Introduction to poetry

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

WHY

In the reading texts on the Central Exam, you sometimes will find words and phrases that should not be understood literally (niet letterlijk). You have to be able to interpret them creatively and read between the lines.  

Poetry, poems, what do we know?

Do you think this poem was written by a man or a woman?

1. man
2. woman

Do you think the writer was a young or an older person?

1. young
2. older

What do you think the poem is about?

1. A sad love story
2. What roses need to grow
3. becoming a stronger person
4. a bad neighborhood where nothing grows

If you wanted to make a song with this text, what music genre would you use?

1. hardcore/house
2. pop music
3. rap/hiphop
4. ballad

Share anything that comes to mind about Tupac.

What do you think the poem is about, knowing what you know now?

What does the rose stand for?

And the concrete?

In what way did it change your mind?

How do you feel about the poem?

What is the theme?

Where do you find poetry around you?

Did this lesson open your mind when it comes to poetry?

1. yes
2. no
3. a little

poetic terms

Personification 

Metaphor  

Onomatopoeia,  

Symbolism 

Simile 

Mood

Tone

Alliteration 

Rhyme 

Repetition 

poetry terms

1. alliteration – the repeating of the same beginning sound in more than 2 words

Example: David’s dog dug a ditch

2. onomatopoeia – words that sound like the object or actions they refer to

 Example: The duck went quack

3. Personification – when something not human is given human qualities

Example: Lightning danced across the sky

poetry terms

4. Rhyme – words that have the same end sounds.

Example: The bee drank tea

5. Methaphor – a camparison between two unlike things

 Example: Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.

  6. simile – a comparison between two unlike things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.

 Example: She cried like a baby

personification

giving human qualities to non-living objects

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