This document provides an overview of different types of poetry, including dramatic poetry, narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, and definitions of poetic devices and terms. It discusses dramatic poetry as using dialogue or monologue to dramatize action, narrative poetry as telling a story, and lyrical poetry as expressing personal thoughts and emotions. It also defines common poetic elements and forms such as similes, metaphors, personification, rhyme, rhythm, and poetic structures like haiku, cinquain, and limerick.

1. The
Wonder
ful
World
of
Poetry…

2. Dramatic
Poetry
Dramatizes
action though
dialogue or
monologue
Narrativ
e Poetry
Poetry-Tells
a story
Lyrical
Poetry
Expresses
Personal
thoughts and
emotions.

3. Dramatic Poetry
A poem where the speaker is
someone other then the poet
themselves. A Dramatic poem
often includes characters and
dialogue. A Dramatic
Monologue is often from a
fictional character’s point of
view.
“Meeting At
Night”
By Robert
Browning

4. “Be Still my
Beating Heart”
- Sting
“Winter”
-Shakespeare
Expressesemotions,appeals
toyoursenses,andoften
couldbesettomusic.

5. A Poem that tells a story, and
has the elements of a story.
Often Narrative poems have a
rhyme scheme.
“The Raven”
-Edgar Allen
Poe

6. When the Author of a
poemwrites something,
but doesn’t really mean
it literally.
Metaphor
Simile
Analogy
Imagery
Personification

7. A comparison
NOT using like
or as.
“”It is the
East,and
Juliet is the
sun!”
Theworld
isa
stage!
Romeo, “Romeo and Juliet”, William Shakespeare

8. Similies
• When you compare
something using likeor as.
• The river is peaceful, likea
new babysleeping.
Assignment:
Find the similes in “Be
Still My Beating Heart”

9. Whenthe author
provides visual
pictures asyou
read.
Ina poem, you can
often see the
images the author
writes about
The spring flowers,
vibrant, electrified with
the newness of spring

10. • A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO
APPARRENTLY DISSIMILAR THINGS
MADE TO CLARIFY A CERTAIN
POINT ABOUT ONE OF THEM.
EXAMPLES:
Glove is to hand as paint is to wall
Citizens are to president as solar system is to galaxy
Horses are to past societies as computers are to future societies

11. When human like qualities are
given to an animal or object.
Example: An overly gregarious
puppy.
A decrepit old car.

12. Who is the
SPEAKER/
VOICE of the
Poem?
Is it the poet or
a character in
the poem?
What is the tone of
the poem?
The Point of view can be
the actual poet
him/herself, but may also
be an animal, an
inanimate object, or a
fictional character.

13. Connotation:
The way a word
makes us feel.
Words can give us
different feelings
when we hear
them…some
positive, some
negative, and
everything in
between!
Denotation:
The actual
dictionary
definition of the
word.
Word
Choice/Diction
Find some examples in
the poem…
“Meeting at Night,”

14. Irony When something
that wasn’t
expected happens.
Or when the
opposite of what is
expected happens.
For example:
In “Incident in a
Rose Garden”
The devil wasn’t
coming for the
gardener, he was
coming for the
farmer!

15. • RHYME
• RHYTHM
• REPETITION
• REFRAIN
• ALLITERATION
• ASSONANCE
• ONOMATOPOEIA

16. • RHYME – REPETITON OF SIMILAR
SOUNDS.
• RHYTHM – PATTERN OF STRESSED
AND UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES IN
EACH LINE. THE POEM HAS A
REGULAR BEAT.
• RHYME SCHEME – A PATTERN OF
RHYMES IN A POEM.

17. VS.
Refrainis whena
poemrepeatsentire
linesor moreseveral
timesthroughout.
Likethechorusof a
song
Repetitionis when
a wordor phraseis
repeatedjustonce
or in onespecific
areaof thepoem.

18. Musical Devices
• Alliteration
When the same
consonant sound is
used throughout a
piece of writing.
candy covered coconuts.
• Assonance
When the same vowel
sound is used in words
throughout a piece of
writing
That is the way we will
pray today, okay?

19. Onomatopoeia
word that expresses
sound…
Zip,
zoom,
bang,
boom

20. Poetic FormS
Some forms include: Acrostic, Cinquain, Concrete,
Haiku, List, Limerick, Diamante
FORM – THE WAY A POEM LOOKS ON A PAGE.
LINES – POEMS ARE WRITTEN IN LINES, WHICH MAY
OR MAY NOT BE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.
STANZA – IN SOME FORMS OF POETRY, LINES ARE
GROUPED INTO STANZAS.
STRUCTURED FORM – POEMS WITH A REGULAR,
REPEATED PATTERN.
FREE VERSE – POEMS WITHOUT A REGULAR
PATTERN.

21. ACROSTIC POETRY
AN ACROSTIC POEM IS ONE
WHERE YOU CHOOSE A
WORD OR NAME AND USE
EACH LETTER IN THE
NAME AS THE BEGINNING
OF A WORD OR LINE THAT
TELLS SOMETHING ABOUT
THE PERSON OR TOPIC!

22. HAIKU
A poem where
there are
5 syllables in the
1st line;
7 in the second
line;
5 in the 3rd line.
I Love you so
much,
I long to see
your beauty,
Love the way
you shine,
“You”
Pg 11

23. Cinquains
Sister
Smart, Outgoing
Loving, playing, Laughing
Always in for some fun
Friend
•A Cinquain is a poem that resembles
diamond.
•It has 5 lines and begins with one
word.
•The 2nd line has two adjectives that
describe that word.
•The 3rd , three verbs.
•The 4th line is a phrase that goes
deeper into the topic.
•The 5th line gives either a synonym f
the first word, or a word that
encompasses the whole poem.
The
“Modern”
Cinquain
“Tucson Rain”
The smell
Everyone moves
To the window to look
Work stops and people
start talking
Rain came
“Traditional”
Cinquain
Pg 10

24. The list poem is a very
old form of poetry. It
itemizes things or
events. List poems
can be of any length,
rhymed, or

25. Poetry in which
authors use both
words and physical
shape to convey a
message.

26. Another ConcretePoem

27. A SHORT, HUMOUROUS POEM
COMPOSED OF FIVE LINES. IT
USUALLY HAS THE RHYME
SCHEME AABBA, CREATED BY
TWO RHYMING COUPLETS
FOLLOWED BY A FIFTH LINE THAT
RHYMES WITH THE FIRST
COUPLET. A LIMERICK TYPICALLY
HAS A SING-SONG RHYTHM.

28. Poetry Resources Page
Helpful Links for you!
Types of Poems
http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC030240/typesofpoems.html
Samples of Narrative Poetry
http://www.babincentral.com/7english/narrative_poetry.htm
Lyrical Poetry
www.lyrics.com
Finding Poetry
www.poemhunter.com