Exploring the Elements of Poetry: Understanding and Appreciating Verse

elementarylibrarian.com Poetry 3rd Grade Month 10 Lesson 3

Learning Objectives At the end of the lesson, students should be able to use the elements of a poem to easily interpret it. I can Statement I can use the elements of a poem to easily interpret it.

Lesson 3: Poetry Together with your group, read the poem and identify what the poem wants to convey. ANSWER GUIDE What are Heavy? Christina Rossetti Your group s interpretation: The poem wants to show which objects or What are heavy? Sea-sand and sorrow; ideas embody the describing words of the What are brief? Today and tomorrow; object. It shows two things for each question. The first one is the literal or more What are frail? Spring blossoms and evident answer while the second youth; one will make the person or reader think deeply. What are deep? The ocean and truth.

Lesson 3: Poetry In the previous lesson, I learned a lot about prose fiction. Now, I am excited to get to know another genre of literature which is poetry? Will the elements help me understand and appreciate it as well?

Lesson 3: Poetry Poetry is a literary genre that is known for its beauty. It is distinct from the others because it is meant to be measured and more structured. It also uses imagery and figurative language to express ideas. Not a lot of people understand and appreciate poetry, but knowing its elements will help you deal with poetry and unveil its wonders. These are the basic elements of poetry. 1. Persona is a personality that is speaking in the poem. In poetry, a persona can be described using a person as a symbol or using words that fit the personality of the person based on the meaning of the poem. 2. Addressee is the assumed receiver of the message of the poem through the determined meaning of the poem. Just like the persona, the addressee can also be a direct person or can be described. Example: The addressee in the poem What are Heavy? may be the readers in general who may reflect about life and the ideas presented in the poem. Example: The persona in the poem What are Heavy? may be a person who has a deep understanding of life.

Lesson 3: Poetry 3. Line is the group of words that occupy each line where the poem is written. This is also used to describe the stanza. 4. Stanza is a dividing and organizing technique that places a group of lines in a poem together, separated from other groups of lines by line spacing or indentation. It is important to identify this because it helps determine the idea development of the poem. Example: The poem What are Heavy? Has four lines. Example: In the poem What are Heavy?, there is only one stanza. 5. Rhymes are words whose endings match, as in fly and spy. Letters are usually used to present the rhyme pattern or the rhyme scheme of a poem. Examples: What are heavy? Sea-sand and sorrow; a What are brief? Today and tomorrow; a What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth; b What are brief? The ocean and truth. b

Lesson 3: Poetry LET S TRY! Read the poem below and fill in the table with the information asked. Mother Nature is trying her best To give nothing but beautifulness, But what do we do? Make her a mess. Let s Preserve Our Nature By Arjun The sun is shining, The sky is blue, The birds are flying, And the breeze is so cool. Let's make her the best By polluting less and less, And preserve her green dress For our kids and the rest.

Lesson 3: Poetry LET S TRY! Continuation of Task 1 Read the poem and fill in the table with the information asked. ELEMENTS OF THE POEM PERSONA ADDRESSEE NUMBER OF LINES NUMBER OF STANZAS RHYME SCHEME

Lesson 3: Poetry LET S TRY! Continuation of Task 1 Read the poem and fill in the table with the information asked. ANSWER GUIDE ELEMENTS OF THE POEM A person that is concerned about nature, maybe an environmentalist. PERSONA Everyone living on this planet. ADDRESSEE 12 NUMBER OF LINES 3 NUMBER OF STANZAS RHYME SCHEME abac, dbdd, dddd (It doesn t have a particular pattern.)