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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.84,0:00:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Instructor] Hello, readers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.92,0:00:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's talk about poems.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.38,0:00:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poetry is a special kind of writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.10,0:00:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If ordinary writing is like talking,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.25,0:00:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then poetry is like singing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.52,0:00:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poetry is a way of\Nmaking art with language.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.14,0:00:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poems can express huge ideas or feelings.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.40,0:00:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can be about the sound\Nor rhythm of language,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.47,0:00:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they can be goofy, little jokes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.52,0:00:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like any other kind of writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.66,0:00:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poems can be about everything
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.19,0:00:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they can be about nothing at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.52,0:00:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can be funny, or sad, or sweet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.23,0:00:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can rhyme.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.15,0:00:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can very much not rhyme.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.27,0:00:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of that is, in my\Nopinion, absolutely wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.97,0:00:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of some poems as condensed ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.32,0:00:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that contain a lot of ideas\Nin small amounts of text.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.52,0:00:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So every word matters a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.79,0:00:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a little light\Nbulbs representing ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.40,0:00:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm gonna look at a\Ncouple of poems today
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.28,0:00:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to describe some parts of a poem.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.65,0:01:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's begin with the poem "Cat"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.38,0:01:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Marilyn Singer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.13,0:01:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It goes like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.44,0:01:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cat.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.77,0:01:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I prefer warm fur, a perfect fire
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.77,0:01:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lie beside a cozy lap,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.37,0:01:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I can nap,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.89,0:01:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an empty chair when she's not there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.53,0:01:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want heat on my feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.68,0:01:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on my nose, on my hide.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.26,0:01:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No cat I remember\Ndislikes December inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.18,0:01:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the person who wrote this poem,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.18,0:01:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marilyn singer, is the poet for stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.76,0:01:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The person who writes\Nthe poem is an author,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.01,0:01:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for poems, the writer is a poet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.03,0:01:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but who is telling the poem?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.78,0:01:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's speaking?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.26,0:01:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The person whose voice we\Nhear in a poem is called
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.13,0:01:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the speaker, which is another\Nthing I like about poetry.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.17,0:01:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're having trouble\Nunderstanding a poem,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.71,0:01:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,read it aloud.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.21,0:01:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Part of the pleasure of poetry\Nfor me is hearing the words
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.55,0:01:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bounce around as you say them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.56,0:01:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then this poem,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.39,0:01:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm pretty sure the speaker is a cat.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.20,0:02:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you'll notice there\Nare only three sentences
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.49,0:02:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this poem, but they're\Nseparated into 15 lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.75,0:02:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see these lines
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.72,0:02:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have anywhere from one\Nto four words in them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.49,0:02:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lines can be as long or\Nas short as a poet likes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.96,0:02:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but here the poet is creating\Nthese line breaks to indicate
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.40,0:02:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pauses and rhythms, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.89,0:02:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like normally we wouldn't\Nstart a new line here,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.04,0:02:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if this were prose,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.52,0:02:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is what we call all\Nother forms of writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.08,0:02:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prose uses normal sentences\Nand paragraphs, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.30,0:02:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The poet is choosing to create line breaks
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.86,0:02:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to change the way the sentence
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.25,0:02:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the line looks on the page.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.46,0:02:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poetry is not just about how it sounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.28,0:02:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it's about how\Nit looks as it's written.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.33,0:02:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, in addition,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.50,0:02:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the poet is also using spaces\Nto scoot these three phrases
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.67,0:02:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over as well as this word inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.71,0:02:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The words themselves are scooted in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.77,0:02:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're curled up and feeling\Ncozy, like a cat by a fire
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.01,0:02:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the middle of December.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.34,0:03:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll also notice that some\Nbut not all of the lines
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.20,0:03:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rhyme with each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.26,0:03:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let's take a moment\Nto think for a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.16,0:03:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is rhyming really?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.51,0:03:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One way to think about it is\Nwhen the ending sound of a word
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.54,0:03:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,matches the other ending sound\Nof a word like lap and nap,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.62,0:03:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or when a bunch of sounds match each other
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.46,0:03:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout a pair of words\Nlike remember, and December,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.45,0:03:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be super clear about this part
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.15,0:03:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was already out of high school
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.10,0:03:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before I learned this thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.77,0:03:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but poems don't have to rhyme.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.00,0:03:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can, but they\Ndefinitely don't have to.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.89,0:03:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have one more poem\Npart to describe to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.66,0:03:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to do it, I wanna use\NBilly Collins poem "Litany"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.16,0:03:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which sounds like a fancy poem at first,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.28,0:03:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then becomes much more conversational.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.85,0:03:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll end by reading the\Nfirst three stanzas,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.57,0:03:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are these paragraph looking things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.40,0:03:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not all poems are broken into\Nstanzas, but this one is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.84,0:03:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So those are some parts of the poem.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.61,0:03:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To review, a poet writes lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.98,0:04:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The place where each line\Nends is called a line break
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.08,0:04:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a group of lines\Ntogether in a paragraph
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.25,0:04:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is called a stanza.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.63,0:04:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The voice that tells us the poem,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.53,0:04:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the poem's narrator is called the speaker.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.37,0:04:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some poems rhyme, others don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.14,0:04:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.39,0:04:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a snippet of\N"Litany" by Billy Collins.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.20,0:04:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Litany.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.87,0:04:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are the bread and the knife,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.10,0:04:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the crystal goblet and the wine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.47,0:04:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are the dew on the morning grass
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.47,0:04:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the burning wheel of the sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.70,0:04:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are the white apron of the baker
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.91,0:04:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the marsh birds suddenly in flight.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.31,0:04:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, you are not\Nthe wind in the orchard,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.97,0:04:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the plums on the counter,\Nor the house of cards.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.52,0:04:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you are certainly\Nnot the pine scented air.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.34,0:04:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is just no way that\Nyou are the pine-scented air.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.79,0:04:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is possible that you are\Nthe fish under the bridge.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.26,0:04:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe even the pigeon\Non the General's head,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.06,0:04:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you are not even close
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.61,0:04:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to being the field of\Ncorn flowers at dusk.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.27,0:05:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's more, but I'd love\Nit if you looked it up
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.59,0:05:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and read it aloud yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.87,0:05:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can learn anything. David out.