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POETRY UNIT
A short piece of imaginative
writing, of a personal nature and
laid out in lines
Dialect- a version of
language spoken by
people in a particular
place, time, or social
group. • Ex: ya’ll, yun’z
“WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNK IN”P O E T I C D E V I C E S
ONOMATOPOEIA
The use of words or
phrases that sound
like the things to
which they refer.
Ex: Bang, pop, buzz
“WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN”POETIC DEVICES
Alliteration- the repetition of initial consonant sounds• Ex: Sally sells sea shells, Tip of the tongue
Atmosphere- that emotion created in the reader by all or part of a literary work.
“WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNK IN”P O E T I C D E V I C E S
POEM VOCABULARY
Fodder- food for animals
Shock- bunches of grain bound together
Guiney- a barnyard bird
Furrows- long, narrow trench in the ground made
by the plow
Souse- type of pickled meat
Boarding- a place to stay
“WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN”
By James Whitcomb Riley
Prereading Questions:
What season has frost?
What do you visualize when you read the title?
What dialect do you think this poem uses? Why?
What do you predict this poem will be about?
POEM 1: SEASONAL POEM
Choose one season
Write a 8-12 line poem about that season
Poem must have the following: • Use of sensory details to create imagery• An example of alliteration• An example of onomatopoeia
Must be coherent and unified!!
“THE LISTENERS”
By Walter de la Mare
“THE LISTENERS”P O E T I C D E V I C E S
Rhyme- the repetition of sounds at the ends of words• What rhyming words do you know??
Rhyme Scheme- a regular pattern of end rhymes• Examples:
• ABAB• ABBA• ABBB• AABB• ABCA• ETC……
POEM VOCABULARY
Champed- bit, chewed
Turret- small tower, often round
Smote- hit, beat, knocked
Perplexed- confused, puzzled
Phantom- ghost, spirit
Thronging- gathering of a large numbers
Hearkening- listening
Cropping- cutting short
“THE LISTENERS” QUESTIONS
Prereading Questions:
What do you predict the mood/atmosphere of this
poem will be? Why?
“400-METER FREE STYLE”
“400-METER FREE STYLE”P O E T I C D E V I C E S
Concrete poem- printed or written in a shape that
goes with the subject matter.
Action- the sequence of events that occur in
literary work.
Poem Vocabulary Catapult- shoot, leap Cunning- with skill Thrift- careful management or resources Extravagance- unreasonable excess Mobile- capable of moving Convert- change to another form List- tilt to one side Expend- consume by using Surge- Violent rolling or sweeping
“400-METER FREE STYLE”
“400-METER FREE STYLE”
Prereading Questions:
What do you know about the start of a swimming
meet?
What are laps?
POEM 2: CONCRETE POEM
Create a concrete poem.
At least ten lines
Must take the shape of the subject matter
Does not need to rhyme
Be creative!
20 points