1. Theyre our signal that a text is poetry, notprose. They can
create rhythm. They control the pace/speed of a poem. They can
emphasize words or ideas. May contain breaks called caesuras
(usuallyindicated by punctuation or spacing) Can differ from line
to line
2. When people read your poem out loud, or intheir heads, they
will pause slightly at the endof each line. For example: I bet you
can figure out wherethe line breaks should be in this example:
Hickory, dickory, dock the mouse ran up the clock the clock struck
one and down he run hickory, dickory, dock. 3. Hickory, dickory,
dock.The mouse ran up the clock.The clock struck oneAnd down he
run;Hickory, dickory, dock. 4. Lines control the pace ofPower
word:the poem. Shortening orlengthening the lines canspeed up or
slow downthe way people read. Is the following fast or slow?a break
in the line that a wind shakes pulls the reader into the them but
they next line. wont go oh no there goes one now. No. 5. Crippled
with desire, he questioned it. Evening upon the heights, juice of
the pomegranate: who could connect it with sunlight?Crippled with
desire, he questioned it. Evening upon the heights, juice of the
pomegranate: who could connect it with sunlight? 6. Arrangedto
emphasize and compliment the other (musical, contextual, etc.)
elements of language 7. Howthe poem looks on the page - Does the
poem look light, delicate, with a lot of white space around the
lines? Or are the lines packed solidly together? 8. William Carlos
Williams This Is Just to Say in Varied Forms 9. This is just to say
I have eaten the plums that were in the iceboxand which you were
probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me;they were delicious so
sweet and so cold.This Is Just to SayI have eaten the plums that
were in the iceboxand which you were probably saving for
breakfast.Forgive me; they were delicious so sweet and so
cold.Whats the difference between these two poems? 10. This Is Just
to Say This Is Just to SayI have eaten the plums that were in the
iceboxIand which you were probably saving for breakfast.
haveForgive me; they were delicious so sweet and so cold. eatenthe
plumsthat were inthe iceboxand whichyou
wereprobablysavingforbreakfastForgive methey wereWhats the
difference between these two deliciouspoems?so sweetand so coldWhat
effect do the shorter lines have? 11. Stanza is Italian for room
Think of stanzas of a poem as rooms of a house Indicates a pause
Often coincides with the rhythm of a poem/song. Used strictly in
forms Prevents confusion (through organization)/boredom in readers
Poems form of a paragraph Best thing? Theres no right or wrong way
todivide one of your own poems. 12. This Is Just to SayThis Is Just
to SayIIhave haveeateneatenthe plumsthat were in the plumsthe
icebox that were inand whichyou were the iceboxprobablysaving and
whichforyou werebreakfastprobablyForgive me savingthey
weredeliciousforso sweet breakfastand so cold Forgive me they were
deliciousHow do the stanza breaks influence the so sweetreading of
the poem? and so cold 13. This Is Just to SayThis Is Just to SayII
have eatenhave the plumseatenthat were in the iceboxthe plumsthat
were in and which you were probablythe icebox saving for
breakfastand whichyou were Forgive meprobably they were
delicioussaving so sweet and so coldforbreakfastForgive methey were
How do the stanza breaks influence thedelicious reading of the
poem?so sweetand so cold 14. Whathappens when you break a
line/stanza mid-sentence? 15. Justification (left, right, center)
Font Typeface Size Bold/italics/underline Shapeof poems Tabs
Spacebetween words 16. attack my mind withcomplete and utter
chaos.- Ashley J.
