Poetry
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Poetry is ...
- A type of literature
- Artful, entertaining, full of rhythm, peaceful, and has stanzas.
- It can be about also about anything.
- It expresses ideas, emotions, in a creative way.
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Rhyming couplets
Then the traveler in the dark Thanks you for your tiny spark. - Mother Goose
Rhyming couplets are two lines of poetry that rhyme at the end. They may be single pairs or a whole poem may be made of them.
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Free Verse
A snowy day is white
A snowy day is snowmen and snow angels
A snowy day is sledding
A snowy day is made of icy, fluffy joy. - anonymous
Free Verse is poetry that does not have a regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme.
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Simile
It was as frigid as an iceberg in the house.
A simile is a type of figurative language that compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
More examples:
The sun was as bright as a thousand lights.
More examples:
The sun was as bright as a thousand lights.
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Metaphors
I am the moon in the trees
and the blind woman's teacup.
But don't worry, I'm not the bread and the knife.
You are still the bread and the knife.
A metaphor is a form of figurative language in which things are compared by stating one thing is another. Like and as are not used.
Metaphor examples:
My dog is pure happiness.
Metaphor examples:
My dog is pure happiness.
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Personification
The brook sang merrily as it went on its way.
Personification is the giving of human qualities to an animal or an inanimate object.
Personification example:
My tree gives me very good advice.
Personification example:
My tree gives me very good advice.
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Soccer
Messi and Ronaldo are the greats
It's really hard to hate
Practice a lot and make a shot
And you could be at the top
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