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ELEMENTS OF
POETRY (1) C
FORM IMAGERY MOOD/TONE THEME Figurative Language What’s Freedom?
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What Is Freedom? Freedom is defined as:
• the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants;
• the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
What Does Freedom Mean to You? Write down or mind map any ideas you have about freedom.
What does freedom look like, feel like, sound like?
Share your ideas with your partner.
What is this? How is freedom described? What is this? It’s poetry. How is freedom described?
simile
Metaphor
simile Personification Would you like to be a poet? Turn your ideas about freedom into figurative language. Examples:
Many poets use these poetic techniques in their poems to make them more effective:
• simile (as free as a bird on its first flight);
• metaphor (freedom is a clear blue sky);
• personification (freedom opened the door for me);
Now share your own examples Today we are going to talk about poetry and its tools. Poetry is a form of writing that uses not only words, but also form (lines and stanzas),patterns of sound,(rhyme, reptation, and rhythm) as well as
figurative language and imagery to convey a
message, tell a story, or express the author’s feelings or thoughts.
Any poem will include some or all of these
elements. I am offering this poem Listen to the poem Background of “I am offering this poem” • Popularity of “I Am Offering this Poem”: Written back in 1979, “I am Offering this Poem” is a beautiful love poem. The writer artistically plays with words to unfold the beauty of love. Also, he reflects on the importance of writing poetry, reflecting that a writer can make his feelings immortal by transferring them to paper. It, however, has won global adoration because of its unique representation of love. LET’S ANALYZE THE C
POEM STEP BY STEP.
1- How many stanzas do we have in: I am offering this poem?
There are four stanzas in this poem,
with each comprising a different number of verses. Different poetry forms Different poetry forms Different poetry forms 2-What is the type of the poem?
• Free verse
• It is a type of poetry that does not contain
patterns of rhyme or meter. This is a free verse poem with no strict rhyme or meter. Mood/Tone
The feelings the author’s word choices
give the poem.
The only other sounds the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep. 3-What is the tone/mood of the poem?
• This poem has an intimate, conversational tone to
it. It mentions everyday things—like socks and coats and houses—and it uses language that's simple and conversational. It's as if the speaker is actually just chatting to his lover. THEME:
The theme of a poem is its central or main idea.
To identify a poem’s theme, ask
yourself what ideas or insights about life or human nature you have found in the poem. 4-What is the theme of the poem?
Love, commitment, care, and the importance of writing
are the major themes of the poem. Point of view: 5-What is the point of view of the poem
The speaker or poetic persona of this poem is none other than the poet Jimmy Santiago Baca himself. He addresses this poem directly to the readers. IMAGERY
Which senses does the
Poets use words that following stanza appeal appeal to the reader’s to? senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, Back, he spurred like a madman, and smell. shouting curses to the sky, With the white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high.
Sight? Sound? 6-Find an imagery in “I’m offering this poem” ?
“so it is a pot full of yellow corn”,
(“sight” describes how the corn is yellow)
and “in dense trees, come knocking.”
“Sound” FIGURATIVE Figurative language
LANGUAGE C creates pictures by making comparisons. SIMILE
A comparison using like or as.
As light as a feather. Sleeping like a log. 7-Find a simile in the poem? Why is it used?
1-Keep it like a warm coat
or like a pair of thick socks By comparing his poem to a coat and a pair of socks, the speaker suggests that the poem is something that is protective: it's warm and snuggly 2-tucked away like a cabin or hogan It’s a simile to express that love is not something you can throw away. METAPHOR:
Describes one thing as if it were
another.
Life is a highway. Her eyes were diamonds. Extended Metaphor
A metaphor that extends throughout
the entire poem instead of just a few lines of the poem. 8-Find a metaphor in the poem?
The poet has used love as an extended metaphor in the poem to show how it stands with a person through thick and thin.”
"a pot full of yellow corn”
The poet uses the metaphor to compare love to food to say that like food, love is something people need to survive. it is a scarf for your head, The poet conveys his idea that loves warmth makes you feel protected. PERSONIFICATION:
Gives human characteristics to something
nonhuman.
…and the stars o’erhead
were dancing heel and toe… Hyperbole 9- Find a hyperbole in the poem.
"all anyone needs to live“
It’s very exaggerated, saying that
the poem is all she needs to live. Which figures are used to describe the following?
• My love is like a rose. • Simile
• Our love bloomed in the garden. • Metaphor
• The rose tipped its head as we
passed by. • Personification
• Her smile was a mile wide.
• Hyperbole Grammar Answer key 1- To give , to wear , to live 2-Since I have nothing else to give 3- This 4-in the corner 5-mature – yellow – lost 6- Needing direction How to paraphrase?
