Types of PoetryThe Narrative & Lyric The Narrative & Lyric

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Narrative Poetry Narrative Poetry

Narrative poetryNarrative poetry tells a story, a sequence of connected events. It propels characters through a plot. It is always told by a narrator.

In medias resIn medias res

In medias resIn medias res is Latin for "in the middle of things."

Narratives are not always told in sequence. Many stories start in medias res and jump about chronologically.

(“In medias res” usually describes a narrative that begins somewhere in the middle of a story-- usually at some crucial point in the action.)

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PoemsPoemsThe following slides present excerpts from well-known narrative poems. If you want to read the entire text of the poem, copy and paste the website address into your browser.

Enjoy and be inspired!

The RavenThe Raven by Edgar Allan Poe OOnce upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, OOver many a quaint and curious volume of

forgotten lore, WWhile I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly

there came a tapping, AAs of some one gently rapping, rapping at my

chamber door. "'TTis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my

chamber door- OOnly this, and nothing more."

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Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Listen my children and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere,On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;Hardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and year.

He said to his friend, "If the British marchBy land or sea from the town to-night,Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry archOf the North Church tower as a signal light,--One if by land, and two if by sea;And I on the opposite shore will be,Ready to ride and spread the alarmThrough every Middlesex village and farm,For the country folk to be up and to arm."

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Day after day, day after day,We stuck, nor breath nor motion;

As idle as a painted shipUpon a painted ocean.

WWater, water, every where,ater, water, every where,AAnd all the boards did shrink;nd all the boards did shrink;Water, water, every where,ater, water, every where,

NNor any drop to drink.or any drop to drink.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1798

The above is an excerpt – “In Medias Res”Want more? Go to: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/stc/Coleridge/poems/Rime_Ancient_Mariner.html

"Because I could not stop for Death""Because I could not stop for Death" By Emily Dickinson

Because I could not stop for Death— He kindly stopped for me — The Carriage held but just Ourselves— And Immortality. We slowly drove — He knew no haste — ...The above is just an excerpt. Want more? Go to: http://www.bartleby.com/113/4027.html

Warm Up 3.1.2011

Respond to this quote in your Daybook- if you don’t have your Daybook, write on a piece of paper and transfer in later…

“We write because we believe the human spirit

cannot be tamed and should not be trained.”

Lyric Poetry Lyric Poetry

•A lyrical poem is a comparatively short, non-narrative poem in which a single speaker presents an idea, state of mind or an emotional state.

Did you know...

The term “lyric” comes from “lyre,” a musical instrument that accompanied ancient Greek poets?

•Lyric poetryLyric poetry typically describes the poet's innermost feelings or candid observations and evokes a musical quality in its sounds and rhythms.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snMHNH9i5mc

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The following slides present excerpts from well-known lyric poems. If you want to read the entire text of the poem, copy and paste the website address into your browser.

Enjoy and be inspired!

To an Athlete Dying YoungTo an Athlete Dying Young by A.E. Housman

To-day, the road all runners come,Shoulder-high we bring you home,And set you at your threshold down,Townsman of a stiller town.

Smart lad, to slip betimes awayFrom fields were glory does not stayAnd early though the laurel growsIt withers quicker than the rose.

The speaker says the boy is smart to “slip away” (die) young

Because no one can be champion forever, it’s better to die while still on top than to grow old and be forgotten. These are only the 2nd and 3rd stanzas. To read

the entire poem, go to:

http://www.bartleby.com/103/32.html

Dream Deferred

by Langston Hughes

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore--And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over--like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

One Inch Tall by Shel Silverstein

If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school.The teardrop of a crying ant would be

your swimming pool.A crumb of cake would be a feastAnd last you seven days at least,A flea would be a frightening beastIf you were one inch tall.

This is only the first stanza.

Want to read more? Go to:

http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/shel_silverstein

Poet Analysis: Nikki Giovanni

Read the background information on page 404-407 in the LOL book - Respond to what you learned about her past in your Daybook:– Half to ¾ of a page– Make sure you are writing in complete

sentences

Stations/Analysis of Poet Nikki Giovanni

• 6 Stations/Different Poems • READ and then analyze the following about

each poem:– Metaphors– Tone/Mood – Personification – Theme– Speaker

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snMHNH9i5mc

Warm-Up 3.2.2011

• In great lyric poetry, the poet should capture…

• How did Nikki Giovanni capture this?

Now time to Write your Own…

• Using what you have learned about lyric poetry this week, you now need to create two pieces. – Read Giovanni’s poems “Journey” on page 423 and “Knoxville,

Tennessee” on page 424.• You need to create one poem about a JOURNEY you have taken,

a special path in life, using ellipses (…) like Giovanni. 15 line minimum/color/computer paper

• Then create a poem about the most special place you have lived in. What did it look like? Smell like? What could you hear there? Use vivid imagery to create a unique piece that reflects how this place has shaped you.

– 15 lines, computer paper, ink, color– On the back you need to create a collage that symbolizes

what your poem was conveying on the front. Paste the lines/explain how the image is representing the poem.

– Rough draft – Thursday 3.3.2011 Final- Friday 3.4.2011

Think about creating your Think about creating your own poem...own poem...

Narrative? Lyric?Narrative? Lyric?

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