Poetry

Poetry Elements
Poetry Elements

1. STANZA
 March
• Poems are written in lines.
A blue day A blue jay

• A group of lines in a poem And a good beginning.

is called a stanza.
One crow, Melting snow –
• Purpose Spring’s winning!
– Stanzas separate ideas in a By Eleanor Farjeon
poem.
– They act like paragraphs.
• Practice
• How many stanzas does This poem 2
this has 2
 March
• Poems are written in lines.
A blue day A blue jay

• A group of lines in a poem is And a good beginning.

called a stanza.
One crow, Melting snow –
• Purpose Spring’s winning!
– Stanzas separate ideas in a By Eleanor Farjeon
poem.
– They act like paragraphs.
• Practice
This poem has 2 stanzas
• How many stanzas does this 2
poem have?
 Types of stanzas
• Couplet: a • Cinquain/Quintet: a
two-line five-
stanza line stanza
• Triplet: a three- • Sestet: a six-line
line stanza
stanza • Septet: a seven line
• Quatrain: a stanza
four-line
• Octet/Octave: an
stanza eight line stanza
 Types of stanzas
• Practice:
– Label the type of stanza next to each
example.
1. Listen...
With faint dry sound, Type:
Like steps of passing ghosts,
The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees And fall.

2. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Type:

Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough
winds do shake the darling buds of May, And
summer's lease hath all too short a date:

3. Type:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee
 Types of stanzas
• Practice:
– Label the type of stanza next to each
example.
1. Listen...
With faint dry sound, Type:
Like steps of passing ghosts, Cinquain
The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees And fall. _____________

2. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Type:

Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough
winds do shake the darling buds of May, And
summer's lease hath all too short a date: _Q_u_at_r_a_in___
____

3. Type:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee Couplet
_____________
Poetry Elements

2. RHYME
 Rhyme
• Definition:
– When the ending of words have identical
sounds:
– It’s what you HEAR, not necessarily
what you see.
• Purpose:
• Contributes to the rhythm and tone of a
poem
• Example:
– Rule and fool.
 Types of Rhyme
• Internal Rhyme:
– Definition:
• Rhyming within the same line of a
poem
– Example:
• The rain in Spain falls mainly on
the plain
• End Rhyme:
– Definition:
• Rhyming words at the ends of lines
in a poem
– Example:
 Rhyme Practice

• As a group, create a line with

internal rhyme.
• As a group, create a couplet
which employs
end rhyme.
• Definition:
Rhyme Scheme
– The pattern of end rhymes in
lines of a poem or song
– Usually referred to by using
letters to indicate which lines
rhyme
• Purpose:
– To establish structure while
creating rhythm
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3. STRUCTURE/FORM-
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3. STRUCTURE/FORM-
pertains to the style of the
poem or how the poem is
structured
a. CLASSICAL
b. CONTEMPORARY
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3. STRUCTURE/FORM-
a. CLASSICAL– shows
metrical pattern, has specific
number of lines, and has
rhyme scheme
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3. STRUCTURE/FORM-
b. CONTEMPORARY
– does not have meter,
rhyme, nor pattern
-free or blank verse
Poetry Structure
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4. RHYTHM
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4. RHYTHM
-refers to the tempo or
beat created through the
stressed and unstressed
syllables presented in the
lines
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5. METER
-refers to the pattern of
sounds or the organized
arrangement of sounds
-shown by the kind of foot
and the feet number
 POETRY

According to Laurence Perrine

-A kind of language that says more and says it

more intensely than does ordinary language
-Uses “heightened language”
-Poet uses “imagery” by employing figurative
language