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You know some of the details of writing it, so let’s talk about the…. TYPES OF POETRY!. The first kind of poetry is…. NARRATIVE?! That’s right. Narrative poetry. It tells a story in verse form. These have elements similar to those in short stories, like plot and characters.
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You know some of the details of writing it, so let’s talk about the… TYPES OF POETRY!
The first kind of poetry is… • NARRATIVE?! • That’s right. Narrative poetry. It tells a story in verse form. • These have elements similar to those in short stories, like plot and characters. • Example of narrative poetry would be the Elder Edda (These are Norse myths, my personal favorite), “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe, “The Illiad”, “The Odyssey” both by Homer, and “Beowulf”. What’s not to love about violence of godly proportions?
An example of Narrative Poetry • One of my personal favorites is Þrymskviða (that’s Icelandic. No, I don’t speak it. Yes, I will butcher it if I try and pronounce it). The synopsis is here: Poetic Edda. • This one involves Thor. He’s this guy:
Syllables • A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. • In other words: it’s how we organize the sounds of a word. • Syllables are pretty darn important in poetry; they can influence rhythm, meter, and stress patterns in a poem.
How do we syllable a word? (Can we do that?) • What we do when we split something into syllables is split it into spoken parts. Also, it depends on vowels in a word. • A one-syllable word would be “dog”. It can’t be split into parts. • A two-syllable word would be “better”. We put a split in at bet/ter. • A three-syllable word would be “hospital”. We split it as hos/pit/al.
Syllableable resources • This gives some rules for how to count syllables. • This one is cheating.
The second kind of poetry is… • HAIKU?! OH MAN! YES! I LOVE HAIKUS! • These classy guys are three-line Japanese verse forms. The first and third lines have five syllables, and the second line has seven. • In order to write a haiku, you need to be familiar with syllables and how to count them.
Free your mind, man • Free Verse poetry is, like, totally defined by the lack of structure, man. • It doesn’t conform to your conformist idea of regular meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza pattern. • Free Verse is it’s own poem, man. You can’t tell it what to do.
An example of Free Verse… • From Little Father • Li-Young Lee (1957- )I buried my father in my heart. • Now he grows in me, my strange son,My little root who won’t drink milk,Little pale foot sunk in unheard-of night,Little clock spring newly wetIn the fire, little grape, parent to the futureWine, a son the fruit of his own son,Little father I ransom with my life.
LYRICS?! I LOVE LYRICS! • Lyrical poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse. • Lyrics go with music. Lyrical poetry has musical verses. Lyrical poetry = music. Easy enough.
Lyrical poetry examples… • LISTEN TO THE RADIO. • No, seriously. I’m not putting up an example. • Really. You know what lyrical poetry is. • …seriously. You listened to it yesterday in class.
So, what else’ve we got? • How about some ballads? Everyone loves ballads. • These are songlike poems that tell stories. • These songs generally deal with adventure and romance. Aw, how cute. • Or heroic. • Romantically heroic?
So that would be like… • “Tears in Heaven” by Eric Clapton. • This tells a story of his son who fell 53 stories in New York to his death. Feels bad, man. • “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin (One of the best bands to ever grace your auditory cavities) • Also has one of the most recognized guitar solos in history. Not the best, but most recognized.
ARE THERE MORE?! PLEASE, LET THERE BE MORE! • Without wanting to disappoint, there’s also concrete poems. • These are shaped to look like their subjects. • The poet arranges lines to create a picture on the page. • Neat.
That looks like… • THIS!
Limerwhat? • That’s right. Limericks. I said it. • These guys are humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme. • Fun fact: People think the term originated in Ireland, as well as the poetry type.
Example would be… • There was an Old Man in a tree,Who was horribly bored by a Bee;When they said, 'Does it buzz?'He replied, 'Yes, it does!''It's a regular brute of a Bee!'
Finally… • RHYMING COUPLETS?! • Why yes. Rhyming couplets indeed. • These are pairs of rhyming lines, usually of the same meter and length. No need to get excited.
PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING HOLY, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?! Starfish I found a starfish in the bay When I was fishing yesterday. Starfish, starfish in the ocean Moving along in slow motion. Many arms and color bright Sea stars are a special sight.
