AN ODE TO POETRY

Lyric and Epic Poems

BELL RINGER What type of poem is written to praise

or honor someone or something?

Write you answer in your binder.

Keep it secret; keep it safe…

Lyrical P

oetry

LYRIC POEM Lyric Poetry consists of a poem,

such as a sonnet or an ode, that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. The term lyric is now commonly referred to as the words to a song. Lyric poetry does not tell a story which portrays characters and actions. The lyric poet addresses the reader directly, portraying his or her own feeling, state of mind, and perceptions.

LYRIC POEM Short poem of songlike quality Don’t always have to rhyme, but can. Has one reader/author that is speaking

in the Lyric poem

EXAMPLE OF LYRIC POETRY

Dying (aka I heard a fly buzz when I died )

byEmily Dickinson

I heard a fly buzz when I died;The stillness round my form

Was like the stillness in the airBetween the heaves of storm.

The eyes beside had wrung them dry,And breaths were gathering sureFor that last onset, when the king

Be witnessed in his power.

I willed my keepsakes, signed awayWhat portion of me I

Could make assignable,-and thenThere interposed a fly,

With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz,Between the light and me;

And then the windows failed, and thenI could not see to see.

EXAMPLE OF LYRIC POETRY Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore--And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over--like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.

LYRIC POETRY IN ACTION Listen closely to the following poem.

See if you can tell what emotion is being expressed by the author…

LYRIC POETRY IN ACTION Poem put to music…

LYRIC POETRY IN ACTION Poem + Music = SONG!!

“Bohemian Rhapsody”By: Queen

LYRIC POETRY IN ACTION Even lyrical poems turned to lyrical

songs can be FUN!!

LYRIC POETRY IN ACTION Listen closely to the following poem.

See if you can tell what emotion is being expressed by the author…

LYRIC POETRY IN ACTION Poem put to music…

LYRIC POETRY IN ACTION Poem + Music = SONG!!

EPIC POEMS Long narrative poems (tells a story) Celebrates the adventures or

achievements of a hero or heroine. Usually is as long as an entire book.

Famous Epics:The Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Aneid by HomerParadise Lost by John Milton