Poetry

1. Poetry

2. Alliteration (Consonance) • Most of the words begin with the same sound. The Flea and the Fly A flea and a fly got caught in a flute. Said the fly, “Let us flee.” Said the flea, “let us fly.” So together they flew through a flaw in the flute.

3. Haiku • 3 lined poem of 17 syllables, usually about nature • Lines are in a 5 syllable- 7 syllable- 5 syllable pattern Wind blowing fiercely! Everything whirls in its path. My kite dips and soars. All leaves have fallen. The tall old oak stands bravely. Steeled to winter’s cold.

4. Cinquain • A five-lined poem with only 11 words • Line 1-title (1 word) • Line 2- words describing the title (2 words) • Line 3- words describing action (3 words) • Line 4- words describing a feeling (4 words) • Line 5- synonym for the title (1 word)

5. Cinquain Rainbow Cheerful ribbon Arches across sky Glad rain has fallen Colors Friend Caring helper Always warmly smiling Loving tower of support Comrade

6. Couplet • A simple rhymed poem with only two lines. Mourning doves are calling. Springtime rain is falling. When little frogs hop Their mothers yell, “Don’t stop!” By Arnold Spilka The golden crocus reaches up To catch a sunbeam in her cup. By Walter Crane

7. limericks • A five lined poem • The 1st, 2nd, and 5th lines rhyme • The 3rd and 4th lines rhyme • Are often silly and humorous. Old Man With a Beard 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 built their nests in my beard!”

8. narrative • Tells a story or sequence of events Hands Across Time by Carrie Richards Pink faced, and warm, I stand at the kitchen counter rubbing flour and butter briskly through my fingers into a large mixing bowl... Apples are already peeled and sliced, that lay like petals, pale green, in the pie plate, waiting for a crumbled topping I know they are mine, these hands, I see, deftly working... So skilled, they are, that even I am amazed,.... Even before my own eyes, there is a moment, I watch, from outside myself http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poem_detail.aspx?ID=528456

9. List • Can also be called a catalogue poem • May be rhymed or unrhymed, long or short • Items on the list are related in some way Wasps Wasps like coffee. Syrup. Tea. Coca-Cola. Butter. Me By Dorothy Aldis Hamburger Bun Lettuce Pickle Ketchup Mustard Cheese

10. concrete • The print of the poem takes the shape of the object. A CONTAINER FOR HOLDING WONDER FUL SUR PR IS ES

11. Free verse • Doesn’t rhyme and has no regular rhythm My Childhood I remember… Walking to the park, playing outside, and having to be in before the street light came on. I remember… Abbey, going to the zoo, the angel fish. I remember… camping, running in the hills, and swim lessons. I remember… family vacations, going to grandma’s and playing with my cousins.

12. Poetry Project • You will create a poetry book of poems you have written. • You need a minimum of 5 types of poetry in your book. • Your need a minimum of at least 12 poems. • Your poems should be illustrated. • They need to be identified as to what type of poem you are classifying it as. • This will be a test grade. • You will have occasional class time to work on this. However, you may need to spend some time at home working on it in order to complete it by the due date. Due 3/6/14