https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa Let's build a catalog of poetic elements we have read and used in our own poems. en-us 2020-10-12 19:09:28 UTC 2020-10-15 14:22:46 UTC hello@padlet.com awood170 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/822673575 What are some specific elements (a way of using images, rhyme, grammar, etc.) that you think are...

1. important to look for in poems you read to better understand them ?

2. useful tools in writing your own poems?

Create a new post of each element you think of. Include the title of the poem that you encountered the element in. ]]> 2020-10-12 19:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/822673575 awood170 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/822679494 In Pickard's "Valentine", this soft, long sound is calming and soothing. It helps further the theme of love as peaceful and everyday. ]]> 2020-10-12 19:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/822679494 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832421092 can be used to really emphasize what is important and set the tone of the poem

]]> 2020-10-15 14:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832421092 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832423630 creates a vivid experience for the reader

]]> 2020-10-15 14:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832423630 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832423988 In my mind, often times, rhyming adds to a more up beat and cheerful tone. I think it's usage makes the poem lighter, and that it can be out of place in a darker poem, either in topic or in tone. ]]> 2020-10-15 14:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832423988 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832424448 the re was a line in a stanza and the in the next stanza in a similar spot there was a word that rhymed with the one in the stanza before which helped to connect the stanzas more ]]> 2020-10-15 14:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832424448 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832424745 Word choice with imagery helps add to the tone of the poem. Example: In Jillian's poem, she used the phrase "spying children" which helped emphasize the playful tone of the poem.]]> 2020-10-15 14:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832424745 heatherfalk1 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832425695 I saw this a lot in Emily Dickinson's "Wild Nights". It made the poem feel a lot more alive and exciting because of that intense and abrupt sound.]]> 2020-10-15 14:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832425695 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832426588 Images that are repeated in a different way can helps to emphasize the topic that the poet is writing]]> 2020-10-15 14:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832426588 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832428218 Selectively adding periods at the ends of some important lines can make them stand out and become emphasized. This is because the line then becomes a statement.]]> 2020-10-15 14:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832428218 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832429554 2020-10-15 14:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832429554 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832430780 Exclamation marks seem to automatically set the tone for a poem. Even without reading it, if you skim a poem and see an exclamation mark, you know how you should read the poem either aloud or to yourself. ]]> 2020-10-15 14:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832430780 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832431386 Repetition was an element that was used often in this poem. The author used repetition to emphasize the emotions of the people in the story, Repetition is useful because it can make the main idea of your poem clearer while also helping the reader understand your tone.


]]> 2020-10-15 14:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832431386 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832431470 Ending a stanza with the antithesis of the beginning]]> 2020-10-15 14:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832431470 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832431818 In this poem, I believe that one of the key elements that stood out to me the most is imagery and visualization. This was really important to me, because it helps keep the reader thinking and sparks imagination through endless and relatable subjects. Having elements like this in a poem holds an important virtue as well, such as keeping the audience engaged. ]]> 2020-10-15 14:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832431818 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832432735 I think that sentence structure is extremely important to a poem because it affects the rhythm and the flow of the poem. When a poem doesn't have flow, it distracts the reader from the main idea you're trying to get across ]]> 2020-10-15 14:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832432735 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832432755 repeating an idea several times throughout the poem to get the image across or to emphasize the importance of the image]]> 2020-10-15 14:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832432755 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832433134 Writing words in specific places in the poem helps emphasize the theme or idea. ]]> 2020-10-15 14:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832433134 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832435424 long stanzas with long words for anticipation]]> 2020-10-15 14:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832435424 heatherfalk1 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832436638 This was in "Everybody Has a Heartache". It made the poem feel more like a story, and emphasized the images that she used when writing.]]> 2020-10-15 14:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832436638 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832438253 Varying line lengths can help to make your poem more engaging and it can also help to emphasize certain lines. ]]> 2020-10-15 14:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832438253 https://padlet.com/awood170/n5a48si14if99voa/wish/832439696 Connected imagery makes the poem work together more and can connect ideas to each other better.

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