Poetry Devices Structure and Forms.ppt
- 2. Imagery Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses. There are five types of imagery you need to know…
- 3. Imagery (cont.) Visual Imagery- Imagery that deals with picturing something. Example: The dark, black cloud began to block the azure, blue sky as we sat and watched on the beach. Auditory Imagery- Imagery that deals with sound and hearing. Example: The doorbell rang and Rayna screamed, “I’ll get it!”
- 4. Imagery (cont.) Olfactory Imagery- Imagery that represents a smell. Example: The garbage can released an odor of rancid, three-week-old milk. Gustatory Imagery- Imagery that represents a taste. Example: Mark tasted the briny, bitter salt water for the first time.
- 5. Imagery (cont.) Tactile Imagery- Imagery that represents touch. Example: She dug her toes in the wet sand, but she was still sweating from the hot sun.
- 6. Tone An author’s attitude toward his or her subject matter. We can figure out tone by an author’s word choice, punctuation, sentence structure, and figures of speech. SAMPLE TONE WORDS: sympathetic, serious, ironic, sad, bitter, humorous, angry, apologetic, critical, proud
- 7. Mood The emotional quality of a literary work. Mood is determined by setting, subject matter, and tone. SAMPLE MOOD WORDS: Cheerful, gloomy, bleak, eerie, tense, calm, ominous, uncertain, miserable
- 8. Poetry Devices Alliteration: The repetition of consonant sounds, generally at the beginning of words. Example: Sally sells sea-shells by the sea shore. Consonance: The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words that do not rhyme or are preceded by different vowel sounds. Example: The clock struck twelve, and he was tickled with excitement as the ball dropped.
- 9. Poetry Devices (cont.) Assonance: The repetition of same or similar vowel sounds in words that are close together. Example: So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Do you like blue?
- 10. Poetry Devices Continued Diction: A writer’s choice of words; an important element in the writer’s voice or style. Denotation: The literal, dictionary meaning of a word. Example: The word “home” means, “the physical structure within which one lives, such as a house.” Connotation: The suggested or implied meanings associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition. Example: Words can have positive or negative connotations. The word “home” might suggest positive thoughts of comfort, family, protection, etc.
- 11. Poetry Devices (cont.) Onomatopoeia: The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes. Examples: Hiss, crack, swish, murmur, mew, buzz. Apostrophe: A literary device in which a speaker addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or an absent person. Example: Oh, mother, where would I be without your guidance!
- 12. Poetry Devices (cont.) Repetition: The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines or stanzas in a poem. Writers use repetition to emphasize an important point, to expand on an idea, to create rhythm, and to increase the unity of the work. Example: The repeated chorus of a song emphasizes the message of that song.
- 13. Poetry Devices: 3 Types of Rhyme End Rhyme: The rhyming of words at the end of a line. Example: They could not excuse the sin. That was committed by his kin. Internal Rhyme: Rhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry. Example: No, baby, no, you may not go.” Slant Rhyme: Two words sound similar, but do not have a perfect rhyme. Example: The words jackal and buckle.
- 14. Structure Items Speaker: The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem (like a narrator). Stanza: A group of lines forming a unit in a poem or a song. Line: The basic unit of poetry. The line is a word or a row of words (not a sentence that extends over to the next line, though). There are four structural poems you will need to know based on the number of lines.
- 15. Structural Items (continued) Four types of poems based on line number: Couplet: Consists of two lines. Quatrain: Consists of four lines. Sestet: Consists of six lines. Octave: Consists of eight lines.
- 16. Structural Items (continued) Rhyme Scheme: The pattern that end rhymes form in a stanza or poem. Rhyme scheme is designated by the assignment of a different letter of the alphabet to each new rhyme. Roses are red A Violets are blue B You stole my heart C Then were untrue B
- 17. Poetry Types Narrative Poem: A poem that tells a story. Narrative poems are usually contrasted with lyric poems. Lyric Poem: Poetry that expresses a speaker’s personal thoughts or feelings. Free Verse: Poetry that has no fixed pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza arrangement.
- 18. Poetry Types (cont.) Ode: A long, serious lyric poem that is elevated in tone and style. Some odes celebrate a person, an event, or even a power or object. Haiku: A traditional, nature-inspired Japanese form of poetry that has 3 lines and 17 syllables. Lines one and three are five syllables each. Line two is seven syllables. Sonnet: A lyric poem of 14 lines, typically written in iambic pentameter and following strict patterns of stanza division and rhyme.
- 19. Haiku Poems One thing haiku poems try to do is present imagery and details that try to convey a larger insight or meaning. For example, a writer is not simply describing a setting, but they are describing a setting to provide insight or a larger meaning.
- 20. Sample Haiku Poems Nature Haiku: Skies so azure blue Youthful hue makes my heart race Infinite blessing Person Haiku: Angry from day one Critical of all that’s fun You suffer the most Create a Haiku about nature or a favorite setting and create a haiku about a person or type of person.