Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

- Robert Frost

Poetry?
Poetry is the most distilled way for writers to express their experiences in words. It is musical language and is meant to be read aloud. A poem can be larger than the sum of its parts.
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What distinguishes poetry from prose?

There are three main differences between a poem and prose: Form and structure Use of language Use of sound

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Form and Structure

Structure is how the poem is organized. Poems are organized in: stanzas similar to paragraphs lines rows of words (not necessarily sentences)

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Use of Language
Imagery words that appeal to the five senses and paint a picture for the reader. Figurative language words used differently from their ordinary, literal meaning. Figures of speech simile, metaphor, hyperbole
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Use of Sound
Rhythm pattern of stressed ()and unstressed ()syllables in a line. Meter the regular pattern of rhythm in a poem. Foot one stressed and one or more unstressed syllables that make up the meter of a poem.
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Use of Sound, Cont.

Rhyme the repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any following sounds in two or more words. Internal Rhyme words on the same line of poetry rhyme. End rhyme words at the end of lines in a poem rhyme.
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Form and Structure in Depth

Form the pattern of meter rhyme, and structure of a poem. Turn to page 516 in the literature text. Notice the common forms of poetry in the beige box!
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Form and Structure in Depth

Rhythm pattern of sound created by the syllables in a line of poetry. It can be regular or irregular. Scansion analyzing the meter in a line of poetry. Breaking the line into feet or rhythmic units.
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Form and Structure in Depth

Slant Rhyme the sounds of words are similar but not identical. They are close or can be forced to rhyme depending on how you say the words.

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Form and Structure in Depth

Rhyme Scheme The pattern of end rhyme in a poem. Each line is given a letter of the alphabet to show which lines rhyme together. Some common schemes are: a,b,a,b a,a,b,b a,b,b,a (You keep the lettering going through the whole poem.)

Quikwrite
Use the question on page 517 to analyze a nursery rhyme for its form and structure.

1. How many lines? Stanzas? 2. Mark the scansion of one line. 3. Letter the rhyme scheme down the end of each line. 4. Underline any internal rhyme.