Introduction to poetry

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Goals

At the end of the lesson:

-you know what to do in P3.

-you have downloaded the reader.

-you have learnt about poems.

Download and Answer

What is the goal for this period?

Which test do I have?

How can I study for the test?

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.

The rose that grew from concrete

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the  concrete?

Proving nature's law is wrong, it learned to walk without feet

funny it seems , but by keeping it's dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air.

Long live the rose that grew from concrete, when no one else ever cared.

Symbol

Sign, shap, object

touch

represents an idea

may appear only once or twice

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

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

The rose that grew from concrete

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the  concrete?

Proving nature's law is wrong, it learned to walk without feet

funny it seems , but by keeping it's dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air.

Long live the rose that grew from concrete, when no one else ever cared.

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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Goals week 3

You keep reading your novel while doing the exercises in the reader.

You can find Symbol, Motif, Personification, Metaphor and Simile in a text or poem.

Simile:

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses)

Mean - Taylor Swift

You, with your words like knives
And swords and weapons that you use against me
You have knocked me off my feet again
Got me feeling like I'm nothing
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard
Calling me out when I'm wounded
You, picking on the weaker man

Metaphor:

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things (Life is a highway)

One Thing - One Direction

Shot me out of the sky

You're my kryptonite
You keep making me weak
Yeah, frozen, and can't breathe

Personification:

When something not human is given human qualities

Be our Guest - Beauty and the Beast

Don't believe me?
Ask the dishes!
They can sing!
They can dance!

Onomatopoeia:

Words that sound like the object they refer to.

Fireworks - Boom, Boom, Boom

Dogs - Woof, woof, woof

Rain - Drip, drop

Bell - Ding, dong

To Do

Choose a song and identify

- Symbol

- Motif

- Personification

- Metaphor

- Simile

- Onomatopoeia

Today

• Poem 'Still I Rise' - Maya Angelou
• African American Writer / Activist
• 1928 - 2013
• Reading own poems for public
• Reader page 18

Analysis

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I'll rise

You / me

Simile

Analysis

Grenade – Bruno Mars

Easy come, easy go, that's just how you live, oh
Take, take, take it all, but you never give
Shoulda known you was trouble from the first kiss
Had your eyes wide open; why were they open? (Ooh-ooh)

Analysis

Move like Jagger – Ben Minadeo

Just shoot for the stars, if it feels right
Then aim for my heart, if you feel like (…)
kiss me till you're drunk, and I'll show you all the moves like Jagger
I've got the moves like Jagger