Poetic Definition

1. Poetic Definition

2. Lyric Poem Red is a festive color; It wraps a gift package, Stripes a Christmas candy cane, Bubbles like sparkling Burgundy Shines like a neon sign, And explodes in a Fourth of July firecracker! Lyric Guide Color is an Emotion color; It present tense action verb_________________, Present tense action verb__________________, Present tense action verb (simile)____________, Present tense action verb__________________, And present tense action verb_______________,

3. The I Am Poem I am (two special characteristics you have) I wonder (something you are actually curious about) I hear (an imaginary sound) I see (an imaginary sight) I want (an actual desire) I am (the first line of the poem repeated) I pretend (something you actually pretend to do) I feel (a feeling about something imaginary) I touch (an imaginary touch) I worry (something that really bothers you) I cry (something that makes you very sad) I am (the first line of the poem repeated) I understand (something that you know is true) I say (something that you believe it) I dream (something that you actually dream about

4. Acrostic Poems Acrostic poems are written down the page with each line beginning with the succeeding letters in a word. Most of them are based on names, like this example written by a high school student. Beer-drinking guy In a bar singing. Loud Lingering songs, Rough On Girls� hearts. Even Rough is Smooth.

5. Bio Poem Line 1: Your first name Line 2: Four traits that describe you Line 3: Sibling of�(can also be son of, daughter of, etc.) Line 4: Lover of� (3 people or ideas) Line 5: Who feels�(3 items) Line 6: Who needs�(3 items) Line 7: Who gives�(3 items) Line 8: Who fears�(3 items) Line 9: Who would like to see�(3 items) Line 10: Resident of (city or state) Line 11: Your last name

6. Personification Poem Directions: You are to represent one of the emotions listed below as a person. Select an emotion from the list and imagine what kind of person it would be like if it were human. What would it look like? Sound like? Fill in the description of the person you�ve imagined in Part A, and then transfer your description to Part B, so as to turn your answers into a poem. Emotions: joy, grief, fury, loneliness, boredom, hysteria, peace, jealousy, shyness

7. Personification: Part A Fill in the description of the kind of person you imagined. Example: Emotion you are representing as a person: anger The person�s body type: big, strong, muscular Way the person moves: lunges forward, fist raised The person�s coloring (hair, eyes, etc.): red skin, black eyes Way the person speaks: shouts Way the person makes you feel: afraid

8. Personification: Part B Transfer your answers from Part A to the blank spaces below to create a poem. I saw (1) __________ clearly. He/She was (2) ____________. He/She turned and (3) ____________. I saw his/her (4) ____________. And heard him/her (5) ___________. And I felt (6) ___________. Example: I saw anger clearly He was muscular and strong He turned and lunged at me, his fist thrust forward. I saw his red skin and black eyes. And heard him shout with rage And I felt afraid.

9. Parts of Speech Poem Parts-of-speech poems are an easy way to start writing poetry. All you do it supply the words and ideas while you follow the given formula. Follow the formula to create your own poem: 1 article and 1 noun 1 adjective and 1 conjunction and 1 verbal 1 verbal (form of verb) and 1 conjunction and 1 verbal 1 noun that relates to the noun in the first line Examples: The text book The sneakers wordy but factual worn and comfortable Teaching and explaining Playing and running your world. all day. The sleeper comfortable and cozy Walking and remembering his dream

10. List Poem �These Things I Have Loved� These I have loved: White plates and cups, clean-gleaming Ringing with blue lines; and feathery fairy dust; Wet roofs, beneath the lam-light; the strong crust Of friendly bread; and many-tasting food; Rainbows; and the blue bitter smoke of wood;� Directions: Write a list poem called �These Things are Beautiful�

11. Diamante Diamante is a seven-lined, diamond-shaped poem based on contrasting words: Winter white and silver fading, sleeping, slowing down March exchanges vows with April nodding, rising, waking up green and goldburst Spring The pattern is clear; lines two and six are two adjectives describing the beginning and ending nouns; lines three and five, three particles (-ing or �ed words) also describing the nouns, and line four, the pivotal turning point, which may be a word or a phrase.

12. Diamante Cont�d Directions: Choose one of the following polarities (good/evil, sunlight/shadow, dream/nightmare, beauty/beast, love/hate, food/garbage, pleasure/pain, failure/success, weak/strong, rich/poor, clean/dirty, hot/cold, city/country) create your own diamante. Use the guidelines to write your poem. __________________ 1(first polarity; a noun) ______________________________ 2 (adjectives describing the beginning and ending nouns) _____________________________ 3 (three particles �ing or �ed) ____________________________________ 4 (the pivotal turning point, which may be four words or a phrase) ____________________________________________ 5(three particles �ing or �ed) ___________________________________________ 6 (two adjectives describing the beginning and ending nouns) ____________________ 7 (last polarity; a noun)

13. �I Use to Be� Poem Before you begin to follow the steps outlined below, think of 2 objects that could symbolize yourself. One to stand for the way you use to be when you were younger, and one to represent the way you are now. Then follow the steps listed below. Examples: I use to be Once I was A caterpillar An empty notebook Inching along. Waiting� But now I am For a pen, A butterfly, A poet Floating free. To come by. Now I am A heap of crumpled notes Waiting for The janitor.

14. �I Use to Be� Cont�d Steps for writing the �I Use to Be� poem: For the first line of your poem, write down either �I use to be� or �Once I was� For the next line, write down the name of the object you chose to stand for yourself when you were younger. Describe (in a line or two) something about the object named that made it like you. For the next line, write down either �But now I am� or �Now I am� For the next line, write down the name of the object you chose to stand for yourself right now. In a line or two, describe something about this object that makes it seem like you.

15. Comparison Poem Example: Water beetles skimming the still surface of the water Like tiny skaters gliding round a rink, Just one small push of their feet easing them forward until They are dizzy with motion� Me, I have always kept My feet on the ground. Steps: Focus on an image of some object or scene that you can imagine clearly. Describe this image in words that sound well together (1 or 2 lines) Think about what this image reminds you of-something to which you might compare it to. Express this comparison in 2 or 3 lines. Show the basis for the comparison you have made by indicating some way(s) in which your two images are alike. Decide how you feel about the object or scene you have described. Indicate your own feelings briefly. (1 or 2 lines)

16. Cinquain Poem Pronounced �cin-kain� this five-line form was invented by Adelaide Crapsey, who used a wavelike syllable count of two-four-six-eight-two. Following is perhaps her most famous example, as well as a cinquain by a student. November Night by Adelaide Craspey Listen� With faint dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts The leaves, frost crisped, break from the trees And fall.

17. Cinquain Cont�d Engagement By Vivian Riner Promise Of heart and hand Ring of stone and gold band. Days of sweet anticipation Waiting. Directions: Write a cinquain poem using the more manageable patter of a one-word title, two adjectives describing the title, three �ing participles, a related phrase, and a synonym for the title. Example: Sheepdog Gentle, shaggy Ambling, rambling, shambling A rollicking hayrick of unruly hair Sadie

18. Creating A Poem by Answering Questions Below are two sets of questions, both of which can be used to create poems. Select one of the sets of questions to answer, writing each answer on a separate line. Do not try to answer in complete sentences. Put down phrases or images that occur to you as you think about the questions. Use descriptive words. Set 1: What is your favorite kind of tree? What does this type of tree look like? color, shape, height, etc. What does this tree do when a heavy wind blows? How does this tree look on a very dark night? Of what object or kind of person does this tree remind you? Set 2: What is your favorite season of the year? What special objects does this season remind you of? What colors do you think of when you think of this season? What special smells or sound do you associate with this season? What activities do children do at this season? What changes in weather mark the end of this season? How do you feel when this season ends?

19. Question Poem Cont�d Revising your poem: You might wish to revise and rearrange your answers when writing your poem. Edit your poem so that is flows nicely. Example Original version: Birch tree, Tall and slim and white, Swaying in the wind, A dancer in the darkness, A lonely lady in a thin gown. Example Revised version: Birch tree, Slender and white, Swaying in the wind, Lonely lady in a thin gown, Dancing in the darkness.

20. Poem based on Similes Steps: 1. Select a pair of closely related objects to compare. (Some of the pairs you could use might be boys and girls, a dog and a puppy, and ocean and a lake, a weed and a flower, the moon and a star.) List the two objects you are going to compare. 2. For the first line of your poem, write down what season of the year Object 1 is most like. Line 1: _____________ is like _______________ 3. For the second line of your poem, describe something about Object 1 that makes it seem like that season. Line 2: ______________________________________ 4. For the next line, write down what different season of the year Object 2 is like. Line 3: ___________________ is like _________________

21. 5. For the next line, describe some quality of Object 2 that makes it seem like that season: Line 4: _________________________ 6. On the fifth line, write down what animal Object 1 is like: Line 5: __________ is like ___________ 7. For the next line, indicate why Object 1 is like this animal: Line 6: ___________________________ 8. On the next line, write down what different animal Object 2 is like: Line 7: _____________ is like _____________ 9. On the last line of your poem, describe some quality of Object 2 that makes it seem like that animal: Line 8: __________________________________ 10. Look over the lines you have written and be sure that they read smoothly and make sense. Make revisions as needed.

22. Epitaph An epitaph is the message that appears on one�s tombstone. Some famous epitaphs are below: Shakespeare "Good Friends, for Jesus' sake forbear,To dig the bones enclosed here!Blest be the man that spares these stones,And curst be he that moves my bones." Jim Morrison KATA TON DAIMONA EAYTOY "To the divine spirit within himself" Directions: Your assignment is to write your own epitaph, as you would want it to appear. You may write whatever you wish, as long as it is school appropriate.

23. Free Verse Directions: Write a poem of your choice in �free verse� format. Review your notes if you don�t remember what this is. You may write about whatever you choose, as long as it is school appropriate.