Poetry

TUJUAN PEMBELAJARAN
1.To enable students to understand and enjoy the
poetry. (membuat siswa bisa memahami dan
menikmati puisi)
2.To enable the students to understand the
central idea, thoughts of the poetry and beauty
of
the
language.(membuat
siswa
bisa
memahami ide pokok, pikiran utama dari puisi
dan keindahan bahasa)
3.To enable the students to recite the poem with
proper beats, stress, intonation, accent and
rhythm. (untuk membuat siswa bisa membaca
puisi dengan irama, tekanan, intonasi, aksen
dan ritme)
4.To enable the students to imagine and develop
their aesthetic sense. (untuk membuat siswa

bisa membayangkan
rasa estetik mereka

dan

mengembangkan

What is poetry?
Poetry - A type of writing that uses language to
express imaginative and emotional qualities
instead of or in addition to meaning.
Poetry may be written as individual poems or
included in other written forms as in dramatic
poetry, hymns, or song lyrics.

Purpose of Poetry
To express ideas, feelings and emotions.

Structure of Poetry
Stanza
A stanza is a group of lines in a poem. It is often
called a verse.

Structure of Poetry

Rhyme
Rhyme is a pattern of words that contain
similar sounds

Rhythm
Pattern of beats or a series of stressed and
unstressed syllables in poem.
Poets create rhythm by using words in which
parts are emphasized or not emphasized.
The yellow highlighted parts of the poem show
what is stressed

from Windy Nights

By Robert Louis Stevenson
Whenever the moon and stars are set,
Whenever the wind is high,
All night long in the dark and wet,
A man goes riding by.

Late in the night when the fires are out,

Why does he gallop and gallop about?

Structure of Poetry
Line Break

A line break is where a line of poetry ends.

It causes the reader to pause and will determine
how the poem is read.

Repetition
Repetition occurs when poets repeat
words, phrases, or lines in a poem.

 It creates a pattern
It increases rhythm
It strengthens feelings, ideas and
mood in a poem

Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of the first
consonant sound in words as in the nursery
rhyme: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers.

Onomatopoeia
They are words that represent the actual
sound of something. Examples are:
The dog barks
The cat purrs
Thunder booms
Rain drips
Clock ticks

Types of Poetry
There are many types of Poetry; some
are:

Acrostic
Shape
Couplet
Haiku
Cinquain
Diamante
Humorous
Narrative
Lyric
Free Verse

Acrostic Poetry

Shape Poetry
A Shape Poem is a type of poetry that describes an
object and is shaped the same as the object the poem
is describing.

Figurative Language

Figurative
Language
Figurative Language is the use
of words outside of their
literal or usual meaning to
add beauty or force.

It is characterized by the use of

similes and metaphors.

Figurative Language
Simile:
A direct, explicit comparison of one thing to
another in which the words like or as are used

Example:
She looks like an angel.
Her lips are as sweet as honey

Figurative Language
Personification:
The strategy of giving animate qualities to abstract
concepts, or inanimate things.

Figurative Language Example:

This handless clock stares blindly from its tower.

Figurative Language
Onomatopoeia:

The attempt to echo or imitate sounds with words.

Example:

Bow-wow, oink-oink, tic-tac, howling

Figurative Language
Hyperbole:

I have been waiting for a million years.

Questions
All About A Poem
Read the poem, then use words from the
box to complete the description below.

The Hungry
Toaster

I slip a slice of soft white bread

Into my toasters jaws.
It grabs the bread and pulls it down
With greedy metal paws.
I think my toaster would prefer
Another kind of snack,
Because a minute later,
It throws my bread right back

Questions:
This poem has eight _____ (1)
They are arranged in two _____(2)

As you say the first line, tap out four strong

_____(3)
The whole poem has a bouncy, playful _____(4)
The words jaws and paws and the words snack and
back _____(5)
Listen for the _____ (6)of the beginning sounds in
slip and slice
The comparison of a toaster to a hungry animal is
______(7)
The poet also uses _______ (8) like soft and white

Answare:

This poem has eight lines

They are arranged in two stanzas
As you say the first line, tap out four strong beats
The whole poem has a bouncy, playful rhythm
The words jaws and paws and the words snack and
back rhyme
Listen for the repetition of the beginning sounds in
slip and slice
The comparison of a toaster to a hungry animal is
imagery
The poet also uses sense words like soft and white.

POETRY

GROUP 4
RIA INDRIANI
RISKA SINTIA F
RISMA AYU P
RONA ROSIDA
SAEFI BAHARUDIN-HAQ
SAKTI RIZKI K