Poetry Elements

Poetry Elements

"Hope is the thing with feathers."

-Emily Dickinson

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwhouCNq-Fc

Multiple Choice

Poetry is a type of writing that expresses. . .

• feelings

• thoughts

• ideas

• all 3
  

Multiple Choice

Which sentence below uses first person POV

• She went to the store

  To buy a new dress.

• I think the car will start

  but we must charge the battery.

Line

A group of words placed together on one line - not to be included on the next line intentionally

Stanza

A group of lines arranged together.

Fill in the Blanks

True or False: In poetry, a stanza can be as little as two lines.

Multiple Choice

A stanza with only two lines is called a

• doublet

• couplet

• twinlet

• duolet

In poetry, stanzas can be a variety of lengths and within a given poem, these can vary.

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​Stanzas

Words that sound alike, because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds.

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​Sound Device: Rhyme

Open Ended

Can you make a rhyme with at least two appropriate words?

(try to extend your thinking beyond cat and bat)

Rhyme Scheme:
the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line

Find the Rhyme Scheme:

Do poems always have to rhyme at the end of the sentence?

End rhyme: the last syllables or words in two or more lines rhyme

Example: “Tiger Tiger, burning bright,

In the forests of the Night;”

Internal rhyme: it occurs within a single line or a verse

Example: “He feared me I was dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, so hear me.”

But, be careful of . . .

​Slant Rhymes!

This type of rhyme occurs when words have similar, but not identical endings.

For example: worm/swarm; lovely/funny

Slant rhyme:
“If love is like a bridge

or maybe like a grudge,

Multiple Select

What type of rhyme is it when words only partially rhyme?

• end rhyme

• internal rhyme

• slant rhyme

• partial rhyme

Multiple Choice

WATER and AFTER is:

• a perfect rhyme

• a slant rhyme

• an internal rhyme

• a stanza

Drag and Drop

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Placeholder

rhyme occurs within a single line or a verse.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Internal

External

Implicit

End

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of rhyme scheme in poetry?

• To add musicality and structure to poems

• To make poems longer

• To confuse the reader

• To make the poem more colorful

Open Ended

Write two lines that have END rhymes!