New poetry Elements PowerPoint

Poetry Elements
Miss Willard
Simile
 Definition: Simile is when you compare two nouns
(persons, places or things) that are unlike, with "like" or
"as.“
 Example
“How could you be so cold as the winter wind when it
breeze yo” – Kanye West
 "His skin was as cold as ice" is an example of simile because
skin and ice have little in common, and yet they're being
compared to one another because they are both cold.
 "These cookies taste like garbage” Here is another
example, comparing cookies to garbage. Good similes
compare two very different nouns.
Candle in the Wind
By: Elton John
And it seems to me you
lived your life
Like a candle in the wind:
Never fading with the
sunset
When the rain set in.
And your footsteps will
always fall here,
Along England's greenest
hills;
Your candle's burned out
long before
Your legend ever will.
Like a Rock
By: Bob Seger
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Twenty years now
Where'd they go?
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Like a rock, I was strong as I could be
Twenty years
Like a rock, nothin' ever got to me
I don't know
Like a rock, I was something to see
Sit and I wonder sometimes
Like a rock
Where they've gone
And sometimes late at night
And I stood arrow straight
When I'm bathed in the firelight
Unencumbered by the weight
The moon comes callin' a ghostly
white
Of all these hustlers and their
schemes
And I recall
I Recall
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
Like a rock. standin' arrow straight
I still believed in my dreams
Like a rock, chargin' from the gate
Like a rock, carryin' the weight
Like a rock
Alliteration
 Definition: When two or more words in a poem begin with
the same letter or sound.
 Example
“lyrical lyricist flowing lyrics out my
larynx” – Biggie Smalls
 Rabbits Running Over Roses
– "Rabbits running over roses" is another example of Alliteration
because rabbits, running, and roses all begin with the same letter
and sound the same.
Put Your Records On
By: Corrine Bailey Rae
Three little birds, sat on my window.
And they told me I don't need to worry.
Summer came like cinnamon,
So Sweet.
Little girls double-dutch on the concrete.
Maybe sometimes, we’ve got it wrong, but it’s
alright.
The more things seem to change, the more
they stay the same
Oh, don't you hesitate.
Girl, put your records on, tell me your favorite
song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your
dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.
Rockin’ Robin
By: The Jackson 5
 He rocks in the tree tops
all day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and
singing his song
All the little birdies on
Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go
tweet tweet tweet
Rockin' robin, tweet tweet
tweet
Rockin' robin' tweet
tweetly-tweet
Blow rockin' robin
'Cause we're really gonna
rock tonight
Personification
 Definition: when you make a thing, idea, or an animal do
something only humans can do.
 Example:
– The hem of her dress gently kisses the grass
(Fireflies by Ron Pope)
– Just a Puppet on a lonely string
(Viva la Vida by Coldplay)
– I smile
When roses come to see me
(Roses by Kanye West)
I’ll Be
By: Edwin McCain
I'll be your crying shoulder,
I'll be love's suicide
I'll be better when I'm older,
I'll be the greatest fan of your life.
And rain falls angry on the tin
roof
As we lie awake in my bed.
You're my survival, you're my
living proof.
My love is alive -- not dead.
Tell me that we belong together.
Dress it up with the trappings of
love.
I'll be captivated,
I'll hang from your lips,
Instead of the gallows of
heartache that hang from above
Stars
Stars, bring me up with you
Bring me to the place
you sleep.
How do you do it?
Bring me to your home.
Bring your thoughts
to me.
Share them
with me.
Repitition
 Repetition is when you have a word and use it more than once.
Inside the ocean
I see fish.
Inside the waves
I hear a splash.
Inside the water
I felt a fish.
It seems so big,
as big as a whale.
It has to be,
But then I see,
It's a tuna fish.
The Lock
The lock
in my heart
holds memories,
of love,
joy, hate,
fear, family,
and death.
The key
in my heart,
is sadness and
caring.
My dream-I have no dream.
I live in a dream.
Onomatopoeia
 Definition: onomatopoeia are words that sound like the objects they
name or the sounds those objects make.
 Example
– “Zip goes the jacket.”
"Zip" is an example of onomatopoeia because it sounds like what it is.
When you zip up a zipper the sound the zipper makes sounds like a zipper.
Here are other onomatopoeia words:
 Boom, bang, slash, slurp,
gurgle, meow,and woof
Cafeteria
Boom!
Went the food
trays.
Clap! Clap!
Goes the teacher.
Rip!
Went the
plastic bag.
Munch! Munch!
Go the students.
Slurp!!!
Went the straws.
Whisper
Is what half the kids
in the room
are doing.
Crunch!
Crunch!
go
the candy bars.
Pizza Parlor
Wee!
Wee!
Goes the dough in the air.
Splat !
Splat !
Goes the sauce on the dough.
Sprinkle.
Sprinkle.
Goes the cheese on the sauce.
Flop!
Flop!
Goes the pepperoni on the cheese.
Sizzle!
Sizzle!
Goes the pizza as it cooks.
Paradox
 Definition: A statement that seems impossible at first but actually
makes sense.
Dark knows daylight - "Dark knows daylight" is an example of
paradox because dark and daylight are opposites, and yet here they
have something in common.
Hot understands Cold - "Hot understands cold" is an example of
paradox because hot and cold are opposites, but yet the stanza says
that they understand each other. This is a paradox because the stanza
doesn't seem to make sense. However, a paradox poem will explain
how two opposite or very unlike things can be related in some way.
Dark and Light
Dark remembers light,
The day they separated,
They try to be friends, but
can't.
Dark doesn't like light
Their friendship no longer
exists.
Night Remembers Light
Night remembers the light of a
newborn
star.
Night remembers how he held
the little
star,
And now you can see
the star,
Much bigger now
for now it is
the sun.
Metaphor
 Definition: Metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or
contrast them to one another. Unlike simile, you don't use "like" or "as"
in the comparison.
 Examples
"My life is just a slow train crawling up a
hill". –Katie Melua
– "I am a rainbow" is a example of metaphor because it is comparing two
nouns, a person, and a rainbow, but does not use like or as.
 I am not Anger
– "I am not anger" is an example of metaphor because it is contrasting two
nouns.
The Rose
By: Bette Midler
Some say love it is a river
that drowns the tender reed
Some say love it is a razor
that leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love it is a hunger
an endless aching need
I say love it is a flower
and you it's only seed
It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
that never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul afraid of dying that
never learns to live
I am a Sword
I am a sword,
Sharper than a tongue
Nobody can defeat me,
Because I am a sword,
I can not be hurt by what people
say
About me,
I will not show my anger
Against
Someone else.
Which of the following is an example of
alliteration?
 My hair is a vast forest.
 I sat by the river. I lived by the sea. I died by
the lake.
 Pants are like legs.
 Dogs dodge digging dandelions.
Which of the following is an example of
onomatopoeia?
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The truck winked at me.
The cat was as mad as a tree.
Lazy lizards lounge.
Whisper, slap, smack I hear in the lunch
room.
Which of the following is an
example of metaphor?
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The glasses smiled at me.
Cute cats chase toys.
Snow is like the sun.
My life is a dream.
Which of the following is an example
of simile?
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Hiss, slurp, hush, scream--MOM!
Hopping hens shop for shoes.
My hand is as cold as snow.
The shirt said, "Wear Me!"
Which of the following is an
example of repetition?
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The dog smiles at the cat.
Toward the lake, toward the wood
Jumping jelly jokes
The sun is as sad as the grass in the
morning.
Which of the following is an example
of metaphor?
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Talking turtles torture teachers.
I am a cloud.
The dog smiles at me.
Meow, woof, tweet went the animals.
Which of the following is an example
of paradox?
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Love is not good for your soul.
The chair blinked rapidly.
Slithering snakes sit on sofas.
Slurp, cough, choke go the kids.
Which of the following is an example
of alliteration?
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The TV laughed at the desk.
Calculating computers catch cats.
Pictures are captured people.
Crash, bang, boom goes the lion.
Which of the following is an example
of repetition?
 Boom! Bang! Bong! went the instruments.
 Walking worms wiggle their way out of trouble.
 Under the sea, under the fish, under the clam
there is a pearl.
 Sweet loves sour.
Which of the following are examples
of personification?
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The dog was as sad as the color blue.
The moon swims through my window.
Meow, woof, tweet go the animals.
A table is a song.