POETRY TERMS

Sound and Beat

ONOMATOPOEIA, ALLITERATION, REPETITION, RHYTHM, & RHYME

Lets talk about sounds!

ONOMATOPOEIA

Words that imitate the sound they make. Words that sound like what they are.

BATMAN & MJHS 1. Watch the following clip and write down all of the onomatopoeias you can. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDc1zfffMw 2. Now write down onomatopoeias for the MJHS Cafetorium.

WHY USE IT?

It conveys meaning and creates sound at the same time These words are usually the best choice to describe the sound

ALLITERATION Alliteration is the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables.

WHY USE IT?

When writers want to emphasize certain sounds, they may use alliteration. It is more memorable than regular prose. It helps create mood and feeling.

EXAMPLES
down in the dumps do or die Coca-Cola live the life back to the basics Ryan rang the red ringer Scott sought some sandwiches Peter Piper picked a pepper green as grass growing in the ground

REPETITION Definition: The return of a word, phrase, stanza form, or effect in any form of literature.

WHY USE IT?

Repetition is an effective literary device that may bring comfort, suggest order, or add special meaning to a piece of literature. is an effective literary device that may bring comfort, suggest order, or add special meaning to a piece of literature

REPETITION IN ACTION

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

What repetition is happening? What is the effect? Sometimes called parallel structure or parallel language.

I have a dream today.

RHYTHM Definition: The beat! The regular pattern and alternations of sounds and words in verse. The pattern of stressed (emphasized) and unstressed sounds.

RHYTHM: LINE SYLLABLES

Poets use the number of syllables in lines to establish rhythm. Sometimes they alternate the number of syllables or use the same number consecutively. Many poems are defined by the number of syllables they use in each line, such as the Haiku or Alexandrine.

WHY USE IT?

Allows poets to stress important words Gives the poem a certain sound Captivates audience Directs reader how to emphasize an effective literary device that may bring comfort, suggest order, or add special meaning to a piece of literature

RHYME Definition: Correspondence of ending sounds of words or of lines of verse. Words sound similar because they share the same ending in vowel and consonant sound.

RHYME SCHEME

Caterpillar
by Christina Rossetti Brown and furry Caterpillar in a hurry, Take your walk To the shady leaf, or stalk, Or what not, Which may be the chosen spot. No toad spy you, Hovering bird of prey pass by you; Spin and die, To live again a butterfly.

Rhyme Scheme

WHY USE IT?

Unifies a poem Links concepts through sound To produce appealing sounds Captivates audience Makes it memorable device that may bring comfort, suggest order, or add special meaning to a piece of literature

WALT WHITMAN

Walt Whitman was a nurse during the Civil War. Many of his poems were about what he saw, heard, and felt during the war.

Listen while the teacher reads and explains one of his poems. Then answer the questions about it on your paper.

BEAT! BEAT! DRUMS!

Beat! beat! drums!Blow! bugles! blow! Make no parleystop for no expostulation; Mind not the timidmind not the weeper or prayer; Mind not the old man beseeching the young man; Let not the childs voice be heard, nor the mothers entreaties; Make even the trestles to shake the dead, where they lie awaiting the hearses, So strong you thump, O terrible drumsso loud you bugles blow.

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Parley- to talk or negotiate, especially with an enemy i.e. The poem is personifying the drums and telling them, Dont stop even if someone doesnt like it. [3] Beseech- to beg for something; beseecher- one who begs for something [4] Entreaties- serious requests (asking for something seriously) [5] Trestles- towers that hold a bridge up [6] Hearses- a vehicle that carries a coffin to a funeral