Poetry

The prose includes all types of writing except which one?

• Novels

• Poetry

• Plays

• Non-fiction

Groups of lines that are grouped together is a poem.

• Chorus

• Meter

• Prose

• Stanza

He is a couch potato.

What is this an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Figurative language

Read the poem.

Poetry is my underwear

By April Halprin Wayland

My sister found them.

She read them out loud.

She's so proud.

she runs to our parents

waving my poems in the air.

Doesn't she know

that she's waving my underwear?

How can you tell when a new stanza begins in the poem?

• Each stanza ends with a period.

• Each stanza forms a complete sentence.

• A rhyming word is used at the end of each stanza.

• A line break with a blank line separates each stanza.

Read the poem.

Poetry is my underwear

By April Halprin Wayland

My sister found them.

She read them out loud.

She's so proud.

she runs to our parents

waving my poems in the air.

Doesn't she know

that she's waving my underwear?

What is the metaphor in the poem?

• She is comparing her sister to underwear.

• She is comparing poetry to being proud.

• She is comparing poetry to underwear.

• She is comparing being loud to being proud.

Read the poem.

Poetry is my underwear

By April Halprin Wayland

My sister found them.

She read them out loud.

She's so proud.

she runs to our parents

waving my poems in the air.

Doesn't she know

that she's waving my underwear?

What is the best summary of the purpose of this poem?

• Ask a question and give an answer

• Compare embarrassing situations

• Tell a story

• Give you information

What are the 3 types of poems?

• Dramatic, Funny, Narrative

• Narrative, Dramatic, Lyrical

• Rhyming, Rhythm, Stanza

• Lines, Rhyming, Lyrical

Read the poem.

Poetry is my underwear

By April Halprin Wayland

My sister found them.

She reads them out loud.

She's so proud.

she runs to our parents

waving my poems in the air.

Doesn't she know

that she's waving my underwear?

What type of poem is this?

• Lyric

• Dramatic

• Prose

• Narrative

Jessie was always willing to share her lunch with her friends. All her friends thanked her for her generosity.

Does Jessie show a big heart literally or figuratively?

• Literal big heart

• Figurative big heart

Read the poem

Heart to Heart

By Rita Dove

It's neither red

nor sweet.

It doesn't melt

or turn over,

break or harden,

so it can't feel

pain,

yearning,

regret.

It doesn't have

a tip to spin on,

it isn't even

shapely--

just a thick clutch

of muscle,

a lopsided,

mute. Still,

I feel it inside

its cage sounding

a dull tattoo:

I want, I want--

but I can't open it:

there's no key.

I can't wear it

on my sleeve,

or tell you from

the bottom of it

how I feel. Here,

it's all yours, now--

but you'll have to take me,

too.

In the poem "Heart to Heart," does Rita Dove describe a literal heart, a figurative heart, or both? Be sure to use evidence from the poem to support your answer.