• Identify the various elements, techniques, and literary devices in poetry.

           a. define poetry; and

            b. identify the elements of poetry

TARGET for TODAY

​  A poem’s form is its appearance.  Poems are divided into lines.

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Many poems, especially longer ones, may also be divided into groups of lines called stanzas.

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​FORM is the PHYSICAL STRUCTURE

​FORMS in POETRY

​1. STRUCTURED

​2. FREE VERSE

​THEME

​The theme of the poem is the meaning of the poem – the main idea that the poet is trying to communicate. The theme may be stated directly or it may be implied.

​MOOD/TONE- feeling that the poet creates and that the reader senses through the poet’s choice of words, rhythm, rhyme, style and structure.

​IMAGERY

​   Diction is the poet’s choice of words. The poet chooses each word carefully so that both its meaning and sound contribute to the tone and feeling of the poem.

  The poet must consider a word's denotation - its definition according to the dictionary and it’s connotation - the emotions, thoughts and ideas associated with and evoked by the word.

​DICTION

​RHYTHM

​•The pattern of beats or stresses in a poem.

​  Poets use patterns of stressed and unstressed

  syllables to create a   regular rhythm.

​Iambic-unstressed and stressed

​Trimeter-3 unstressed and stressed

​•-repetition of similar sounds

•-different kinds of rhyme: end rhyme (words with similar sounds that appear at the end of the lines; often used in children's rhyme);and internal rhyme (kind of rhyme found in the middle of the lines or a rhyme within the lines.

​RHYME

​ALLITERATION

​Seven silver swans swam silently seaward.

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Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers.

​ONOMATOPOEIA

​a.  Form/Shape- 

b. Imagery-

c. Theme -

d. Diction -

e. Mood/ Tone-

f. Sound Devices-

​1. Each one of you will be assigned to critique and identify the elements in the poem made and posted by your classmates in their respective blogs.

2. The critique must specify the elements present in the poem and suggest insightful analysis and points for improvement.