3. Definition
• A collection of words that express an
emotion or idea.
Hey, diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the
spoon.
5. Types of Poetry
A poem that tells a
story; ballads are
usually sung
Ballad:
6. Types of Poetry
Free Verse:
Poetry that doesn’t
follow any specific
patterns in
rhythm, rhyme
scheme, or line length;
free verse may contain
rhymes, but they are
not used in a prescribed
manner
7. Types of Poetry
A three-line Japanese
poetic form in the lines
follow the pattern of
five syllables in the
first line, seven
syllables in the second
line, and five syllables
in the third line.
Haiku
8. Types of Poetry
Limerick:
a five-line poem that follows a specific rhyme
scheme and rhythm. The first, second, and fifth lines
contain eight syllables. Lines two and three contain
six syllables. Limericks are usually funny or silly.
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, ‘It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a wren
Have all built their nests in my beard
10. Types of Poetry
Sonnet:
A very structured fourteen-line poem that follows a
specific rhyme structure and rhythm. The two most
common sonnets are the Italian sonnet and the English
sonnet. William Shakespeare wrote many English
sonnets, which are also referred to as Shakespearean
sonnets.
12. Stanzas and Verses
Poetry is divided by Stanzas and Verses.
I sing a sonnet for you,
to immortalize my love,
I sing a sonnet for you,
such ethereality as further memories,
such pureness as youth sights,
such beauty as smile's meaning,
I sing a sonnet for you,
to tell my infinite love after years,
may tomorrow be late,
I sing a sonnet for you...
-Nasibeh Daneshvar
13. Rhyme
One of the most beautiful elements found in
poetry is rhyme.
Rhyme is the matching of sounds that are
similar.
Say, Pay, Tray, Spray, Day, May
Blue, True, zoo, do, too
14. Rhyme
When working with rhyme, you should
always remember that the most important
part of verse is the last word.
• The last word of each verse is what
establishes they rhyme.
Twinkle, twinkle little star!
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high.
Like a diamond in the sky.
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B
B
Rhyme
Scheme
15. Practice
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf
So Eden sank to grief
So dawn goes down today.
Nothing gold can stay.
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
Was it Easy?
16. Practice
When I was one and twenty
I heard a wise man say.
‘Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies
But keep your fancy free’
But I was one-and-twenty
No use to talk to me!
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B
C
B
C
D
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D
How many
stanzas and
verses does
the poem
have?
17. Imagery
A poet must stimulate the imagination. He
or she has to use a language that creates
mental pictures or images.
Sensory Images:
• Visual- to the sense of sight.
• Olfactory- to the sense of smell.
• Gustatory- to the sense of taste
• Tactil- to the sense of touch
• Auditory- to the sense of hearing
18. Imagery Practice
1. She searched the touch of spring and felt among the leaves
the dew of old devotions.
2. Did I hear them? Yes, I heard the children singing.
3. Thy beautiful eyes brighten and they blind the stars.
4. They were wrapped in a blanket, and felt really warm.
5. The cascade of perfume that was her hair came tumbling
over his chest.
6. Ice cream cones, lemonade, and tasty hotdogs were the usual
fare of summer.
7. Soon, with he noise of tambourines came her handmaids.
8. The sky is glowing with the splendor of God.
9. Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory.
10. It is sweet, the image of remembered childhood.
20. Figurative Language
Simile:
Example:
A direct, explicit comparison of one
thing to another in which the
words like or as are used.
She looks like an angel.
Her lips are as sweet as honey.
26. Exercise of Figures of Speech
Identify the different figures of speech:
1. Because I did not stop for Death, she kindly stopped
for me.
2. An old woman whose heart is like the Sun.
3. An old man is a ragged coat upon a stick.
4. And I will love thee still my dear, till a’ the seas gone
dry.
5. Field, flocks and lonely firs.
6. Thunder boomed and rolled across the face of
heaven.
7. He watches from his mountain walls, and like a
thunderbolt he falls.
27. My Luv is Like a Red, Red Rose
O, my luv’s like a red, red rose,
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my luv’s like the melodie
That’s sweetly played in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in love am I;
And I will love thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.
Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt with the sun;
And I will love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run..
And fare thee well, my only luv,
And fare thee well awhile,
And I will come again, my luv,
Though it were ten thousand miles.
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I
28. Questions on the Poem
1. The first stanza is an example of the use of the simile. What
other simile can you find?
2. The other three stanzas are excellent examples of hyperbole,
or exaggeration. Can you identify them?
3. Why is love compared to a rose? What are the connotations
of the rose? What is a rose associated with?
4. Why is love compared to a red rose? Why not to a yellow
rose?
5. How do you know that the author loves the girl?
6. Was the this girl pretty? What words describe her?
7. What words are similar to present day English?
8. Why is the effect of repetition in this poem?
9. Are there any visual images in this poem?
10. Are there any auditory images in this poem?
11. Do you think the author will come back in the future?
These question were given on a
worksheet so they can analyze the poem