PPT-Elements of Poetry

Poets have many tools they use to add to the poems sound meaning and emotional effect on the reader Poetry is the art of expressing ones thoughts in verse It uses few words to convey its message. Exploring Poetry. Elements of Poetry. 1. . Figurative . Language- is language that is used imaginatively, rather than literally, to express ideas or feeling in new ways.. a. . Similes. - use like or as to compare two unlike . Questions:. 1. . It refers to the time and place that the event(s) in the story take . place. 2. This element refers to the topic that the writer writes or comments on in his or her writing. . 3. . It refers to the tension, the fight or the struggle between the various characters or forces in the story. An Introduction for 4. th. Grade Connections. Lines and Stanzas. Single lines in a poem.. Several lines are organized into stanzas.. 2 lines = Couplet. 3 lines = . Tercet. 4 lines = Quatrain. 5 lines = . 2. In poetry the sound and meaning of words are combined to express feelings, thoughts, and ideas.. The poet chooses words carefully.. Poetry is usually written in lines.. What is poetry?. 3. Poetry Elements. p. repared by . Camille . Quamina. What is poetry?. The Eagle. 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;. Poetry is using words in a way that helps us see, feel, and hear them. Poetry bounces off your tongue, tickles your ears, and makes you think. Poetry usually has a rhythm or flow. There are many types of poetry and many types of poetic devices, or tools, that poets use. Poetry is a form of writing in which the sound and meaning of language combine to create ideas and feelings. Poetry uses form, patterns of sound, imagery, & figurative language to convey its message. . ―. A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. . – . Robert Frost . ―…the best words in the best . order. . – . Samuel Taylor Coleridge . ―Poetry is the most direct and simple means of expressing . Please have your group’s collage on your table.. I am allowing ten minutes to go about the room and share the collages in preparation for tomorrow.. Then I’m taking up the collages.. Theme Collages . Poetry. Poetry . What is poetry? Who knows?. Not a rose but the scent of a rose;. Not the sky but the light of the sky;. Not the fly but the gleam of the fly;. Not the sea but the sound of the sea;. Haiku. Cinquain. . Diamante . Rhyming . Free Verse. Poetic Devices . Alliteration-. the initial sounds of a word, beginning either with a consonant or a vowel, repeated in close succession.. Assonance-. Elements of Poetry Poetry is not ____________. Prose is: ordinary ______________ people use in speaking or writing Poetry is: a form of _______________ expression _______________ intense Speaker. The “voice” from whom the poem comes. Could be any voice, not just the poet. Similar to a narrator, but in poetry we call it a speaker. Here’s a example:. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xkk71rhQpo. poet. .. Sometimes, poems have rhyming words in them.. Poetry is meant to be read aloud.. Rhyming Words. Some poetry has rhyming words at the end of lines. When words rhyme, they start with different sounds, but sound the same at the end of the words. So ‘cat’ rhymes with ‘bat’ and ‘hot’ rhymes with ‘lot’. .