Poetry

Ajarn Steve

Poetry

Poetry is difficult to define.

Poems use words to paint a picture in your head.

A good poem brings out strong emotions in people.

Poetry

Traditional Poetry:

A piece of literature written in meter; verse.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

(A traditional poem rhymes.)

Poetry

Meter: poetic measure; arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses. (Source: Dictionary.com)

Verse: A single metrical line in a poetic composition; one line of poetry. (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)

William Shakespeare

Langston Hughes

Edgar Allan Poe

Robert Frost

Emily Dickinson

Simple, Four Line Rhyme

Rhyming a,b, c, b:

Mary had a little lambIts fleece was white as snowAnd everywhere that Mary

wentThe lamb was sure to go.

Simple, four line rhyme

Rhyming a,a,b,b:

Twinkle, twinkle little starHow I wonder what you areUp above the world so highLike a diamond in the sky.

Simple, four line rhyme

Rhyming a, b, a, b:

The rain was like a little mouse,

Quiet, small and gray.It pattered all around the houseAnd then it went away.

Simple, four line rhyme

Rhyming a, a, a, a:

Rain, rain, go awayCome again another dayLittle children want to playSo rain, rain, go away.

Cinquain

A short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing respectively two, four, six, eight and two syllables.

Cinquain

Example:

PopcornJumpy, bouncy

White, yellow and bumpyJumbly, rumbly, hot and mushy

Popcorn.

Haiku

Japanese poem of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables.

Syllable: a unit of spoken language that consists of one or more vowel sounds alone. “Sun” is one syllable and “sunshine” is two syllables.

Haiku

Example:

The pond I used to Swim in has hardened now, but

It is mine year round.

Andrea Baccigalupi (age 9)

Free Verse Poetry

Free verse: is a type of poetry that is written without using strict meter, rhythm or rhyme, but is still recognized as poetry.

Source: Wikipedia

Free Verse PoetryBring me all of your dreams,You dreamers,Bring me all of yourHeart melodiesThat I may wrap themIn a blue cloud-clothAway from the too-rough fingersOf the world.

Langston Hughes

Free Verse Poetry

Free Verse Poetry has had a huge influence on hip hop and rap music.

Sonnet

A poem of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter (stress is on the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th syllables of each line), restricted to a definite rhyme scheme.

Shakespeare wrote sonnets.

Ballad

Ballad: A ballad is a narrative poem, usually set to music; thus, it often is a story told in a song. Any story form may be told as a ballad, such as historical accounts or fairy tales in verse form.

Source: Wikipedia

Ballad

The Ballad of the Landlord, which was written by Langston Hughes is an excellent example of a ballad.

Haiku Poetry

Line 1: 5 syllablesLine 2: 7 syllablesLine 3: 5 syllables

Haiku Poetry

Clouds float slowly byFluffy, lumpy, cotton balls

Silver, gray, and white

Haiku Poetry

Bursting in bright huesSplashing colors all aboutAutumn leaves must fall

Haiku Poetry

Forest fineryOf purest green, fern boast

theirDelicate beauty

Haiku Poetry

In Haiku Poetry, the author’s purpose is to transform a seemingly common nature-related topics into something special or extraordinary using words.

Haiku Poetry

Haiku Poetry stresses the use of interesting and descriptive words in the elaboration of its subject.

Nouns: clouds, cotton balls, hues, colors, autumn, leaves, forest, finery, ferns, beauty.)

Haiku Poetry

Verbs: float, bursting, splashing, fall, boast.

Adjectives: fluffy, lumpy, silver, gray, white, bright, green, delicate.

Haiku Poetry: Sample TopicsTypes of weather:

1. Tornado2. Hurricane3. Spring rain4. Thunder storm5. Snow storm

Cinquain

Cinquain is a highly structured form of poetry.

Must pay attention to word choice, word meaning, syllabication, and parts of speech, while at the same time expressing a meaningful message.

True Cinquain

1 word title (noun) 2 syllables

2 descriptive words (adjectives)4 syllables

3 words that express action 6 syllables

4 words that express feeling 8 syllables

1 word (synonyms or reference to title in line 1) 2 syllables

True Cinquain Example

Friend/shipPre/cious, awe/someBright/ens gloom/y mo/mentsRain/bow’s treas/ure trove

dis/cov/eredAl/ways

Poetry Webites

http://www.poetry.com

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com

http://www.poetseers.org

Poetry Websites

http://www.poets.org

http://www.poetry-portal.com

http://www.poetrysociety.org

Author’s Note

I did not write any of the poems in this presentation.

When it was possible, I correctly cited the author of each poem.