.

I watched this beautiful, frightening flower growing up from the water from its green reeds, washed blue, sunveined, and wanted it more than all the all the flowers I was allowed to pick, wild roses, pink and smooth as soap, or milk-thin daisies with butterblob centers.

I noticed that the midges that covered the surface of the water were not poisoned by the blueflag, but I thought they musthave a different kind of life from mine.

Even now, if I pick one, fear comes over me, a trembling. I half expect to be struck dead By the flower’s magic

a potency seeping from its dangerous blue skin its veined center.

2 “Boy at the Window” by Richard Wilbur

Seeing the snowman standing all alone In dusk and cold is more than he can bear. The small boy weeps to hear the wind prepare A night of gnashings and enormous moan. His tearful sight can hardly reach to where The pale-faced figure with bitumen eyes Returns him such a god-forsaken stare As outcast Adam gave to Paradise.

The man of snow is, nonetheless, content, Having no wish to go inside and die. Still, he is moved to see the youngster cry. Though frozen water is his element, He melts enough to drop from one soft eye A trickle of the purest rain, a tear For the child at the bright pane surrounded by Such warmth, such light, such love, and so much fear.

My Papa's Waltz by Theodore Roethke

The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy.

We romped until the pans Slid from the kitchen shelf; My mother's countenance Could not unfrown itself.

The hand that held my wrist Was battered on one knuckle; At every step you missed My right ear scraped a buckle.

You beat time on my head With a palm caked hard by dirt, Then waltzed me off to bed Still clinging to your shirt.

3 You are the Sunshine of my Life By Stevie Wonder

You are the sunshine of my life That’s why I’ll always be around, You are the apple of my eye, Forever you’ll stay in my heart

I feel like this is the beginning, Though I’ve loved you for a million years, And if I thought our love was ending, I’d find myself drowning in my own tears.

You are the sunshine of my life, That’s why I’ll always stay around, You are the apple of my eye, Forever you’ll stay in my heart,

You must have known that I was lonely, Because you came to my rescue, And I know that this must be heaven, How could so much love be inside of you?

You are the sunshine of my life, yeah, Thats why I’ll always stay around, You are the apple of my eye, Forever you’ll stay in my heart.

(background) love has joined us, Love has joined us, Lets think sweet love.

4 “Don’t Let the Sun go Down on Me” By Elton John

I can't light no more of your darkness All my pictures seem to fade to black and white I'm growing tired and time stands still before me Frozen here on the ladder of my life

Too late to save myself from falling I took a chance and changed your way of life But you misread my meaning when I met you Closed the door and left me blinded by the light

Don't let the sun go down on me Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

I can't find, oh the right romantic line But see me once and see the way I feel Don't discard me just because you think I mean you harm But these cuts I have they need love to help them heal

5 I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

by William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed--and gazed--but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.

6 The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

-Robert Frost

7 LA8 Fractured Fairy Tale Reader’s Theatre /20 Group Members:

Vocal Expression-

Actions/Sound Effects

Flow/Pace-

Eye Contact/Posture-

Equality in Group-

Poetry Exploration Poster

 Select a poem.  Read the poem a few times.  Identify any words that you don’t know the meaning of (or words you think others won’t know; at least 3). Define these words.  Choose three imagery categories that are prominent in the poem.  Write or type out the poem on a poster.  Identify your categories in the poem by highlighting the words in some way. Include a legend.  Write your vocabulary words on the poster along with the definitions.  Create a visual image to include on your poster to support the imagery in the poem.

Marking Criteria: Selection of Imagery Categories- /4 Identify Words to Support Imagery Categories- /4 Vocabulary Words- /6 Visual Appeal- /6 /20

8 The Eagle by Alfred, Lord Tennyson He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.

Define: Crag

Ringed

Azure

Identify: Two examples of alliteration by underlining in

The example of a simile by underlining in

Three examples of personification by underlining in

Two metaphors by underlining in

The type of rhyme that is used in this poem:

There is/are ______stanza(s) in this poem.

This is a free verse poem because

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9 Language Arts 8 Poetry-Final Assignment Freestyle Poetry

Create a poem, in the format of your choice, on the topic of your choice.

Consider the poems we have examined in this unit: “Don’t Let the Sun go Down on Me”, “The Eagle”, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”, “The Road Not Taken”, “Boy at the Window”, Roald Dahl’s fairy tales, and the poems you used for your various assignments. Your poem should explore, in vivid detail, an idea or experience as these have.

Requirements:  There are no requirements for length or format. This is up to you.  You must include at least 4 different literary devices (simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, hyperbole).  If you wish to challenge yourself, experiment with rhythm and rhyme!  You must punctuate your poem.  Your poem must have a title.

Rubric: 4 3 2 1 Literary 4 literary devices are Devices 4 literary devices are incorporated in a 4 literary devices are 1-3 literary devices (simile, metaphor, incorporated in an clever or unique incorporated. are included. personification, interesting way. hyperbole, way. alliteration) Imagery The poem has The poem has (word choices) The poem has vivid The poem has clear predictable imagery sketchy imagery imagery expressed imagery expressed expressed with expressed with with precise word with detailed word superficial word imprecise word choices. choices. choices. choices. Composition The poem flows The poem flows The poem contains a The poem contains of Poem seamlessly and logically and few flow flaws that some serious flow (rhyme or the contributes to the contributes to the minimally detract flows that detract absence of rhyme, meaning of the meaning of the from the meaning of from the meaning of rhythm, punctuation, poem. poem. the poem. the poem. visual structure)

A note about rhyme: Rhyming should seem effortless in a poem. That is, I should not notice the rhyme more than the meaning of the poem itself. If the rhyme scheme does not contribute to the meaning of the poem, then don’t use it!

Miss McFarland is not a fan of rhyming couplets, which is why she can’t listen to a Nickelback song without shuddering!