PDF-Poetry Reading Strategies Preview the poem by reading the title and paying attention to

Read poem aloud several times to hear rhyme rhythm and the overall sound of the poem This makes it easier to understand the poem Visualize the images by paying close attention to strong verbs and comparisons in poem Do the image s remind you of anyt. From Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes. Poetry is…. One of the three major types of literature (the others being prose and drama). “Literature that makes use of highly concise, musical, and emotionally charged language.”. Writing couplets is easy!. Couplets are poems with two line stanzas. . . I had a pet cat,. But not a pet bat!. Unlimited Stanzas!. A couplet poem can be as short as one stanza –. . 2 lines. In this . lesson, . you . will learn how to read a poem out loud . by pausing for punctuation and at the end of a stanza.. Poems have stanzas.. In the Garden. A bird came down the walk:. He did not know I saw;. PREVIEW COPY PREVIEW COPY PREVIEW COPY PREVIEW COPY PREVIEW COPY PREVIEW COPY PREVIEW COPY PREVIEW COPY PREVIEW COPY PREVIEW COPY PREVIEW COPY PREVIEW COPY PREVIEW COPY PREVIEW COPY PREVIEW COPY PREVI Introduction. There are two main forms of poetry, . closed form. and . open form. …. Closed. Form. Open. Form. -characterized. by patterns. (stanza length, verse, rhyme, meter, syllables). -the content . PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE. A Poem Is A Little Path. . . A poem is a little path. That leads you through the trees.. It takes you to the cliffs and shores,. To anywhere you please.. Follow it and trust your way. To warm up. Blue sky. Sky above. Above my head. Head over heels. Heads up…. Engaging Junior Secondary Students With Poetry. Strategies to support students:. See relevance of poetry. Understand the connection between words and rhythm. 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..  . The . sestina. is a tightly structured French verse form consisting of six sestets (six-line stanzas) and a three-line envoy. . Widely acknowledged to be one of the most complicated of verse . forms, the . 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;. Uses iambic meter in each line and line-ending rhymes. . Invented in the 1200s-1300s. Made popular by . writers . such as . Shakespeare.. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?...". Do not stand at my grave and weep. Poetry. What is poetry?. In poetry the sound and meaning of words are combined to express feelings, thoughts, and ideas.. Poetry is usually written in lines and stanzas.. Lines & Stanzas. Stanza. Stanza. – groups of lines in a poem; functions like a paragraph in prose.. couplet. – a stanza with two lines. Tercet. – a stanza with three lines. Quatrain. – a stanza with four lines. Poetry forms.