A Pretty Word for Life Page 742 Ms Levines Two Cents on Writing Poetry Nouns and verbs MOVE Get rid of articles Dig deep for a story not a grocery list All art including poetry amp writing is purposed to communicate ID: 220228
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Poetry
A
Pretty Word for "Life."
Page 742Slide2
Ms. Levine's Two Cents
on…
Writing Poetry.
Nouns and verbs MOVE.
Get rid of articles.
Dig deep for a story, not a grocery list.
All art, (including poetry & writing), is purposed to communicate
– if you intend another to read it.
It doesn't have to rhyme.
Have fun with line
structure (unless we're learning specific line structures).
Title
LAST.
Don't treat your readers like they're dumb.Slide3
I
Say – Good Form, Old Chap!
Traditional
Poetry
Epic: Long
narrativeOde: Commemorative lyricBallad: Sung or recitedSonnet: 14 lines w/ set rhyme & rhythmHaiku: Japanese; set lines & syllables Limerick: Light & humorous w/ specific rhyme scheme
Organic Poetry
Free/Blank
verse: Poetry with no regular meter
Concrete poetry: Conveys meaning visually through the arrangement of letters and words
Any poetry that deviates from a traditional formSlide4
Poetic Elements:
Compared to songs & prose
Sound devices
Meter
Imagery & Figurative languageSlide5
Sound Devices
Sound Device
Definition
Example
Repetition
A sound, word, phrase or line
that is repeated for emphasis & unity"back off from this poemIt has drawn in yr feetBack off from this poem"
Alliteration
Repetition
of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
"Which circle slowly with a silken swish."
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds in words that don't end with the same consonant
"Words shy and dappled, deep-eyed
deer
in herds."
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds within
and at the ends of words
"Whose nest is in a watered shoot."Slide6
Meter!
Types of feet:
Iamb (reSIST)
Trochee (Absent)
Spondee (GOAL LINE)
Number of feet: Trimeter (3)Tetrameter (4)Pentameter (5)Slide7
Imagery & Figurative
Language
Figurative Language
Definition
Example
Simile
A comparison between two unlike things, containing the words like, as, or as if
"My heart is like a singing bird"
Metaphor
A comparison between two unlike things without the word
like
or
as
"Poets make pets of pretty, docile words"
Personification
A description of an object,
an animal, a place, or an idea in human terms
"It [this poem] has taken in many victims"
Hyperbole
An exaggeration for emphasis
or humorous effect
"The hunger
of this poem is legendary"Slide8
The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But
I hung on like death;
Such waltzing was not easy.
We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;My mother's countenance Could not unfrown itself.The hand that held my wristWas battered on one knuckle;At every step you missed
My right ear scraped a buckle.You beat time on my head
With a palm caked hard with dirt
Then waltzed me off to bed
Still clinging to your shirt.Slide9
My Papa's Waltz
How does
the speaker feel about his bedtime waltz with his father?
Use details from the poem to help explain why you think the way you do.
Why do you think the scene in "My Papa's Waltz" was so vivid among the the poet's memories?
What is your impression of the characters depicted in the painting?
Cite details that create this impression.What are some conclusions we can draw about these characters? Are they negative? Positive? Both?Is poetry always black and white?Slide10
Group Discussion
In groups of four, discuss
the following questions and be prepared to defend your answers in class discussion once the groups have finished:
1) In "My Papa's Waltz," why is the speaker's mother frowning? Does it lend anything to the mood of the poem? How?
2) In the poem, how do you judge the father's behavior toward the speaker? Consider the word choices used in the descriptions as you cite evidence to support your answer.
3) In writing about this poem, one critic remarked that
Roethke reveals "something of his own joy, and bafflement, as the victim of his father's exuberant energy." Do you consider victim too harsh a word to describe the boy's part in the evening waltz? Why or why not?Slide11
Thinking Outside
the Box.
Changing expectationsSlide12
Diction
In the museum
of glass flowers
Natures clock is still: forever
Flowers bud, arch, stretch, bloom
This year, next year, a hundred years
Inside their cases: airless, dustlessColors unfading, leaves unwiltedUpturned pollen facesForever unkissed by sun.Slide13
Lines 1-9 of Spring is
like Perhaps a Hand
Describe how something that you regularly observe in nature, such as a garden or a tree, changes
from the last days of winter to the first days of spring.
According to the speaker, in what ways is spring like a hand?
Explain how Cummings arranges and rearranges his words to reinforce the idea of his comparison.
How does the line structure help the meaning of the poem?