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Forms of Poetry

Forms of Poetry. Sonnet Ballad Ode Shape Haiku Limerick. The Sonnet. The sonnet was developed in the 14 th century Traditionally, the Sonnet is a poem of 14 lines linked by a rhyme scheme; it is one of the oldest poetic forms in English.

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Forms of Poetry

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  1. Forms of Poetry Sonnet Ballad Ode Shape Haiku Limerick

  2. The Sonnet • The sonnet was developed in the 14th century • Traditionally, the Sonnet is a poem of 14 lines linked by a rhyme scheme; it is one of the oldest poetic forms in English. • This form is used by almost every important poet in the English language. • There are two basic types of sonnet: • The Italian (also called the Petrarchan) • The English (also called the Shakespearean) • The two sonnets are different because of the way they rhyme. We will be focusing on the Italian Sonnet.

  3. The Italian Sonnet • The Italian sonnet is divided into 8 lines (called octave) with a break and then 6 (called sestet) lines. • Usually the mood or meaning of the poem changes between the first section (octave) and the second section (sestet) • This change is called the “turn”

  4. The Italian Sonnet The Italian Sonnet Rhyme Scheme First Quatrain a b b a Second Quatrain a Octave b b a TURN First Tercet c d e Sestet Second Tercet c d e *** Look at the rhyme scheme and setup of the following poem When I Consider How my Light is Spent By John Milton When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bend To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide: “Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?” I fodonly ask, but Patiences to prevent That murmur, soon replies, “God doth not need Either man’s work or his own gifts; who best Bear his mild yoke, they sever him best. His state Is kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed And post o’er land and ocean without rest: They also serve who only stand and wait.”

  5. The English Sonnet • The English Sonnet has 3 quatrains • The turn appears at the end of the 12th line (remember each quatrain has 4 lines) • The English Sonnet ends with a rhyming couple. Often this rhyming couple summarizes the poem’s meaning.

  6. The English Sonnet The English Sonnet Rhyme Scheme First a Quatrain b a b Second c Quatrain d c d Third e Quatrain f e f TURN Couplet g g A Love Sonnet from Romeo and Juliet (completed by the characters together) If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this, My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much Which mannerly devotion shows in this. For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss. Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too? Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in pray'r. Oh then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do, They pray--grant thou, lest faith turn to despair. Saints do not move, though grant for prayer's sake. Then move not while my prayer's effect I take.

  7. The Ballad • A narrative poem, originally composed to be sung • There are folk ballads and literary ballads and have a very musical quality to them

  8. The Ode • An ode is a poem that is written for an occasion or on a particular subject. It is a poem of praise. • Odes are usually more serious as a form than other forms of poetry. • Modern odes include sarcastic poems about various subjects, including Velcro and vegetables. • The modern ode has irregular structure, rhythm and rhyme • There are several versions and differing opinions on what the rhyme form for an ode should be.

  9. Ode to Tomatoesby Pablo Neruda The streetfilled with tomatoes,midday,summer,light ishalvedlikeatomato,its juicerunsthrough the streets.In December,unabated,the tomatoinvadesthe kitchen,it enters at lunchtime,takes its easeon countertops,among glasses,butter dishes,blue saltcellars. It shedsits own light,benign majesty.Unfortunately, we mustmurder it:the knifesinksinto living flesh,redvisceraa coolsun,profound,inexhaustible,populates the saladsof Chile...

  10. Ode to Tomatoes Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) is the most influential poets in the Spanish language. He was born  Ricardo Reyes Basoalto in southern Chile. QUESTION: How does the poet show that he has "personified" the tomato?

  11. Shape Poetry • A Shape poem is when a poet manipulates letters, words, and lines to create a poem with a distinct shape. • The shape of the poem suggests the poem’s topic. The Altar A broken ALTAR, Lord thy servant rears, Made of a heart, and cemented with teares: Whose parts are as thy hand did frame; No workmans tool hath touch'd the same A HEART alone Is such a stone, As nothing but Thy pow'r doth cut. Wherefore each part Of my hard heart Meets in this frame To praise thy Name: That if I chance to hold my peace, These stones to praise thee may not cease. O let thy blessed SACRIFICE be mine, And sanctifie this ALTAR to be thine. By George Herbert

  12. Haiku • Haikus are one of the shortest forms of poetry • The traditional Japanese Haiku have 17 syllables in three lines • A Haiku has been considered: one intense moment, a still-life painting or photograph, a mood, an atmosphere, one simple observation. Example: With a crunching sound 5 The praying mantis devours 7 The face of a bee. 5 By Yamaguchi Seichi Polar Bear and Rifle on the tundra bleak A white king falls! BLOODY DEED- THE RIFLEMAN BLINKS. By Peter Knopfel Suicide’s Note By Langston Hughes The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.

  13. Limericks • The limerick is a 5 line poem • It has a rhyming couple and one rhyming triplet or terset. • The rhyming pattern is a a b b a • Lines 1,2, and 5 have 3 beats and rhyme • Line 3 and 4 have two beats and rhyme A flea and a fly in a flue Were caught, so what could they do? Said the fly, "Let us flee." "Let us fly," said the flea. So they flew through a flaw in the flue. By Anonymous There once was a man from Nantucket What kept all his cash in a bucket; but his daughter named Nan Ran away with a man, And as for the bucket, Nantucket. By Anonymous There was an Old Man with a Beard Who said, “It is just as I feared!- Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren, Have all build their nests in my beard!” By Edward Lear

  14. Give it a Try…. • Choose two of the poetic forms we have discussed • Try to write a poem in the style of your chosen form • You will have 15 minutes to work on your poem in class. You may work on your poem at home but, they will be presented and collected tomorrow 

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