Analyzing Poetry

Elements of Poetry

What makes a poem, a poem?

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

There are 2 basic types of poems

• Lyric poems

• Narrative Poems

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Repetition

• Sound Device

• Assonance

• Dialect

• Ode

• Lyric

• Narrative

• Epic

• Sonnet

• Elegy

• Ballad

Lyric poems....

Lyric Poems -

• express the thoughts and feelings of the poet

• generally relatively short; often unrhymed; often have a musical quality

There are 3 subtypes of lyric poems:

Ode

Sonnet

Elegy

Ode -

a long lyric poem that celebrates something, someone, or some event in life

Elegy -

a serious, sad, mournful poem. It usually mourns a death or great loss; a lament for the dead; a funeral song.

Sonnet -

a lyric poem that has 14 lines with strict patterns of rhyme. Sonnets are divided into 2 parts - "octave" = the first 8 lines of the sonnet; "sestet" = the last 6 lines of the sonnet.

Narrative poems...

Narrative poems -

• tell a story

• can be any length

There are 2 subtypes of narrative poems

• Ballad

• Epic

Ballad Poem

a type of narrative poem often meant to be sung or recited; often has a repeated refrain (like a song chorus)

Epic Poem



a long narrative poem that tells the story of a hero and his heroic adventures

Figurative Language & Words Associated with Poetry

Most poems contain figurative language

Multiple Choice

The pattern of beats or stresses in a poem is...

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Imagery

Multiple Choice

The central or main idea of the poem is...

• Form

• Imagery

• Theme

Multiple Choice

Choose the stanza below that contains repetition.

• One sister for sale!

  One sister for sale!

  One crying and spying young sister for sale!

  I'm really not kidding.

  So who'll start the bidding?

• Sunday dinner isn't sunny

  Easter feasts are just bad luck

  When you see it from the viewpoint

  Of a chicken or a duck.

• The baby bat

  Screamed out in fright,

  "Turn on the dark,

  I'm afraid of the light."

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• A fat cat sat on a rat.

• My little sister is an angel.

• Tommy took Tatiana to Target.

Multiple Choice

The writer of a poem is called...

• author

• illustrator

• poet

Multiple Choice

Words that sound alike at the end are called....

• rhyme

• alliteration

• stanza

Multiple Choice

A poem MUST use punctuation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Imagery appeals to ______________.

• sense of rhythm

• your feelings

• your five senses

• the speaker

Multiple Choice

Does a poem have to contain rhyme to be a poem?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Who is the speaker in a poem?

• the voice of the poem

• the author

• the main character

• There are no speakers in poems.

Multiple Choice

Rhyme and alliteration both have to do with _______________.

• form

• your imagination

• sound

• line length

Idiom

Watch out for examples

Multiple Choice

Choose the idiom example

• Letting the cat out of the bag

• Telling a secret

onomatopoeia

Watch for examples

Multiple Choice

Choose the example of onomatopoeia.

• feeling rhythms and melodies

• Fingers STRUM and TAP and CLICK

Multiple Choice

Rhyme and alliteration both have to do with _______________.

• form

• your imagination

• sound

• line length

Personification

Watch out for examples

Multiple Choice

Choose the personification example.

• The tree caught the kite.

• The kite got stuck in the tree.

Multiple Choice

What do similes and metaphors have in common?

• They are examples of form.

• They don't have anything in common.

• They both use "like" or "as".

• They both compare two things.

Multiple Choice

"My mother's hair is as soft as a cloud."

What poetic technique is used in the line above?

• rhymes

• simile

• repetition

Multiple Choice

Chose the metaphor.

• The man is like a lion.

• The man is a lion.

Multiple Choice

Choose the simile

• The man is a lion.

• The man is like a lion.

Multiple Choice

Stanzas are made up of _____________.

• lines

• other stanzas

• figurative language

• rhymes

Multiple Choice

What are the "paragraphs" of poems?

• sections

• stanzas

• paragraphs

• forms

Watch this video to review lyric poetry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVJh4KGWGrs&feature=share

Watch this super-short video about ballad poems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ASOZwiE5L4&app=desktop

Watch this short video about epic poems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4w_xCsatlM