Poetry - PowerPoint Presentation

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PoetrySlide2

What is Poetry?

It’s a kind of language that says more and says it more intensely than ordinary language. (Laurence Perrine)

A literary composition written with an intensity or beauty of

language.

It conveys

experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way.

It uses language chosen for its sound and suggestive power. Slide3

Functions

to imitate

to engage attention

to feed imagination

to form one’s cultural identity

to enjoy the sound to learn metaphorsSlide4

What is poetry?

What it is, exactly, is less important than how it makes us feel

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Poetry

by Eleanor Farjeon (1966)

What is Poetry? Who

Knows

?

Not a rose but the scent of the rose;

Not the sky but the light in the sky;Not the fly but the gleam of the fly;

Not the sea but the sound of the

sea

;

Not myself but what makes

me

See, hear, and feel something that

prose

Cannot, what it is, who

knows

?Slide6

Poetry…

by Carl Sandburg

is the opening

and closing

of a door,leaving thosewho look through

to guess aboutwhat was seenduring a momentSlide7

Elements of Poetry

Rhythm

Rhyme and sound

Imagery

Figurative language:

Comparison and Contrast

ShapeEmotional force, moodDictionSlide8

Diction

Latinate and Germanic Diction

Poetry is often associated with fancy or elaborate vocabulary.

Is French a more poetic language than German?

This need not be the case.

Hesse uses simple, clear, unpretentious language

Much more Germanic or Anglo-Saxon than LatinateSlide9

Germanic

Latinate

Germanic

Latinate

anger, wrath

rage, ire

flood

inundate

ask

inquire

friendly

amicable

begin

commence

give

provide

belief

creed

go

depart

bodily

corporal

god

deity

brotherly

fraternal

help

assist

child

infant

hen

poultry

come

arrive

hill

mount

deadly

mortal

motherly

maternal

earth

soil

new

novel, modern

fatherly

paternal

shut

close

first

primary

teach

educateSlide10

Poetry for children

Like poetry for adults but may comment in a different way

Poetry that is

cute

,

coy, nostalgic

, or sarcastic might be about children, but it is not

for

them. (Charlotte Huck)

Didactic

or

preachy

poems are usually not insightful or particularly enjoyable.Slide11

Poems can be funnySlide12

Eletelephony

Laura E. Richards

Once there was an elephant,

Who tried to use the

telephant—

No! no! I mean an elephoneWho tried to use the telephone—(Dear me! I am not certain quite

That even now I've got it right.)

Howe'er

it was, he got his trunk

Entangled in the

telephunk

;

The more he tried to get it free,

The louder buzzed the

telephee

—

I fear I'd better drop the song

Of

elephop

and

telephong

!) Slide13

The Burp by

Anonymous

Pardon me for being rude.

It was not me, it was my food.

It got so lonely down below,

it just popped up to say hello. Slide14

Poems can be funSlide15

Betty

Botter

Betty

Botter

bought some butter.

"But," she said,

"the butter's bitter.

If I put it

in my batter,

it will make

my batter bitter.

But a bit

of better butter--

that would make

my batter better."

So she bought

a bit of butter,

better than

her bitter butter.

And she put it

in her batter,

and the batter

was not bitter.

So 'twas better

Betty

Botter

bought a bit

of better butter!

How good a tongue twister are you?

40 seconds and over

:

Too slow

. Your grandparents could say the poem faster.30 to 40 seconds:Not bad. You're probably a faster talker than the President.20 to 30 seconds:Pretty good. You've been gifted with a fast pair of lips.15 to 20 seconds:Excellent. You can out talk anyone around.14 seconds or less:You are a tongue tying champion!Slide16

Swimming Ool

by

Kenn

Nesbitt

Swimming in the swimming pool is where I like to "B," wearing underwater goggles so that I can "C."

Yesterday, before I swam, I drank a cup of "T." Now the pool's a "swimming ool" because I took a "P."Slide17

Poems can be insightfulSlide18

My Shadow

by Robert Louis Stevenson

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, 

And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. 

He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; 

And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow-- 

Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; 

For he sometimes shoots up taller like an

india

-rubber ball, 

And he sometimes goes so little that there's none of him at all. 

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My Shadow (cont.)

He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, 

And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. 

He stays so close behind me, he's a coward you can see; 

I'd think shame to stick to

nursie

as that shadow sticks to me! 

One morning, very early, before the sun was up, 

I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup; 

But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, 

Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

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Half

I never finish anything. I leave my work half done.

At breakfast I'm served two fried eggs. I always eat just one.

At school I'm only half awake. I don't stand half a chance.

I like to wear my shorts to school because they're like half pants.

I read no more than half a book and finish half my test.

In class I'm always teased a lot because I'm just half dressed.

This poem is supposed to have exactly fourteen lines.Slide21

Poems can express serious feelingsSlide22

Which Lunch Table ?

Where do I sit?

         All my friends

         from last year          have changed;

          my world is                 f r a c t u r e d                 l o p s i d e d

                r e a r r a n g e d.

          Where do I fit?

          Nothing is clear.

          Can already tell

          this will be 

          a jigsaw year.

Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems

by Kristine O'Connell George

Clarion Books, 2002Slide23

Poems can speak through their shapes

(Concrete poems)Slide24

"Breezes," by Court Smith,

THE WINDLESS

ORCHARD,

31, p. 12

A concrete poemSlide25

A Gentle BreezeSlide26

People are always finding new ways to create poetrySlide27

Arms by Dan Weber

http://www.vispo.com/guests/DanWaber/arms.htm

The poem uses the internet to create poetry in a new form.Slide28

Fun Poems children can createSlide29

Alphabet (ABC)

Each line begins with the next letter of the alphabet.

Example

:

A

young girl was walking in the rain.

B

ut her umbrella didn't open.

C

ouldn't run, couldn't hurry,

D

ressed in new shoes,

E

ntered a house full of dolls.

F

ound all her friends enjoying them

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Acrostic

T

he first letter of each line form a word itself…

w

hich might be the subject of the poem.

Example

Crisp and colorful

A

dorable and crunchy

N

ice and tasty

D

elicious and tempting

Y

ummy and bestSlide31

Cinquain

Line 1 = 1 noun, title

Line 2 = 2 adjectives. Description

Line 3 = 3 verbs. Actions

Line 4 = A phrase with 5 words

Line 5 = restate the title in other words

PenguinsBlack, white

Swimming, jumping, fishing

They dive into freezing water.

Birds in suits.

“

Penguins”

~Kenneth Miller Slide32

Diamante

Similar to a

cinquain

, but with seven lines with top and bottom lines mirroring each other.

Example

“

Winter and Summer”

Winter

Frosty, Bright

Skiing, Snow Ball Fighting, Sledding

Icicles, Snowflakes, Vacation, Family

Swimming, Sun Tanning, Sweltering

Hot, Sunny

Summer

~

Lyndsey

MSlide33

Haiku

Japanese origin

based mainly on nature and rarely rhymes

U

sually three lines with

the first line containing 5 syllable,

the second line 7 and

the third line 5.

Example

‘Night and Day’

The stars are shining

they will shimmer and they‘ll

glow

until the sun shines

~Mattie M.Slide34

Limerick

a poem of 5 lines.

Lines 1, 2, and 5 have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another.

Lines 3 and 4 have five to seven syllables and also rhyme with each other.

Example

There was an Old Man with a flute,

A serpent ran into his boot;

But he played day and night,

Till the serpent took flight,

And avoided that man with a flute.

~ Edward Lear Slide35

Next Week

Present your poems in groups similar to the folktale presentations

You have 5-7 minutes each.

You want to grab your audience's interest and make them care about your poem.

Be as creative and interesting as possible to share your poem.

Involve your group members as much as possible.

Ask them to read some parts. Ask questions about the poem. Have them do some actions. Do anything you like, but you want them to enjoy this experience and the poem.

Choose one poem from your group to share with the class.