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Poetry Unit
Foldable Review:
1.Alliteration: Repetition of consonate letters, usually in the beginning of a word
Ex) Beautiful Brides, Funny Frogs, etc
2.Metaphor: comparing two things WITHOUT "like" or "as"
3.Allusion: A reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, etc
4.Tone: The feeling created through a poem or story
5.Personification: Giving an object human-like characteristics
6.Imagery: Creating visuals through words
Examples in current day poetry:
Look for
- symbolism
- simile
- metaphor
"Over You"
Now that it's all said and done,
I can't believe you were the one
To build me up and tear me down,
Like an old abandoned house.
What you said when you left
Just left me cold and out of breath.
I fell too far, was in way too deep.
Guess I let you get the best of me
Langston Hughes
(February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best-known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the Harlem Renaissance, saying that "Harlem was in vogue".
Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, the second child of school teacher Carrie (Caroline) Mercer Langston and her husband James Nathaniel Hughes (1871–1934). Both parents were mixed-race, and Langston Hughes was of African American, European American and Native American descent.
Hughes had a very poor relationship with his father. He lived with his father in Mexico for a brief period in 1919
Robert Frost
March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech.[1] His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.
Walter Dean Myers
I think my life is special. In a way it seems odd that I spend all of my time doing only what I love, which is writing or thinking about writing. If everyone had, at least for part of their lives, the opportunity to live the way I do, I think the world would be a better place.
A poem can change your life...Whether writing birth songs or elegies, love vows or political anthems, lyric outbursts or vast narratives, great poets throughout the ages transform ordinary experience, thought , and emotions into something memorable.
7. Hyperbole: An exageration