ELEMENTS of POETRY
Elements of Poetry
RHYME (Poems and Study Guides)
"Concord Hymn" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Video) (Audio) (Music)
"The Hunter" by Ogden Nash (Audio)
"Under the Mistletoe" by Countee Cullen (Audio)
"Rebecca, Who Slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably" by Hilaire Belloc (Video) (A Collection of Cautionary Tales Video)
"Concord Hymn" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Video) (Audio) (Music)
"The Hunter" by Ogden Nash (Audio)
"Under the Mistletoe" by Countee Cullen (Audio)
"Rebecca, Who Slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably" by Hilaire Belloc (Video) (A Collection of Cautionary Tales Video)
RHYTHM (Poems and Study Guides)
"Macavity: The Mystery Cat by T.S. Eliot (Video Pt. One)(Part Two)
"Women" by Alice Walker (Video)
"The Listeners" (Video) (Video) (Song)
"The Texas Rangers" (traditional cowboy song) (SONG) (SONG)
"Macavity: The Mystery Cat by T.S. Eliot (Video Pt. One)(Part Two)
"Women" by Alice Walker (Video)
"The Listeners" (Video) (Video) (Song)
"The Texas Rangers" (traditional cowboy song) (SONG) (SONG)
SIMILE and METAPHOR (Poems and Study Guides)
"How Tuesday Began" by Kathleen Fraser (Audio)
"The Base Stealer" by Robert Frances (TEXT) (AUDIO)
"My Aunt" by Ted Hughes (Audio)
"Fog" by Carl Sandburg (Audio read by the poet)
"I'll Walk the Tightrope" by Margaret Danner (Audio ) (Video of tightrope walkers)
"How Tuesday Began" by Kathleen Fraser (Audio)
"The Base Stealer" by Robert Frances (TEXT) (AUDIO)
"My Aunt" by Ted Hughes (Audio)
"Fog" by Carl Sandburg (Audio read by the poet)
"I'll Walk the Tightrope" by Margaret Danner (Audio ) (Video of tightrope walkers)
IMAGERY/SENSORY DETAILS (Poems and Study Guides)
Three Hokku Poems by Richard Wright
"Something Told the Wild Geese" by Rachel Field (Song)(Sung by the Trapp Family Children)
"Oranges" by Gary Soto (Audio)
"Cleaning the Well" by Paul Ruffin (Audio)
Three Hokku Poems by Richard Wright
"Something Told the Wild Geese" by Rachel Field (Song)(Sung by the Trapp Family Children)
"Oranges" by Gary Soto (Audio)
"Cleaning the Well" by Paul Ruffin (Audio)
PERSONIFICATION (Poems and Study Guides)
"Four Little Foxes" by Lew Sarett (Audio) (Video - Song Version)
"The Walrus and the Carpenter" by Lewis Carroll (Video) (Video)
"Four Little Foxes" by Lew Sarett (Audio) (Video - Song Version)
"The Walrus and the Carpenter" by Lewis Carroll (Video) (Video)
ALLITERATION (Poems and Study Guides)
"Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out"
by Shel Silverstein (Audio - Read by the author)(Sung by the author)
"Quilt" by John Updike
"Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out"
by Shel Silverstein (Audio - Read by the author)(Sung by the author)
"Quilt" by John Updike