Poetry

Poetry

Thinking more about poetry

Learning Objective:

To be able to identify the sound features of poems.

What is poetry?

It is a form of imaginative writing that can be written by anybody.

People choose to write poetry based on many different things. Expressing thoughts and feelings about something in a creative way is what poetry is all about.

There are many sound features used in writing poems to create a picture in the mind of the reader. These includes:

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Rhyme Schemes

Repetition

• Repetition is when a certain word, sentence or phase is written more than once in a poem. 

  When words or phrases are deliberately repeated so as to bring them to the attention of the reader.

• Depending on the word or phrase that is repeated, repetition allows for more emphasis to be placed on certain themes, ideas or objects

Rhyme Scheme

Rhyme is the repetition of end sounds in words.

End rhymes appear at the end of two or more lines of poetry.

The rhyme scheme on the other hand is

Eg.

I hear the people sing,

To the glory of the king.

He sits upon his great big chair,

To watch everybody just sit and stare.