Poetry Packet Ms. Tucker
“Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe.” – Adrienne Rich
Name: ______Class Period: ____ (Please return to room 101) 1 Part 1: Important Terms for Discussing Poetry
EXPLICATION/EXPLICATE:
1.Parts of Poem
Line - A line is a subdivision of a poem, specifically a group of words arranged into a row that ends for a reason other than the right-hand margin.
Stanza - a group of lines equal in number forming the basic recurring unit in a poem.
Strophe- a group of lines varying in number forming the basic recurring unit in a poem.
2.Types of Prosody PROS·O·DY/noun 1.
2.
All prosody is either: Quantitative:
Normative:
Spatial: arrangement by______Syllabic: Arrangement by ______
EX: EX: