Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are!Up above the world so high,Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is gone,When he nothing shines upon,Then you show your little light,Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

• a type of literature that describes ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form

• is special because it is not written in sentences and paragraphs

• is written in lines and stanzas

•A line is one group of words that reads from left to right. It looks like one row in a poem.

•A stanza is a group of lines (like a paragraph in a book or story). It may also be called a verse.

Lines and Stanza

Sent To My Room

I broke a dishand mom got mad.

She sent me to my roombecause she said that I was bad.

So I'm sitting hereon my canopewith my stereoand my color tv

and my favorite dolland my 'lectric train

and my building blocksand my video game,

And I'm wondering whatmy mother meant

when she said my roomwas a punishment.

1. How many stanzas are in this poem?

a. 10b. 4c. 5d. 1

2. How many lines are in each stanza?

a. 5b. 1c. 7d. 4

What is the purpose of poetry?

Some poems make us LAUGH.Some poems make us THINK.

Some poems are SHORT & FUNNY.

Some poems are LONG & SERIOUS.

Some poems RHYME.Some poems DO NOT RHYME.

Characteristics of poems: Tell stories Tell jokes and puns

Some have alliteration some have palindromes

Some do not rhyme Sad or happy Some do rhyme

different numbers of stanzas and lines short or long

Characteristics of a Poem

jokes

puns

alliteration

some rhyme

rhythm

some do not rhyme

palindromes

show many different emotions: happy, sad, excited, mad, etc.

use stanzas and lines

Poem that tells a story: I dreamed a dream in bed last night,

Of places most bizarre.Of ponds of liquid lemon pie,And ducks that played guitar.

Of perfect picture puzzle paths,And grass of jellybeans.

Of crumpet homes and candy gnomes,Such things I'd never seen.

Hope is the thing... Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the

words, And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm

That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chilliest land, And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.

- Emily Dickinson

Poetry that is serious…

Poem that make us laugh:

Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie,

Kissed the girls and made them cry.

His bad breath drove all the girls away.

Now he gargles twice a day.

Pete the Sweet BeeThere was a bee

named Sweetie Pete.His hair was slick

he smelled so sweet.He'd take a bath

each day at home.Then comb his hairwith honeycomb.

“Night, night, Knight”, said one Knight

to the other knight the other night.

“Night, night, Knight.”

The Hungry Little Giant"I'm hungry! I could swallow Wales!"

the little giant cried."Tonight we're having Chile, dear,"

the giant's mother sighed."Can I please have Samoa, Mom?"

the little giant asked her."Just don't forget dessert," she said.

"We're having Baked Alaska.""Tomorrow we'll eat Turkey,there is truly nothing finer.

We'll cook it in the oven andwe'll serve it up on China."

•Puns are a play on words. •They can be words that sound the same but have different spelling. •They can also be exaggerations and make the poem funny.

Alliteration in poems:

•In alliteration, beginning words start with the same consonant or vowel sounds in stressed syllables. • The words are close together.

Example of Alliteration in poetry

Betty BotterBetty Botter bought some butter.

"But," she said,"the butter's bitter.If I put it in my batter,

it will make my batter bitter.But a bit of better butter--

that would make my batter better.“

So she bought a bit of butter,better than her bitter butter.And she put it in her batter,

and the batter was not bitter.So 'twas better

Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter!

Sheila Shorter sought a suitor;

Shelia sought a suitor short.

Sheila’s suitor sure to suit her;

Short’s the suitor Sheila sought!

by Michael Rosen

Alliteration continued….

Palindromes in poetry:

DEED LEVEL PIP

ROTOR CIVIC POP MADAM

EYE NUN RADAR TOOT

 A palindrome is a word or phrase which reads the same in both directions.

Some simple examples are:

Poem with Palindromes: King, are you glad you are king?1

Fall leaves after leaves fall.2

Says Mom, "What do you do?" – You do what Mom says.3

You know, I did little for you, for little did I know you.4

First Ladies rule the State, and state the rule: "ladies first."5

Please me by standing by me please.6

Blessed are they that believe they are blessed.7

Escher, drawing hands, drew hands drawing Escher.8

You can cage a swallow, can't you, but you can't swallow a cage, can you?9

Did I say you never say "never say never"? You say I did.10

Rhythm and Rhyme:

•Rhythm can be created by meter, rhyme, and alliteration.

•Rhythm is the pattern of beats in the syllables of the words.

•Rhyme is when two words sound the same at the end.

Spaghetti! SpaghettiSpaghetti! Spaghetti! You’re wonderful stuff, I love you, spaghetti,

I can’t get enough. You’re covered with sauce

And you’re sprinkled with cheese,Spaghetti! Spaghetti!

Oh, give me some please.Jack Prelutsky

What makes this poem rhyme?

Is there rhythm? How do you know?

• Meter is when the syllables of the words or lines are arranged in a repeating pattern.

•When poets write in meter, they count out the number of stressed (strong) syllables and unstressed (weak) syllables for each line. They repeat the pattern throughout the poem.

•The number of syllables in each line of a stanza can determine the meter.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are!Up above the world so high,Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is gone,When he nothing shines upon,Then you show your little light,Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

Lets look at Meter in this poem…

I think my dad is Dracula.I know that sounds insane,but listen for a moment andallow me to explain.

We don't live in a castle,and we never sleep in caves.But, still, there's something weirdabout the way my dad behaves.

He comes home in the morningsaying, "Man, I'm really dead!"He kisses us goodnight, and thenby sunrise he's in bed.

My mom heard my suspicionand she said, "You're not too swift.Your father's not a vampire.He just works the graveyard shift."

I never see him go outin the daytime when it's light.He sleeps all day till evening,then he leaves the house at night.

Rhyme?____Alliteration?____Puns? ____Palindromes?_____

How many stanzas? ____

How many lines in each stanza? ______