Review Poetry
Couplet: Two lines of a poem together, with the same rhyme and the same rhyme at the end.
Rhyming Couplet
Rhyme Scheme
Find words that rhyme with
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Build rhyming sentences with 5 of them.
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Stanza: A part of a poem with similar rhyme and rhythm which are grouped together.
Rhyme: Words at the end of a line of a poem that sound alike
Verse: a line of a poem
The Shakespearean sonnet is a type of lyric poem has 14 lines, three quatrains (four line stanzas) and a
couplet (two line stanza) the final couplet usually reveals the underlying
message of the poem The meter, or pattern of stresses or beats, is iambic
pentameter
Shakespearean Sonnet
Rhyme Scheme
ABAB -First quatrainCDCD -Second quatrainEFEF -Third quatrainGG -Final couplet
What is a meter in poetry?
Which types of meter are there?
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Meter is a unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats.
It is also called a foot. Each foot has a certain number of syllables in it,
usually two or three syllables. The difference in types of meter is which syllables are
accented and which are not.
Meter in Poetry
Iamb: unstressed, stressed
Trochee: stressed, unstressed
Dactyl: stressed, unstressed, unstressed
Anapest: unstressed, unstressed, stressed
Spondee: stressed, stressed
Types of Meter
Come live with me and be my loveCome live with me and be my love Iamb Tell me not in mournful numbersTell me not in mournful numbers Trochee Half a league, half a leagueHalf a league, half a league Dactyl
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Trochee trips from long to shortFrom long to long in solemn sort
Slow spondee stalks; strong foot yet ill ableEver to run with the dactyl trisyllable.
Iambics march from short to long.With a leap and a bound the swift anapests throng.
Metrical Feet by Samuel Coleridge
Haiku: a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count.
Often focusing on images from nature, haiku emphasizes simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression.
Originally from Japan
Haiku
What could the Structure be?
Haiku Example #1 Haiku Example #2
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The autumn wind blowsCalling the leaves on the groundTo join him in dance.
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I really like toast. It is yummy when it's hot.
I like it best cold
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Explain the different types of poems listed below.
Narrative poem – Lyric poem – Sonnet – Haiku
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Longfellow
1807-1882
American poet and educator
One of the Fireside Poets
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes
The poets' primary topics were the domestic life, mythology, and politics of the United States in the 19th century
The Fireside Poets wrote for the common people normal, everyday people
The Fireside Poets told stories in their poems and wanted those stories to be told to other people
Fireside Poets
Their poems show a standard form:◦ regular meter◦ rhymed stanzas◦Narrative poems
The Standard form made the poems perfect for memorization and recitation in school and at home
At home their poems was a form of entertainment for families gathered around the fire Fireside Poets
What do prayers and poems have in common? How are they different?
Prayers vs. Poems
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