Types of Poetry

1. Types of Poetry 7th & 8th Grade Communication Arts

2. Haiku(HI-coo) • Type of poetry from the Japanese culture • Combines form, content, and language • Themes – nature, feelings, and experiences • Simple words and grammar

3. Haiku, cont. • First line usually contains five(5) syllables • Second line seven(7) syllables • Third line contains five(5) syllables

4. Haiku, cont. • Doesn’t rhyme • Must paint a mental image in the reader’s mind

5. Haiku Example The Rose By Donna Brock The red blossom bends And drips its dew to the ground Like a tear it falls

6. The Rose, cont. Warm red apples hang In heavy loaded or chards Apple cider soon. Little blue bird there Chirping gladly on her nest Two eggs hidden well.

7. Tanka • Japanese poem • Haiku form but it adds 2 lines with 7 syllables each.

8. Tanka Example The bright sun smiles down ( 5 syllables) October skies crisp and blue (7 syllables) Pumpkins dot the fields (5 syllables) Blushing trees do whisper now (7 syllables) Lady Autumn’s passing through.(7 syllables)

9. Cinquain • A simple poem of five lines • Lines do not rhyme • Lines follow a pattern

10. Cinquain Line 1 - 1 word topic, a noun Line 2 – 2 words describing topic, adjectives Line 3 – 3 words of action, verbs Line 4 – 4 words expressing feeling about topic Line 5 – 1 word synonym for topic

11. Cinquain Example Cowboys Rough, ready, Riding, roping, branding Yipee! Free and happy Range-riders

12. Syllable Cinquain • Line 1 – title (2 syllables) • Line 2 – description of the title ( four syllables) • Line 3 – action of the title (six syllables • Line four – feeling about the title (two syllables

13. Acrostic • First letter of each line forms a word when you read them looking downward. • From the Latin: * Acros (coutermost) * Stichos(line of poetry)

14. Acrostic, cont. • Choose one topic word or name of a person or pet • Write the letters of the word down the page in big print • Make up lines that begin with the letter. • Hint: it helps to have a dictionary handy for choosing words to get your lines started.

15. Acrostic, cont. F lirting with the seaweed I n and out you glide, S wimming over long-lost ships H unting for your lunch.

16. Couplet • A pair of lines of poetry that are usually rhymed. • Can be used to “build” other poems • This poem should express a metaphor.

17. Couplet Examples “If turkeys gobble, Do Pilgrims squabble?” “If cars go Zoom, Exhaust smoke will plume!” My mother thinks I am her star Except when I raid her cookie jar!

18. Diamonte I • Structured poems in which the meaning is conveyed without connectives. • Uses different parts of speech

19. Diamonte I A noun Two adjectives that describe Three verbs that tell what the noun does Short phrase about the noun Noun - repeat the first or give a synonym

20. Diamonte I Example School Busy, scheduled Studying, working, learning Lessons, homework, recess, freedom Relaxing, playing, resting, Short, delightful Vacation

21. Diamonte II A noun Two adjectives modifying the noun Three participles of noun’s action (ing) Two synonyms – two antonyms (three participles of changed action (ing) Two adjectives modifying noun of change Noun opposite of the original

22. Diamonte II Template ______________ _______________,______________ _______ing, _________ing, _________ ______, _________ - _______ing, _____ing ___________, ____________ ________________ (- the thought becomes the opposite)

23. Quatrain • Comes from the Latin and French words meaning “four” • A poem or stanza of four lines. • Patterns aabb or abab, abcb

24. The Mountain The mountain frames the sky (a) As a shadow of an eagle flies by. (a) With clouds hanging at its edge (b) A climber proves his courage on its rocky ledge.(b)

25. Missy Missy is my best friend’s cat, (a) Stripes of orange and white. (b) She loves to play in paper bags (c) And prowls the house by night. (b)

26. Limericks • A five line poem written with one couplet and one triplet. • The rhyme pattern is a a b b a • Lines 1, 2, and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming • Lines 3 and 4 haing two beats and rhyming.

27. Limericks, cont. • Often contain hyperbole, onomatopoeia, idioms puns, and other figurative devices • Last line of a good limerick contains a PUNCH LINE or “heart of the joke.”

28. Limerick Example 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.

29. Free Verse • Poetry that is written without proper rules about form, rhyme, rhythm, meter, etc. • Writer makes his/her own rules • Writer decides how the poem should look, feel, and sound

30. Winter Poem Once a snowflake fell On my brow and I loved It so much and I kissed It and it was happy and called its cousins And brothers and a web Of snow engulfed me then I reached to love them all And I squeezed them and they became A spring rain and I stood perfectly Still and was a flower

31. Ballad • A poem that tells a story • Usually written in four line stanzas • First and third lines have four accented syllables • Second and fourth have three accented syllables

32. The Great Selkie of Skule Skerry The selkie be a creature strange. He rises from the sea to change To human form, a weird one he, When home it is in Skule Skerry. When he be man, he wants to wed. But still, the sea remains his bed. Ladies, beware of him who be A selkie come from Skule Skerry. His love he wants them to accept, But ne’er has he a promise kept. Who is this strange one that they see? ‘Tis Selkie come from Skule Skerry. A maiden from the Orkney Isles, A target for his charm, his smiles, Eager for love, no fool was she, She knew the secret of Skule Skerry. And so, while Selkie kissed the lass, She rubbed his neck with Orkney grass. This had the magic power, you see, To banish him from Skule Skerry.

33. Sonnet • A fourteen line poem that states the poet’s personal feelings • Shakespearian or English • Three quatrains and one couplet with a set of rhyme and meter • Abab-cdcde-efef-gg • Petrarician or Italian two quatrains and one sestet abba-abba pattern

34. Villanelle • French verse form • End – rhymes and repeated key lines which are arranged intricately • a/c/b ab/c/a ab/c/b ab/c/a ab/c/b ab/c/a/b • A and b stand for complete lines which rhyme with each other • C stands for different lines sharing the same end rhyme • Ab is one line and stand for different lines sharing the same end rhyme as a and b

35. Epitaph • A short verse on the life and death of a particular person or persons, real or imaginary, for placement on a tombstone I Robert Frost’s epitaph simply reads: “I had a lover’s quarrel with the world”.

36. Dream Poetry • Describes a personal dream • Can take the from of Free Verse

37. Witches I wait To feel happiness Familiar or brand new… But I dream of witches Evil curls like smoke From the corners of their eyes And out between lips Parted in false smiles Spiny fingers reach for me. My mind races, But my feet are still. I wake, But still their cruel laughter Echoes in my head. They’ll return, These wicked ladies, To dance upon my bed.

38. Bio Poem – All About You Line 1: Your first name Line 2: Four descriptive traits Line 3: Sibling of … Line 4: Lover of (people, ideas) Line 5: Who feels… Line 6: Who needs… Line 7: Who gives… Line 8 Who fears… Line 9 Who would like to see… Line 10 Resident of (your city) Line 11 Your last name

39. Lisa Outgoing, Opinionated, Direct, Go-getter Sibling of no one Lover of David, Kelsey, Kaitlyn Who feels the need to take care of people Who needs more sleep and more time Who gives all she can to others Who fears losing someone she loves Who would like to se a better place Resident of Illinois Mom

40. Poetry Using the 5Ws Who or what is the poem about? What action is happening? When does the action take place? (a time) Where does the action take place? ( a place) Why does this action happen? (a reason)

41. 5-W Poetry Example Lisa Went on a road trip To Minnesota Over the Fourth of July To watch her friend get married