Poetry Forms. Couplet A poem made of two lines of end rhyming poetry that usually have the same...

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Page 1: Poetry Forms. Couplet A poem made of two lines of end rhyming poetry that usually have the same meter. A poem made of two lines of end rhyming poetry.

Poetry FormsPoetry Forms

Page 2: Poetry Forms. Couplet A poem made of two lines of end rhyming poetry that usually have the same meter. A poem made of two lines of end rhyming poetry.

CoupletCouplet

A poem made of two lines of end rhyming A poem made of two lines of end rhyming poetry that usually have the same meter.poetry that usually have the same meter.

Example: Example:

I have the measles and the mumps,I have the measles and the mumps,

A gash, a rash and purple bumps.A gash, a rash and purple bumps.

Page 3: Poetry Forms. Couplet A poem made of two lines of end rhyming poetry that usually have the same meter. A poem made of two lines of end rhyming poetry.

DiamanteDiamante

A 7 lined poem. That is diamond in shapeA 7 lined poem. That is diamond in shape

Line 1: Noun Line 1: Noun Line 2: Two Adjectives describing the first nounLine 2: Two Adjectives describing the first nounLine 3: Three -ing words describing the first nounLine 3: Three -ing words describing the first nounLine 4: Four words: two about the first noun and two Line 4: Four words: two about the first noun and two

about the antonym or synonym of the first nounabout the antonym or synonym of the first nounLine 5: Three -ing words about the antonym or Line 5: Three -ing words about the antonym or

synonym synonym Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym or Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym or

synonym synonym Line 7: Antonym or synonym for the first noun Line 7: Antonym or synonym for the first noun

Page 4: Poetry Forms. Couplet A poem made of two lines of end rhyming poetry that usually have the same meter. A poem made of two lines of end rhyming poetry.

Diamante ExampleDiamante Example

Rain Rain

humid, damp humid, damp

refreshing, dripping, splattering refreshing, dripping, splattering

wet, slippery, cold, slushy wet, slippery, cold, slushy

sliding, melting, freezing sliding, melting, freezing

frigid, icy frigid, icy

Snow Snow

Page 5: Poetry Forms. Couplet A poem made of two lines of end rhyming poetry that usually have the same meter. A poem made of two lines of end rhyming poetry.

HaikuHaikuUnrhymed Japanese verse consisting of Unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines three unrhymed lines

Line 1: five syllablesLine 1: five syllables

Line 2: seven syllablesLine 2: seven syllables

Line 3: five syllables Line 3: five syllables

Haiku is usually written in the present tense Haiku is usually written in the present tense and focuses on nature.and focuses on nature.

Example: Example: warm soup in a bowl warm soup in a bowl

letters of the alphabet letters of the alphabet

hang on the teaspoon hang on the teaspoon

Page 6: Poetry Forms. Couplet A poem made of two lines of end rhyming poetry that usually have the same meter. A poem made of two lines of end rhyming poetry.

CinquainCinquain

Short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of Short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines2, in five lines

Line 1: Noun Line 1: Noun

Line 2: Description of Noun Line 2: Description of Noun

Line 3: Action Line 3: Action

Line 4: Feeling or Effect Line 4: Feeling or Effect

Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun

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Cinquain ExampleCinquain Example

SpaghettiSpaghetti

Messy, spicyMessy, spicy

Slurping, sliding, fallingSlurping, sliding, falling

Between my plate and mouthBetween my plate and mouth

DeliciousDelicious

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Epitaph

A phrase or statement written in memory A phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died, especially as of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone.an inscription on a tombstone.

EXAMPLE: John Donne (1572-1631)John Donne (1572-1631)

Reader, I am to let thee know,Reader, I am to let thee know, Donne's body only lies below; Donne's body only lies below; For could the grave his soul comprise, For could the grave his soul comprise, Earth would be richer than the skies. Earth would be richer than the skies.

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SonnetSonnet

A Sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines A Sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines (iambic pentameter) with a particular (iambic pentameter) with a particular rhyming scheme: rhyming scheme:

Examples of a rhyming scheme:Examples of a rhyming scheme:

#1) abab cdcd efef gg #1) abab cdcd efef gg

#2) abba cddc effe gg #2) abba cddc effe gg

#3) abba abba cdcd cd #3) abba abba cdcd cd

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Iambic PentameterIambic Pentameter

PentameterPentameter is simply penta, which means is simply penta, which means 5, meters. So a line of poetry written in 5, meters. So a line of poetry written in pentameter has 5 feet, or 5 sets of stressed pentameter has 5 feet, or 5 sets of stressed and unstressed syllables. and unstressed syllables.

An An iambiamb is a foot or beat consisting of an is a foot or beat consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable,syllable,

In basic In basic iambic pentameter, iambic pentameter, a line would a line would have 5 feet of iambs.have 5 feet of iambs.

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Sonnet ExampleSonnet ExampleShakespeare’s Sonnet 18Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18

Shall Shall II com comparepare thee thee toto a a sumsummer's mer's dayday??Thou art more lovely and more temperate.Thou art more lovely and more temperate.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date.And summer's lease hath all too short a date.Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimmed;And often is his gold complexion dimmed;And every fair from fair sometime declines,And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed;By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed;But thy eternal summer shall not fade,But thy eternal summer shall not fade,Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,When in eternal lines to Time thou grow'st.When in eternal lines to Time thou grow'st.So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

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AcrosticAcrostic

The first letter of each line spells a word, The first letter of each line spells a word, usually using the same words as in the title.usually using the same words as in the title.

DOGDOG

DDevoted,evoted,

OOn  n  GGuard. uard.

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Shape Poetry Shape Poetry

The poem to takes on the shape of its The poem to takes on the shape of its subject. subject.

Therefore, if the subject of your poem were Therefore, if the subject of your poem were of a flower, then the poem would be shaped of a flower, then the poem would be shaped like a flower. like a flower.

If it were of a fish, then the poem would take If it were of a fish, then the poem would take on the shape of a fish on the shape of a fish

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Shape Poem ExampleShape Poem Example

STARS UMBRELLA

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Free VerseFree Verse

An irregular form of poetry in which the An irregular form of poetry in which the content is free of traditional rules of content is free of traditional rules of versification, (freedom from fixed meter or versification, (freedom from fixed meter or rhyme).. rhyme)..

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Free Verse ExampleFree Verse Example

The Red Wheelbarrow The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams by William Carlos Williams

so much depends so much depends upon upon

a red wheel a red wheel barrow barrow

glazed with rain glazed with rain water water

beside the white beside the white chickens chickens