<p> Poetry Packet</p><p>“Poetry is the type of thing a poet writes.”</p><p>Robert Frost</p><p>Part I: Elements of a poem</p><p>1. What is Poetry? It is a ______which expresses ______and ideas using ______and ______. </p><p>2. Rhythm - ______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p> Sometimes the rhythm is a ______one, and sometimes it’s more ______, but it’s not there by accident. Poets arrange their words in such a way as to create those ______. </p><p> Unlike a song, poems don’t have drums. The rhythm is set by the ______or ______in the words. </p><p> In most words that have more than one ______, one of the syllables is pronounced more strongly than the others. We say that this syllable is ______or ______3. Meter - ______</p><p>______. </p><p>Iamb - a unit of rhythm in poetry that consists of one syllable that is ______followed by one syllable that is ______or ______. </p><p> An iamb = Two syllables : da DUM.</p><p> Iambic dimeter = Two iambs: da DUM / da DUM</p><p> Iambic trimeter = Three iambs: da DUM / da DUM / da DUM</p><p> Iambic tetrameter = four iambs: </p><p> da DUM / da DUM / da DUM / da DUM</p><p> Iambic pentameter = Five iambs:</p><p>4. Rhyme - ______. In poetry, rhyme is often at the ______of a ______. </p><p>-Eye rhyme -rhymes only when ______. For example, “through” and “rough.” </p><p>-End rhyme, the rhyming of the ______syllables of a line. 5. Rhyme Scheme - A “rhyme scheme” is a way of describing the ______in a poem. </p><p>Each new sound at the end of a line is given a letter, starting with “A,” then “B,” and so on. If an end sound repeats the end sound of an earlier line, it gets the same letter as the earlier line.</p><p>My cat is nice.</p><p>My cat likes mice.</p><p>My cat is fat.</p><p>I like my cat.</p><p>What is the rhyme scheme of this poem:______</p><p>Let’s try another…</p><p>My cat is nice.</p><p>My cat is fat.</p><p>My cat likes mice.</p><p>I like my cat.</p><p>What is the rhyme scheme? ______Or another...</p><p>My cat is gray.</p><p>My cat is fat.</p><p>My cat is cute.</p><p>I like my cat.</p><p>Rhyme Scheme: ______</p><p>6. Figurative Language - Most poems make use of the types of figurative language we’ve learned: ______, </p><p>______, ______, </p><p>______.</p><p>Other types of figurative language poems use are alliteration and assonance. </p><p>Alliteration - ______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______. Assonance is when a writer repeats the ______sounds in the stressed syllables of words. </p><p>Example: ”My rabbit whacked my ear.” The words “rabbit whacked” are an example of assonance because they both contain a “short a” sound on the stressed syllable.</p><p>Note: Alliteration and assonance do not have to have the same letters; just the same sounds. So for example, “falling phone” is alliterative and “flying high” is assonant, because they repeat the same sounds even though they don’t repeat the same letters.</p><p>Exercise:</p><p>1. Read the following poem.</p><p>2. Underline the alliterative words in each line.</p><p>3. Circle the assonant words in each line.</p><p>Hint: Sometimes words can be both alliterative and assonant. My Puppy Punched Me In the Eye</p><p>My puppy punched me in the eye. My rabbit whacked my ear. My ferret gave a frightful cry and roundhouse kicked my rear.</p><p>My lizard flipped me upside down. My kitten kicked my head. My hamster slammed me to the ground and left me nearly dead.</p><p>So my advice? Avoid regrets; no matter what you do, don’t ever let your family pets take lessons in kung fu.</p><p>–Kenn Nesbitt</p><p>Famous Poets: Part II - Styles of Poetry</p><p>1. Couplet – A two-line poem or ______, usually rhyming. </p><p>In the world of mules There are no rules. Ogden Nash</p><p>2. Ballad – A ballad tells a ______, often coming from local history or legend and often involving lost love or tragedy. Some are written in couplets, others in six-line stanzas. Some are set to ______. </p><p>A bunch of the boys were whooping it up In the Malamute saloon; The kid that handles the music-box Was hitting a jag-time tune; Back of the bar, in a solo game, Sat dangerous Dan McGrew, And watching his luck was his light-of-love, The lady that’s known as Lou. Selection from “The Shooting of Dan McGrew” by Robert W. Serice</p><p>Well the south side of Chicago Is the baddest part of town And if you go down there You better just beware Of a man name of Leroy Brown</p><p>A selection from “Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown,” by Jim Croce 3. The Sonnet – There are two types of sonnets: Italian and Shakespearean. Both are ______lines long, usually written in ______Pentameter (5 iambs, 10 syllables, accent on every other syllable). </p><p> The ______sonnet has a rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd, efef, gg.</p><p> Three ______and a rhyming ______. </p><p>Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Sonnet 18) Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?</p><p>Thou art more lovely and more temperate.</p><p>Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,</p><p>And summer's lease hath all too short a date.</p><p>Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,</p><p>And often is his gold complexion dimmed;</p><p>And every fair from fair sometime declines,</p><p>By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed;</p><p>But thy eternal summer shall not fade,</p><p>Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,</p><p>Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,</p><p>When in eternal lines to Time thou grow'st.</p><p>So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,</p><p>So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. </p><p>William Shakespeare</p><p>4. Haiku – three unrhymed lines and ___ syllables, arranged in lines of ______They often describe scenes in nature. </p><p>In the rains of spring, An umbrella and raincoat “Spring Rain,” by Buson 5. Limerick – A ______-line poem with a rhyme scheme of ______. It has a bouncy rhythm and is usually humorous. </p><p>There was an old lady whose folly Induced her to sit in a holly; Whereupon, by a thorn Her dress being torn, She quickly became melancholy Edward Lear</p><p>6. Acrostic – descriptive poems in which the _____ letter of each line spells out the ______of the poem.</p><p>Can’t Avoid Trouble Paul Janeczko</p><p>7. Concrete Poem – The words of the poem are arranged in the ______of the subject. </p><p>Amelia Cramped in the cockpit likeabirdinabox theicecakedwings theicecakedwings shebringsjuice toothbrush&comb couragethewill tofly15hours without stop throughdarkdanger the Atlantic Sky</p><p>“Amelia Cramped” by Monica Kulling</p><p>8. List Poem – takes a simple, every day ______in order to describe something in detail. It can be rhymed or unrhymed. </p><p>Home address: “Shady Lawn” Working hours: Dusk till dawn Hobbies/Sports: Likes to climb Special skills Making slime Selection from“Slug File” by Avis Harley</p>