PPT-Poetry What is poetry?

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. 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 . 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.”. 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".. 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. 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;. 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!. By Mrs. Lisa Orf. Middle School English Teacher. St. Joseph Catholic School, Westphalia MO. Poetic . Techniques. Alliteration. : A poem is using alliteration when several words that start with the same consonant are placed close together. For example: “. 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!. 2012. Lines. Stanzas. Rhyme. Rhythm. Alliteration. Simile. Metaphor. Mood. Onomatopoeia. Couplets. Personification. Poetry Terms. Lines- Poets write in lines instead . of . sentences. Stanza- Groups of lines in . T. S. Eliot’s . “Love Song of J. Alfred . Prufrock. ”. Hamlet Act I. Develop and apply new poetry analysis skills. Understand key terms regarding poetic devices. Application of poetry explication skills. 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 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’. .