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What Makes a Poem?
Differences between Poetry and Prose
Definitions• Poem: a piece of writing that usually
has figurative language and that is written in separate lines (stanzas) that often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme
• Prose: ordinary writing
Key Elements of
Poetry• Rhyme
• Rhyme Scheme
• Rhythm
• Meter
• Stanzas
• Figurative LanguageWhat, exactly,
makes a poem a poem?
RhymeWords that sound the same and are usually placed
at the END of a line of poetry.
Example:Silent night,
Holy night,
All is calm
All is bright
Rhyme Scheme
• The pattern of the rhymes in poems.We label rhyme scheme like this:
Silent night a
Holy night a
All is calm b
All is bright a
Rhythm• When the arrangement of syllables creates
an audible pattern or beat when read out loud.
Example:
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
Can you see the rhyme and rhythm?
Life is mostly froth and bubble,Two things stand like stone,
Kindness in another’s trouble,Courage in your own.
- Adam Lindsay Gordon
Meter• Meter is the pattern that the rhythm
takes in a poem. • Similar to what a rhyme scheme is for
rhyme.
Example:“His noisy snoring woke the
neighbors' dog.”
Stanzas• A unit or a group of lines in poetry that
are usually related to a single idea. OR
• How we organize the lines in poetry.
Find the Stanzas
Figurative Language• Speech or writing that departs from
literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning.
OR• Words or expressions that mean
something different from their literal meaning.
Types of Figurative Language
• Simile• Metaphor• Hyperbole• Personification• Onomatopoeia • Idioms
• She was as beautiful as the sun.
• She was a rose in bloom.
• Everyone was losing their heads!
• The wind howled sadly.
• BOOM! Went the cannons.
• Out of the blue, the dog attacked!