Poetry celebrates self-expressio

GOOGLE POETRY LINE BREAK

http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS240&q=poetry+line+break&aq=2&oq=poetry+line

http://www.poetryteachers.com/

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/lb_explorer/index.html

One defining characteristic of poetry is the use of line breaks to create rhythm and rhyme, suggest meaning, and produce a particular appearance.

experiment with line breaks and how they affect rhythm, sound, meaning, appearance, and can substitute for punctuation in poetry.

Students will
understand that poetry differs from prose; poets use line breaks to create rhythm or sound, to signal meaning, and sometimes to give poems a particular appearance.

explore various poems and think about why lines are broken where they are in poetry.

experiment with line breaks and how they affect rhythm, sound, meaning, and appearance, and can substitute for punctuation in poetry.