Introduction to

Poetry
 Definition

• A collection of words that express an

emotion or idea.
• Poems are literary attempts to share
personal experiences and feelings.
• Good poems show images which leave the
reader the sense of delight, awe and
wonder.
 Definition of
Poetry
• Poetry - A type of writing that
uses language to express
imaginative and emotional
qualities instead of or in addition
to meaning.

• Poetry may be written as individual

poems or included in other written
forms as in dramatic poetry,
hymns, or song lyrics.
 Which half do you use when
studying poetry?

• Poetry requires creativity

• Poetry requires emotion
• Poetry requires an artistic quality
• Poetry requires logic.
 Purpose of Poetry

• To express ideas, feelings and

emotions.
 Key Elements of
Poetry
• Form
• Speaker
• Sound
• Imagery
• Figurative
Language
 Types of Poetry

Free Verse:
Poetry that doesn’t
follow any specific
patterns in rhythm,
rhyme scheme, or line
length; free verse
may contain rhymes,
but they are not used
in a prescribed
manner
 Types of Poetry

Haiku
Kochira muke
A three-line Japanese Ware mo sabishiki
poetic form in the lines Aki no kure
follow the pattern of
five syllables in the Will you turn
first line, seven toward me?
syllables in the second I am lonely too,
line, and five syllables This autumn
in the third line. evening.
Types of Poetry
 Types of Poetry

Narrative Poem:
A poem that tells the sequence of events of a story;
“The Song of Wandering Aengus” is a narrative
poem
 Types of Poetry

Sonnet:

A very structured fourteen-line poem that

follows a specific rhyme structure and rhythm.
The two most common sonnets are the Italian
sonnet and the English sonnet. William
Shakespeare wrote many English sonnets, which
are also referred to as hakespearean sonnets.
 Rhyme

One of the most beautiful elements found in

poetry is rhyme.
Rhyme is the matching of sounds that are
similar.

Say, Pay, Tray, Spray, Day, May

Blue, True, zoo, do, too

 Rhyme

When working with rhyme, you should

always remember that the most important
part of verse is the last word.
• The last word of each verse is what
establishes they rhyme.
Twinkle, twinkle little star! A
How I wonder what you are Rhyme
Up above the world so high. A Schem
Like a diamond in the sky. e
B
 Rhythm

• It is a movement with uniform

recurrence of a beat or accent." In its
crudest form rhythm has a beat with little
or no meaning.
 Alliteration
• The repetition of the initial letter or sound
in two or more words in a line.
To the lay-person, these are called
“tongue-twisters”.

• Example: How much dew would a

dewdrop drop if a dewdrop did
drop dew?
 Repetition
• Using the same key word or phrase
throughout a poem.

This should be fairly

self-explanatory,
but . . .
at risk of sounding like
a broken record . . .
Figurative Language
 Figurative
Language
Figurative Language is the
use of words outside of their
literal or usual meaning to
add beauty or force.

It is characterized by the use

of similes and metaphors.
 Figurative Language

Simile: A direct, explicit comparison of one

thing to another in which the
words like or as are used.

Example:
She looks like an angel.

Her lips are as sweet as honey.

 Figurative Language

Personification: The strategy of giving

animate qualities to abstract
concepts, or inanimate
things.

Example:
This handless clock stares blindly from its
tower.
 Figurative Language

Onomatopoeia: The attempt to echo or

imitate sounds with words.

Example:
Bow-wow, oink-oink, tic-tac, howling
 Figurative Language

Hyperbole: An exaggeration

Example:
I have been waiting for a million years.
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