A slide show for high school students and others interested in poetry.

1. Layout and Text Features The Way the Poem Looks on the Page

2. Layout: Refers to the way the text looks on the page.

3. Elements of layoutinclude: Font type and size (bold, italics, underline, etc.) Indentation and alignment (left, center, right.) Space between verses or stanzas Length of verses or stanzas.

4. Besides poetry, layout is used in art, design and architecture, or any other field that deals with the arranging items to create a certain visual effect.

6. Punctuation

8. Spelling

9. Punctuation

10. Grammar

12. Therefore, you might have to read a poem two, three or even ten times before you understand it! I think I finally got it!