Poetry

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Poetry

• An Introduction

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Poetry Pieces

• Line
• basic structural component of a poem
• Does not have to be a complete sentence
• Stanza
• one or more lines that make up the basic units of
  the poem
• Separated from each other by space

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Poetic Rhythm

• Poetic foot
• Basic unit in a meter
• Meter
• Gives rhythm and regularity to poetry
• The regular pattern of stressed/unstressed
  syllables
• Most common in English is the iambic
• Rhythm
• Movement with uniformed reoccurrence of a beat or
  accent
• A pattern of stresses

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Literary Terms often found in Poetry

• Alliteration
• The repetition of initial sound
• Ex. Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore
• Allusion
• A reference to another literary work or well
  known character/person
• Imagery
• Writing that appeals to the senses

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Literary Terms often found in Poetry

• Metaphor
• a comparison between two unlike objects WITHOUT
  using like or as
• Ex. My love is a rose
• Onomatopoeia
• Sound words
• Ex. splat

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Literary Terms often found in Poetry

• Personification
• Giving human qualities to inanimate objects
• Ex. The diamonds begged her to take them home.
• Simile
• A comparison between two unlike objects using
  like or as
• Ex. The warm air wrapped around her like a
  blanket

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Literary Terms often found in Poetry

• Symbol something which represents something
  else
• Understatement when the intensity of what is
  said does not match the intensity of the event
• Mood/tone the author or poets attitude towards
  his subject

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Reasons for Poetry

• Communication
• Perspective
• Expression
• Enjoyment

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Music and Poetry

• The Rose that Grew from Concrete
• Did you hear about the rose that grew from a
  crack in the concrete?  Proving nature's law is
  wrong, it  learned to walk with out having
  feet.  Funny it seems, but by keeping it's
  dreams,  it learned to breathe fresh air.  Long
  live the rose that grew from concrete when no
  one else ever cared. 
• Tupac Shakur

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Reason 1 Communication

• Poetry in Music

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Is music a form of poetry?

• Many songs contain the same elements that a poem
  does
• Theme, rhythm, beat
• Who are some musical artists that you consider to
  be poets?
• Is rap/hip-hop a form of poetry?

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Empire State of Mind

• Yea I'm out that Brooklyn, now I'm down in
  Tribecaright next to Deniro, but I'll be hood
  foreverI'm the new Sinatra, and... since I made
  it hereI can make it anywhere, yea, they love me
  everywhereI used to cop in Harlem, all of my
  Dominicano'sright there up on Broadway, pull me
  back to that McDonald'sTook it to my stashbox,
  560 State St.catch me in the kitchen like a
  Simmons with them Pastry'sCruisin' down 8th St.,
  off white Lexusdrivin' so slow, but BK is from
  TexasMe, I'm out that Bed-Stuy, home of that boy
  Biggienow I live on Billboard and I brought my
  boys with meSay what's up to Ty-Ty, still
  sippin' mai tai'ssittin' courtside, Knicks
  Nets give me high fiveI be Spike'd out, I could
  trip a refereeTell by my attitude that I'm most
  definitely from....
• New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made
  ofThere's nothin' you can't doNow you're in New
  YorkThese streets will make you feel brand
  newBig lights will inspire youLet's hear it for
  New York, New York,New York

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Argument for Rap being a form of Poetry

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Reason 1 Communication

• Narrative Poems

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What is a narrative poem?

• Has a plot
• Includes all the elements of a plot diagram
• May be long or shortsometimes even as long as a
  book!
• Story can be simple or complex

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A few songs that take a stand

• Black or White by Michael Jackson
• Anti-discrimination
• Stand by Rascal Flatts
• Not giving up
• I wont back down by Tom Petty
• Not giving up
• Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
• Anti- War
• A Hard Rains Gonna Fall by Bob Dylan
• Anti-War

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Ohio
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,We're finally on
our own.This summer I hear the drumming,Four
dead in Ohio.Gotta get down to itSoldiers are
cutting us downShould have been done long
ago.What if you knew herAnd found her dead on
the groundHow can you run when you know?
Gotta get down to itSoldiers are cutting us
downShould have been done long ago.What if you
knew herAnd found her dead on the groundHow can
you run when you know?Tin soldiers and Nixon
coming,We're finally on our own.This summer I
hear the drumming,Four dead in Ohio.
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Born in the USA
Born down in a dead man town The first kick I
took was when I hit the ground You end up like a
dog that's been beat too much Till you spend
half your life just covering up Born in the
u.s.a., I was born in the u.s.a. I was born in
the u.s.a., born in the u.s.a. Got in a little
hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land To go and kill
the yellow man Born in the U.S.A...
Come back home to the refinery Hiring man said
son if it was up to me Went down to see my v.a.
man He said son, don't you understand I had a
brother at Khe Sahn Fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone He had a
woman he loved in Saigon I got a picture of him
in her arms now Down in the shadow of the
penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the
refinery I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run aint got nowhere to go
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Your Task Song the takes a Stand Assignment

• Set up your paper in MLA format (you will lose
  points otherwiseup to 5!)
• Find a school appropriate song that takes a stand
  for or against something. Copy and paste the
  lyrics.
• On a separate sheet, write a paragraph describing
  what stance the song takes. (10 points)
• Find at least 3 literary devices in the song.
  Explain their meaning and/or significance. (15
  points)
• Due by the end of class ? Be prepared to share
  with the class
• You may work on this in class after your grammar
  quiz.