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POETRY is…
a type of literature that
expresses ideas and
feelings, or tells a story
in a specific form
(usually using lines and stanzas)
POETIC FORM
FORM - the A word is dead
appearance of the When it is said,
words on the page Some say.
LINE - a group of
I say it just
words together on one
line of the poem Begins to live
That day.
STANZA - a group of - Emily Dickinson
lines arranged together
POETIC SOUND
EFFECTS
RHYTHM
The beat created
by the sounds of the
words in a poem.
Rhythm can be
created by using,
meter, rhymes,
alliteration, and
refrain.
METER
A pattern of stressed (strong) and unstressed
(weak) syllables
Each unit or part of the pattern is called a “foot”
Types of Feet:
• Iambic - unstressed, stressed
• Trochaic - stressed, unstressed
• Anapestic - unstressed, unstressed, stressed
• Dactylic - stressed, unstressed, unstressed
• Spondaic – stressed, stressed
• Pyrrhic – unstressed, unstressed
TYPES OF METER
Types of Meter:
• Monometer - One Foot
• Dimeter - Two Feet
• Trimeter – Three Feet
• Tetrameter – Four Feet
• Pentameter – Five Feet
• Hexameter – Six Feet
• Heptameter – Seven Feet
• Octameter – Eight Feet
SCANSION
Analysis of the meter and feet versical
structure of a poetic line
Types of Stanzas:
• Monostich : One Line
• Distich/Couplet : Two Lines
• Triplet/Tercet : Three Lines
• Quatrain : Four Lines
• Cinquain/Quintet : Five Lines
STANZAIC FORMS
Stanzas are classified according to the number
of lines they regularly contain in a poem:
Types of Stanzas:
• Sextet/Sestet : Six Lines
• Septet : Seven Lines
• Octet/Octave : Eight Lines
• Spenserian Stanza : Nine Lines
• Decima : Ten Lines
STANZAIC FORMS
Stanzas are classified according to the number
of lines they regularly contain in a poem:
Types of Stanzas:
• Sonnet : 14 Lines
• Villanelle : 19 Lines
• Free Verse : No meter
• Blank Verse : No rhyme but contains meter
RHYMES
Words sound alike because they share
the same ending vowel and consonant
sounds. A word always rhymes with
itself.
LAMP
STAMP
A
Hector the Collector
Collected bits of string. B
Collected dolls with broken heads C
And rusty bells that would not ring. B
ROSE
LOSE
- “Spider” by Anonymous
EXTENDED METAPHOR
Continues for several lines or possibly the
entire length of a work
LITOTES
Intentional understatement, used for humor or irony
(Example- naming a slow moving person “Speedy”)
PERSONIFICATION
A nonliving thing given human of life-like
qualities
˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ /
To swell the gourd, and plump the ha-zel shells
-from “Ode to Autumn” by John Keats
OTHER FORMS
OF POETRY
COUPLET
A poem of only two lines
Both lines have an end rhyme and the same
meter
Often found at the end of a sonnet