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Sound
Poetry
- Rhyme: is the repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words (place and face)
- Rhythm: the pattern of stressed (`) and unstressed syllables (u)
- Stressed syllables are read with more emphasis
- Unstressed syllables are read with less emphasis
- Repetition: Words/Phrases, Alliteration, Assonance
- Onomatopoeia: the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
Speaker
- The speaker is the voice that relates the story or ideas
- Dialect: is the form of a language spoken...
- Can you think of any examples from The Raven?
- tis
- morrow
- o'er
Key Elements of Poetry
Form
- Form
- Speaker
- Sound
- Imagery
- Figurative Language
The way a poem looks on the page.
- poems are written in lines which may or may not be complete sentences
- Lines are grouped into stanzas
- Structured form: poem has a regular, repeated pattern
- Free Verse: poem has no regular pattern
1. Poetry Purpose
- Poems can be written about anything
- They pack all kinds of ideas, feelings, and sounds into carefully chosen words
Do Now
Poetry Notes:
Exam next week
- Create Cornell Notes in your notebook:
- What does the narrator mean in the 10th stanza when he says, "Other friends have flown before-- on the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before."
- Determine the Rhyme Scheme of The Raven
Reading Poetry
- Preview the Poem- Read it aloud
- Visualize the Images
- Clarify words or phrases
- Evaluate the Poem's Theme
- Understand Mood and Tone
- Mood: the atmosphere a literary work conveys (gloomy, tense)
- Tone: the writers attitude towards his or her subject (angry, amused)
Mood vs Tone
In The Raven, find words that allow you to understand the mood and tone of the speaker
Imagery and Figurative Language
- Imagery is the language that appeals to the readers 5 senses.
- Simile: comparison using like or as
- Metaphor: comparison without using like or as
- Analogy: comparison between two things that sounds dissimilar
- Personification: giving human like qualities to animals or objects