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Poetry Notes Unit 5, pg. 544-548

One difference between poetry and fiction has to do with form , or the way a poem looks on the page. While short stories and novels consist of sentences and paragraphs, poems are made up of lines. . A line can be a single word, a sentence, or part of a sentence. (verse)

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Poetry Notes Unit 5, pg. 544-548

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  1. One difference between poetry and fiction has to do with form, or the way a poem looks on the page. While short stories and novels consist of sentences and paragraphs, poems are made up of lines. A line can be a single word, a sentence, or part of a sentence. (verse) In many poems, lines are arranged into groups called stanzas. The way a poet chooses to arrange lines and stanzas can affect a poem’s meaning. Poetry NotesUnit 5, pg. 544-548

  2. Please open up your literature books to pg. 544

  3. A Fine Head of LettuceBy Jack Prelutsky I’m a fine head of lettuce, a handsome romaine. I haven’t a cranium made for a brain. I’m simple and shy. I remain on my own. I’m known in the garden as lettuce alone.

  4. Who is the speaker?

  5. A head of romaine lettuce

  6. How many stanzas does the poem have?

  7. A Fine Head of LettuceBy Jack Prelutsky I’m a fine head of lettuce, a handsome romaine. I haven’t a cranium 1 made for a brain. I’m simple and shy. I remain on my own. 2 I’m known in the garden as lettuce alone.

  8. How many lines are in each stanza?

  9. A Fine Head of LettuceBy Jack Prelutsky 1I’m a fine head of lettuce, 2a handsome romaine. 3I haven’t a cranium 4made for a brain. 1I’m simple and shy. 2I remain on my own. 3I’m known in the garden 4as lettuce alone.

  10. Please turn the pg. to 545

  11. Losing FaceBy Janet S. Wong Finally Mother is proud Of something I have done. “My girl won The art contest,” She tells the world, Smiling so big And laughing so loud Her gold tooth Shows. I’m the only one who knows How I drew so well, Erasing the perfect lines I traced, Drawing worse ones On purpose In their place. I feel awful. I want to tell. But I don’t want to lose Mother’s glowing Proud face.

  12. How many stanzas? Finally Mother is proud Of something I have done. “My girl won The art contest,” She tells the world, Smiling so big And laughing so loud Her gold tooth Shows. I’m the only one who knows How I drew so well, Erasing the perfect lines I traced, Drawing worse ones On purpose In their place. I feel awful. I want to tell. But I don’t want to lose Mother’s glowing Proud face.

  13. Who is the speaker? Finally Mother is proud Of something I have done. “My girl won The art contest,” She tells the world, Smiling so big And laughing so loud Her gold tooth Shows. I’m the only one who knows How I drew so well, Erasing the perfect lines I traced, Drawing worse ones On purpose In their place. I feel awful. I want to tell. But I don’t want to lose Mother’s glowing Proud face.

  14. Losing Face • What is the conflict? Why is the speaker upset? • Why doesn’t the speaker want to admit what she’s done?

  15. Can you think of a favorite song? Why do we listen to music?

  16. Most poems are meant to be heard, not just read. Just like we enjoy hearing music and not just reading the lyrics.

  17. Sound Devices • The repetition of sounds at the ends of words: rhyme 2. The beat your hear as you read a poem aloud: rhythm

  18. Sound Devices 3. The use of a word, phrase, sound, or line more than once. repetition 4. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. alliteration

  19. Figurative Language • Images: Words and phrases that draw pictures in your mind. They help you clearly imagine what a poem describes. • Figurative Language: The use of creative comparisons to describe familiar things in new ways.

  20. Figurative Language 5. Simile: A comparison between two unlike things that includes the word like or as. 6. Metaphor: A comparison between two unlike things that does not include the word like or as. 7. Personification: A description of an object, an animal, or an idea as if it were human or had human qualities and reactions.

  21. All of these sound devices and figurative language bring poems to life!

  22. Let’s look at pg. 546 and 547 in your literature book for examples of sound devices.

  23. Now let’s look at pg. 548 in your literature book for some examples of figurative language.

  24. Simile Fallen leaves fly straight out of the trees like birds…

  25. Metaphor The fallen leaves ARE cornflakes…

  26. Personification Dry leaves talking in hoarse whispers…

  27. Why should I use figurative language?

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