POEtry:

A glimpse into the world of poetry

throughthe work of Edgar Allan Poe

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Room 244

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What is poetry?

What makes a poem, well, a poem?

Poetic Devices

Alliteration
Ex:
Pretty Pretty Princess / Definition:
End rhyme
Ex:
Happily we row along
Humming our little song
Imagery
Ex: the sun beat down hard, charring and blistering our skin
Internal rhyme
Ex: The sky as I fly
Makes my heart leap apart
Metaphor
Ex: She was a ghost, floating down the abandoned hallway
Onomatopoeia
Ex: Whish! Swish!
Personification
Ex: The sound of the waves sang me to sleep
Refrain
Ex: We will, we will rock you!
Repetition
Ex: I'm Twaddletalk Tuck and I talk and I talk
and I talk when I run and I talk when I walk
Rhyme scheme
Ex: abab
There once was a cat
Who loved to eat mice
He grew very fat
‘Cause they tasted nice
Rhythm
Ex:
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Simile
Ex: She’s as cold as ice.
Sound
Ex:Drip drop, drip drop,
darned rain won't stop.
Dropping on my windowpane,
it is driving me insane.
Stanza
Ex:
Praised be the ornament makers
the masons and the decorators
the creators of flitting angels
also the makers of ribbons
and on them hearty inscriptions
(fluttered by a great river-wind)

Poems…

“make music” “paint a picture”

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Now, let’s examine one of Poe’s most famous poems,

“The Raven,” in a close reading:

First, read and listen as

the poem is read aloud.

Then, read the poem

through again, making

annotations:

  • analysis of poem
  • examples of poetic

devices and lit terms

Then, make inferences:

  • Connections to Poe’s life

How does “The Raven”…

Make Music

Poetic Device / Example from poem

Paint a Picture ______

Poetic Device / Example from poem

Making Inferences:

What is an inference?

What does it mean to infer?

______+______=______

(What you already knew) (clues from the text) (drawing a conclusion)

Ex: If Johnny walks inside with a heavy coat on...what can you infer?

Schema / Evidence / Inference

Making Inferences about Poe and “The Raven”

Schema
(What do we know about Poe?) / Evidence
(What do we see in the poem?) / Inference
(What can we conclude?)

“Annabel Lee” Post-reading Questions:

1. What made life meaningful to the narrator of the poem?

  1. What was the real cause of Annabel Lee’s death, according to the poet?

3.According to the poem, what would you say the narrator spends most of his time doing?

4.Determine the theme:

5. What is the mood?

6. How do assonance, alliteration, and repetition influence the mood of the poem?

7. How does imagery influence the mood of the poem?

8. What tone does the author express toward Annabel Lee?

9. How many stanzas make up the poem?

10. Write the rhyme scheme next to the lines of the poem.

Making Inferences about Poe and “Annabel Lee”

Schema / Evidence / Inference