WARM-UP QUESTION
What thoughts come to mind when you hear the word war?
REVIEW OF TERMS
What
is a simile? What is a rhyme?
NEW TERMS TO LEARN—WRITE THESE
DOWN
Alliteration:
Repeated beginning consonant sound within a phrase, short passage or poem Assonance: Repeated vowel sounds within a phrase, short passage or poem; different from a rhyme because they have different end sounds
EXAMPLES OF ALLITERATION CAN YOU FIND 4 EXAMPLES IN PERCY SHELLEY’S POEM?
I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest
EXAMPLES OF ASSONANCE CAN YOU FIGURE OUT THE REPEATED SOUND?
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
NOW TURN YOUR PAPER OVER OR GET OUT A NEW SHEET OF PAPER.
Draw a chart that looks like this & takes up the entire side:
Alliteration Assonance
Simile
Poetic Terms
Rhyme
PUT YOUR PENS/PENCILS DOWN & LISTEN TO A POEM THAT IS MEANT TO BE READ ALOUD.
Now let’s look at the poem.
THE ESKIMOS HAVE NO WORD FOR WAR
Trying to explain it to them Leaves one feeling ridiculous and obscene. Their houses, like white bowls, Sit on a prairie of ancient snowfalls Caught beyond thaw or the swift changes Of night and day. They listen politely, and stride away. With spears and sleds and barking dogs To hunt for food. The women wait Chewing on skins or singing songs, Knowing that they have hours to spend, That the luck of the hunter is often late. Later, by fires and boiling bones In streaming kettles, they welcome me, Far kin, pale brother, To share what they have in a hungry time In a difficult land. While I talk on Of the southern kingdoms, cannon, armies, Shifting alliances, airplanes, power, They chew their bones, and smile at one another. ~ Mary Oliver ~
NOW YOU WILL USE THE POEM AND THE
FOUR SQUARES THAT YOU DREW TO LIST
EXAMPLES OF THE POETIC TERMS.
YOU MAY WORK BY YOURSELF OR WITH A PARTNER, BUT YOU MUST COMPLETE
YOUR OWN LIST ON YOUR PAPER. IF YOU
MAKE POOR CHOICES WHILE WORKING WITH A PARTNER, YOU WILL LOSE THE PRIVILEGE.