• Defined by Princeton as literature in metrical form.

• May be written independently, as discrete poems, or occur in conjunction with other art such as, drama, hymns or music.

• Ever look up lyrics to a song? Chances are good that song is a form of poetry.

• Stanza - A group of lines forming a unit of a poem. Stanzas are, in effect, the paragraphs of a poem.

Dreams by Langston HughesHold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow

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• Couplet - A two-line stanza

• Ex. “This were to be new made when thou art old,

And see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold.”

- Shakespeare

• Tercet - A three-line stanza

“I climb the black rock mountain stepping from day to day

silently.” -Leslie Marmon Silko

• Quatrain - A four-line stanza

“You drive me to distractionYou drive me round the bendYou drive me barmy, bonkers, bats, bananas Will this driving never end?”-Robin Hirsch

• Syllable - A single vocal impulse

• One syllable: class• Two syllables: recess• Three syllables: library• Four syllables: literature

*Helps to pay attention to how many times your chin drops when saying a word. Try it!

• Rhyme - To have a regular correspondence of sounds

• Words: jump/lumpclass/brassmug/pug

• Phrase: “This line can end with any old wordAs long as the fourth line rhymes with the third”

•Work with the people at your table to create an example of a…

– Quatrain (rhyming OR not rhyming)– Tercet (rhyming OR not rhyming)– Couplet (rhyming OR not rhyming)

*You have 15 minutes.

• Rhyme Scheme - the pattern of rhyme in a poem– Distinguished by the assignment of

different letters for each new rhyme.

• AA– “I’m a nobody. Who are you?

Are you a nobody, too?” –Emily Dickinson

• AABB– “Hey soul sister

Ain’t that mister misterOn the radio, stereoThe way you move ain’t fair you know.”- Train

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• You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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• Identify the rhyme scheme throughout the course of the song….watch out for free verse (stanzas without rhyme)!