Poetry Presentation

Poetry

A presentation by Emma

INDEX

Title 1

1. Definition

6. Tips for Poetry Writing

2. Features indicating Poetry

7. Experiences

3. Free Verse Poem

8. Poem

4. Tips for Reading a Poem

9. Sources

Definition

There are almost as many definitions as poets out there

Definitions from Different People

William Wordsworth: "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings." Emily Dickinson: "If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. "

Robert Frost: "Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words."

E.E.Cummings: "If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little - somebody who is obsessed by Making."

--> Poetry is a lot of things to a lot of people

Definition

Poetry is a matter of the readers own feelings, it is refusable to be defined, to be labeled or nailed down.

Features indicating Poetry

-Stanza -Rhyme -Meter -Line Break -Usage of Stylistic Devices Not all poems rhyme! In fact, MANY of them do not rhyme.

A Bird, came down the Walk - He did not know I saw - He bit an Angle Worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw, And then, he drank a Dew From a convenient Grass - And then hopped sidewise to the Wall To let a Beetle pass - He glanced with rapid eyes, That hurried all abroad - They looked like frightened Beads, I thought, He stirred his Velvet Head. - Like one in danger, Cautious, I offered him a Crumb, And he unrolled his feathers, And rowed him softer Home - Than Oars divide the Ocean, Too silver for a seam, Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon, Leap, plashless as they swim.

A Bird came down the Walk

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By Emily Dickinson

Free Verse Poem

-has no fixed pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza arrangement -Traditional rules are ignored -Techniques such as repetition and alliteration are sometimes used to create musical patterns

Tips for reading a Poem

1.Look up vocabulary that is unknown to you. 2.Don’t pressure yourself, you don’t need to decode it on the spot. 3.Read it slowly 4.Read it out aloud in your head, or out aloud if you are able too. 5.Read the Poem on various days- you will always find something new.

Tips for writing a poem

1.Read the work of various poets 2.Experiment with different types of poetry 3.Get rid of any expectation 4.Idea for the topic of the poem 5.Start with an emotion, a picture or a line 6.Describe feelings 7.Don’t relinquish

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