Overview
This lecture introduced the key elements, techniques, and literary devices used in poetry, focusing on sound devices and rhyme schemes, and included interactive activities and a creative assignment.
Introduction to Poetry
- Poetry is an art form using language to express messages or emotions through meaning, rhythm, and sound.
- Common associations with poetry include rhyme and sound.
Elements of Poetry: Sound
- Sound in poetry refers to devices that add musicality, melody, and rhythm to poems.
- Rhyme is the similarity of sounds in the final syllables of two or more words.
- Rhyme is used to create mental images and add meaning to lines or poems.
Rhyme Scheme
- A rhyme scheme is the pattern of sounds repeating at the end of each line or stanza.
- Labeled with alphabet letters; identical rhymes get the same letter.
- Common examples: AABB, ABAB, AABBA, etc.
- Practice was done by labeling rhyme schemes from various poems, such as "Horton Hears a Who" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
Literary Devices: Repetition
- Repetition emphasizes ideas by repeating words or phrases.
- Types of repetition include:
- Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds (e.g., "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers").
- Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds with different consonant sounds (e.g., "I made my way to the lake").
- Consonance: Repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or end of words (e.g., "Mike likes his new bike").
Practice Activity
- Students classified lines as examples of alliteration, assonance, or consonance.
Key Terms & Definitions
- Poetry — Literary art form expressing ideas/emotions through rhythm, sound, and meaning.
- Rhyme — Similarity in final syllable sounds of two or more words.
- Rhyme Scheme — The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines.
- Alliteration — Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words.
- Assonance — Repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words.
- Consonance — Repetition of consonant sounds at the middle or end of words.
- Repetition — Using the same words or phrases to emphasize an idea.
Action Items / Next Steps
- Write a 4-line poem with an ABAB rhyme scheme.
- Use at least one sound device (alliteration, assonance, or consonance).
- Post your poem on Facebook with the class hashtag for a chance to be featured next week.