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    Poetry is an imaginative form of creative expression that uses elements like rhythm, sound, imagery and figurative language. It has no single definition and has evolved over time. Common poetic devices include similes, metaphors, hyperbole, alliteration and onomatopoeia. Popular poetic forms are limericks, haiku, ballads, sonnets and free verse, each with their own conventions around structure, line length, rhyme and rhythm.

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    Poetry is an imaginative form of creative expression that uses elements like rhythm, sound, imagery and figurative language. It has no single definition and has evolved over time. Common poetic devices include similes, metaphors, hyperbole, alliteration and onomatopoeia. Popular poetic forms are limericks, haiku, ballads, sonnets and free verse, each with their own conventions around structure, line length, rhyme and rhythm.

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    POETRY 101

    WHAT IS POETRY?

    • Poetry is “an imaginative awareness


    of experience expressed through
    meaning, sound, and rhythmic
    language choices so as to evoke an
    emotional response”.
    • It has been known to use rhythm and
    meter, but this is by no means
    necessary.
    • The art form has gone through
    countless reinventions over time.

    How would you define poetry?


    Poetic Devices: The Simile & Metaphor

    Simile Metaphor
    • A figure of speech involving the • The term or phrase is applied to
    comparison of one thing with something that cannot be literally
    another of a different kind, applicable in order to suggest an unlikely
    making the description more resemblance.
    vivid. • Metaphors suggest a direct comparison,
    • Similes are usually in a phrase without using “like” or “as”
    that begins with “as” or like”

    She is like the sun. The snow is a white blanket.


    Poetic Devices: Hyperbole, Alliteration & Onomatopoeia

    Hyperbole Onomatopoeia
    • An extreme exaggeration used to make a point • A word that imitates a natural sound

    “Splash!” “Roar!”
    Water plops into the pond.
    I’ve told you this a million times. Alliteration
    • Two or more words that start with the
    I was so hungry I could eat a rhino! same sound or letter.

    She sells seashells by the


    seashore

    Wind whipping wildly


    Poetic Form: Limerick
    • Popular form in children’s verse, and
    is often comical, or nonsensical.
    • Limerick’s were made famous by
    Edward Lear, who published “Book of
    Nonsense” in the 1800s, entirely
    filled with silly limericks.
    • The form is five lines in length, and
    follows a strict rhyme scheme with a
    bouncy rhythm.
    • Most commonly seen in the 18th
    century Mother Goose’s Melodies
    • The first, second and fifth lines must
    have 7-10 syllables, while rhyming
    with the same verbal rhythm.
    • The third and fourth lines only need
    5-7 syllables, with the same rhythm
    and rhyme scheme.
    Poetic Form: Haiku

    • Traditional form of Japanese poetry


    • The form consists of 3 lines, and rarely
    rhymes.
    • The first and last lines have 5 syllables,
    and the middle line has 7 syllables.
    • Usually use sensory language to
    capture a feeling or image
    Poetic Form: Ballad

    • Began in the European folk tradition, in many


    cases accompanied by musical instruments.
    Most ballads are narrative, and rely heavily on
    imagery rather than description.
    • Repetition is a common feature of the ballad
    • It was often used by composers and poets in the
    18th century and progressed to lyrical ballads.
    • After the 19th century, the term took on a new
    meaning of a slower form of a popular love song
    • Composed in short stanzas, and is a form of free
    verse.
    Poetic Form: Sonnet

    • A form of expressive thought or idea made up of 14 lines,


    each 10 syllables in length. From the Italian “sonetto”,
    meaning “a little sound or song”
    • Basic meter is called iambic pentameter
    • Rhymes are arranged according to one of two schemes:
    Italian, or English.
    • Italian sonnets consist of eight lines(octaves) followed by
    the answering sestet(final six lines). The Italian sonnet
    usually presents an argument or question with an answer.
    • English sonnets have three quatrains and are always
    followed by a rhyming couplet(two lines of verse that
    usually have the same meter and are joined by rhyme). The
    couplet usually concludes the previous three stanzas.
    • Italian sonnet rhyme scheme: abba abba cdecde
    • English sonnet rhyme scheme: ab ab cdcd, efef, gg
    Poetic Form: Free Verse

    • Completely open form of


    poetry.
    • No consistent meter or
    rhyme. The form tends to
    follow the rhythm of natural
    speech.
    • Free verse has no set of rules
    to follow, and is based on
    natural rhythmic phrases that
    has normal pauses.

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