PPT-Poetry Vocabulary

Theme The central theme of a poem represents its controlling idea This idea is crafted and developed throughout the poem and can be identified by assessing the poems rhythm setting tone mood diction and occasionally title The theme is rarely stated explicitly and it is not a moral but an important idea that is prevalent throughout the poem. 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 . Pastoral Poetry. "Pastoral" (Latin for "shepherd") refers to a literary work dealing with shepherds and rustic life. . It presents an idealized rather than realistic view of rustic life. . Classical (Greek and Latin) pastoral works date back to the 3rd century B.C. Poetry. Noun. Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm;.... A quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems: "poetry and fire are nicely balanced in the music".. 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 = . Day 2- . Is it important???. Day 1= What IS poetry?. Day 3=. . What makes it “good?”. Day 4=. . The Effects . of Poetry. Day 5= What will your verse be?. Our definition from yesterday: . 5 minutes. Form. Form is the physical arrangement of the words on the page. This includes the length and placement of the lines, and the way they are grouped into stanzas.. Some poetry (limericks, sonnets, etc.) are written in strict formal patterns.. Yay. ! . Poetry Analysis. A huge portion of your AP exam . You will answer multiple choice questions AND an essay on poetry. How the heck do I analysis poetry?. …without killing people. . TIPCAST. Here’s a tip: Don’t break your arm!. 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!. 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 not prose. Prose is the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing.. Poetry is a form of literary expression that captures intense experiences or creative perceptions of the world in a musical language.. 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 . Elements of Poetry Poetry is not ____________. Prose is: ordinary ______________ people use in speaking or writing Poetry is: a form of _______________ expression _______________ intense 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’. .