PPT-Introduction to Books of Poetry

Psalm 100 1 Make a joyful shout to the LORD all you lands 2 Serve the LORD with gladness Come before His presence with singing 3 Know that the LORD He is God It is He who has made us and not we ourselves . Milton’s poetry consists of the moral & religious influences of Puritanism that are blended with the generous culture of the Renaissance. It falls into four periods: 1) the college period; 2) the Horton period; 3) period of his prose writings; & 4) period of his greatest poetic achievement. ‘Ode . 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 = . 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;. Sensory Language and Visual Imagery . Since most poems express emotions and ideas, a writer must SHOW what is being written about. Poets and song writers use visual imagery and sensory language to show ideas.. Middle School Masters. T. om Phillips. Blackout Poetry. Note to Teachers. At the beginning of the year, have your media specialist save books that would ordinarily be thrown away or destroyed. Before you know it, you have enough “text” for all of your students and even for some of your colleagues!. What is Poetry?. In my opinion poetry:. is literary art. uses language to paint a picture. is a powerful way to express ones thoughts and feelings on any topic. Discuss with your group what you think poetry is.. ―. 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 . Terms and Types. “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility”. . -William Wordsworth. “Poetry is the human soul entire,. 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 . 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-. Poetry is a literary form characterized by a strong sense of rhythm and meter and an emphasis on the interaction between sound and sense. . The study of the elements of poetry is called . prosody. .. Elements of Poetry Poetry is not ____________. Prose is: ordinary ______________ people use in speaking or writing Poetry is: a form of _______________ expression _______________ intense Day 1. Poetry Forms . Poems come in a variety of forms, but they are usually talked about in terms of . two categories:. Traditional Form. Organic. . Form. Form. : a poem’s structure, or the way the words are arranged on the page. . 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’. .