Términos de Poesía y Rima

Términos de Poesía y Rima

By H.G. Peter P. Whisperwind

Essential Information

Goals From Standards:

AL.6.b.2 - Comparing language forms.

AL.7.b- Research, analyze, exchange, and present diverse perspectives and distinctive viewpoints from authentic age-appropriate materials. 

AL.8.b.1 -  Using languages for enjoyment and enrichment and researching further opportunities to do so.

From the World Languages Curriculum and Standards.​

Agenda

WL| Español/Castellano

Terms of Poetry + Rhyme

​	​Lesson Part 1	​Lesson Part 2
​​Starter:	5 lines, prose, using 3 forms of figurative language, describe yourself.	​En 6 versos, escribe una rima en Inglés sobre tí.
​Theory:	Explore the REAL terms of Poetry in Spanish.	​Terminos de la rima y ejemplos.
​​Integration:	Practice terms.	​Practice la rima.
​Praxis:	Show you understand by applying these terms to your writing.	​Write a rhyming cinquain.
​Conclusion:	Exit Review	​Exit Review

​Write your own Goal.

• Will I learn these terms to sound sophisticated?

• Will I learn these terms to become a better writer?

• Will I learn these terms to be prepared for writing in college?​

​Goals?

Preparation and Goal-Setting

Please, continue to actively add to your portfolio.

​What do you want out of this? Add it to your reflective part of the Portfolio.

​Starter: Poem about self.

Requirements:

• 5 lines (versos)

• Prose (prosa)

• ​3 forms of figurative language. Any.

• Describe yourself.​

​

Please, add to portfolio.

1. Métrica

2. Lenguaje Figurativo

3. Many of its derivates.​

​Learned

1. Poema

2. Poeta​

3. Estrofa

4. Verso

5. ​Prosa

​Terms

What can you expect of Part 1

Can you guess the new terms?

Let's read...

​In your classroom, open up Estudios Hispánicos: La Poesía Hispana.

No side trips!

Poema

See Source

Mariposas pequeñas

Mariposas hermosas

Siempre maravillosas

Flor en flor se posan

-Mr. Whisperwind​

​

​Poema sobre butterflies

"A poem is a collection of spoken or written words that expresses ideas or emotions in a powerfully vivid and imaginative way. A poem is comprised of a particular pattern."

​Los poemas

Poemas

Poems. Examples:

Do you know any?

​Poemas Hispanos	​Poemas en Inglés
​El Cantar del Mio Cid	​Love Sonnet 1
​Hombres Necios	Apostacy
​Tú Me Quieres Blanca	​Requiescat
​Rima II	The Raven
​La Rama	​Emily Dickinson

Poeta

A person who writes poems. Examples/Counterparts:

Do you know any?

​Poetas Hispanos	​Poetas Angloparlantes
​Félix Lope de Vega	​William Shakespeare
​Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz	​Thomas Pain
​Federico García Lorca	​Oscar Wilde
​Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer	​Edgar Allan Poe
​Octavio Paz	​Emily Dickinson

Next, we practice the meaning of the terms.

Match

Match the following

• Poema

• Verso

• Estrofa

• Poeta

• Declamador

A poem

A line in a poem

A group of lines in a poem

A person who writes a poem

A person who performs a poem

• A poem

• A line in a poem

• A group of lines in a poem

• A person who writes a poem

• A person who performs a poem

Multiple Choice

Emily Dickinson es...

• una poeta.

• un poema.

• otra cosa.

Multiple Choice

El Cantar del Mio Cid es...

• un poeta.

• un poema.

• otra cosa.

Multiple Choice

Apostacy es...

• un poeta.

• un poema.

• otra cosa.

Multiple Choice

The Hunger Games es...

• un poeta.

• un poema.

• otra cosa.

Multiple Choice

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz es...

• una poeta.

• un poema.

• otra cosa.

Multiple Choice

Foolish Men es...

• un poeta.

• un poema.

• otra cosa.

Multiple Choice

Tú Me Quieres Blanca es...

• un poeta.

• un poema.

• otra cosa.

Multiple Choice

The Raven es...

• un poeta.

• un poema.

• otra cosa.

Términos Estructurales

Can you remember one of your poems with 4 versos or 5 versos?

These are the lines. Versos is the correct word. They can be measured or free.

Verso

Estrofas are groups of verses or lines that are similar to paragraphs. ​There are different grouping kinds.

Estrofa

Fill in the Blank

El gato negro vuela como las nubes

Se sienta en la gran luna brillante

Se mece en ella es negro gato

Se duerme con la cancion estelar

How many estrofas and versos are there? **Format like #,#

,

Fill in the Blank

Like stars

A boon that ends

when the light hits the land

when the sun rises in the east

Awake

How many estrofas and versos are there? **Format like #,#

,

Fill in the Blank

You're my friend

You're the best

--

You are kind

You are mine

How many estrofas and versos are there? **Format like #,#

,

Fill in the Blank

Time is money.

How many estrofas and versos are there? **Format like #,#

,

Otros Términos Importantes

See Sources

Verses are measured by syllables. It sets the limit of how many words and also may set cadence. You may know Cinquain and Haiku as forms of Meter.

Métrica

"It is a literary device in poetry, in which identical or similar syllables in different words are repeated. Often occurs at the ends of poetic lines.

Rima

​Prosa

This is a very important term for you. This is the way you write poetry in a natural and unmeasured manner. You can still add elements of poetry such as figurative language and rhyme. It is best to use when writing non-fiction.

See Source

Rima

How it works....

1. The best way it to make ends of verses have the same sound.

2. In English, they may sound alike but not correspond grammatically.

3. In Spanish, every syllable always has the same sound.

4. You may organize it in different ways.

Next, we practice the meaning of the terms.

Multiple Choice

It is lines in a poem.

• Métrica

• Verso

• Prosa

• Rima

Multiple Choice

They are a group of versos.

• Estrofa

• Verso

• Prosa

• Rima

Multiple Choice

It's when you free write a poem without many conventions.

• Estrofa

• Métrica

• Prosa

• Rima

Multiple Choice

It is when sounds in different words match in sound.

• Estrofa

• Verso

• Prosa

• Rima

Multiple Choice

It is the unit of measuring words by the number of syllables.

• Estrofa

• Verso

• Métrica

• Rima

​- Octavio Paz

"You deserve your dream."

Starters: Write Rimas.

Keep these in your starters folder.

• In Spanish.

• Use rhyming pattern: ABAB or something similar.

• ​Add personification.

• 2 estrofas.​

For a family child:

• In English.

• Prosa.

• Rima cada verso.

• 1 e​strofa.

​For a special person:

Poems Application

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Escribe un poema sobre tu maestrx favoritx.

2 estrofas

8 versos

Métrica por estrofa 4-6-6-4​

Poema 2

• Escribe en prosa,

• 3 estrofas,

• 9 versos,

• 1 Fig. Lan. por estrofa.​

​Poema 1

La Rima

"Rhyme is a literary device, featured particularly in poetry, in which identical or similar concluding syllables in different words are repeated.

Rhyme most often occurs at the ends of poetic lines. Writers use rhymes as a way to create sound patterns in order to emphasize certain words and their relationships with others in an artistic manner."

See Source

​Patterns

Rhyme can follow patterns. You can express it ABAB or AABBCC​ or in other ways. See below:

​The people along the sand            (A)

All turn and look one way.              (B)

They turn their back on the land.   (A)

They look at the sea all day.          (B)

​

See Source.

It is when the sounds (consonant and vowel) after the word's accent (visible or not) match at the end.

Example:

Duelo bajo el Cielo​

Consonante

It is when only the vowel sounds at the end of the words are repeated.

​

Example:

Viajero va al puerto​

​

Asonante

Types of Rhyme

See Source

Let's Practice!

​We will be working with elements of rhyme.

Multiple Choice

It is when ONLY the last vowel sound matches the one in the other word.

• Asonant

• Consonant

• Pattern

• La rima.

Multiple Choice

It is when the sounds (consonant and vowel) after the word's accent (visible or not) match at the end.

• Asonant

• Consonant

• Pattern

• La rima.

Multiple Select

Selecciona las 2 palabras que riman:

• Palo

• Cara

• Malo

• Miel

Multiple Select

Selecciona las 2 palabras que riman:

• Mes

• Palo

• Pez

• Flor

Multiple Select

Selecciona las 2 palabras que riman:

• gallo

• heno

• caballo

• contra

Multiple Select

Selecciona las 2 palabras que riman:

• caballo

• camello

• cabello

• contrario

Multiple Select

Selecciona las 2 palabras que riman:

• juego

• pueda

• poner

• luego

Multiple Select

Selecciona las 2 palabras que riman:

• rosa

• flor

• iris

• prosa

Multiple Select

Selecciona las 2 palabras que riman:

• canción

• mansión

• Fernando

• Hernán

Multiple Select

Selecciona las 2 palabras que riman:

• Bantú

• residuo

• Austria

• antiguo

Open Ended

Add two words in Spanish that rhyme.

​Write a Consonant Poem

Use the next list to write a poem. Follow the requirements. Write them down or take a picture:

• 2 Estrofas

• 6 - 8 versos​

• At least 2 pieces of figurative language.

• Must contain rhyme. ​

Use the source material for help.

Sample Lists:

See Source.

​Theme	Other	​Other	​Other	​Other
​Pintora	​decora	​adora	restauradora	​soñadora
​Deportista	pista	​progresista	​medallista	​idealista
​Estudiante	​cansante	​brillante	​instante	​desconcertante
Autor	​amor	​ardor	​color	​indicador
​Cantar	​bailar	​volar	​encantar	​desalentar
​Animales	​salvajes	​indomables	​sociales	​bestiales
​Amistad	​lealtad	​felicidad	​capacidad	​bondad
​Soñadora	​emprendedora	​trabajadora	​ahora	​demora

​Write an Asonant Cinquain.

Use the next list to write a poem. Follow the requirements. Write them down or take a picture:

• 1 Estrofas

• 5 versos​

• At least 2 pieces of figurative language.

• Must contain asonant rhyme. ​

Use the source material for help.

​- Federico Garcia-Lorca

“I've often lost myself, in order to find the burning that keeps everythingin me awake”