Poetry

What is poetry?

• A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story  in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)
• A story
• A story about dogs eating your homework.
• A song with rhyme

Why write poetry?

• Just because people feel like it.
• To express feelingsTo share ideasTo say what they can’t say out loudTo tell a storyTo set a mood
• To tell someone you love them on Valentine's Day
• To show affection

Who is the poet?

• The singer of the poem.
• The narrator of the poem.
•  The author of the poem.
• The one who reads it. 

Who is the speaker of the poem?

• The one who sings it.
• The narrator of the poem.
• The author of the poem.
• the one who sings and reads it. 

What is Form?

• the way the words look on the page
• a group of words together on one line of the poem
• The shape of a puppy. 
• a group of lines arranged together

What is line?

• a group of words together on one line of the poem
• the way the words look on the page
• a group of lines arranged together

What is stanza?

• a group of lines arranged together
• a group of words together on one line of the poem
• the way the words look on the page