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Poetry Terminology

Poetry Terminology. Rhythm - the natural beat or movement you feel as you read a poem.Rhyme - a repetition of sounds at the end of lines of verses.Stanza - a group of lines into which a poem may be divided.Refrain - a phrase, line or group of lines repeated at various times in a poem.. CINQUAIN.

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Poetry Terminology

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    2. Poetry Terminology

    3. CINQUAIN Cinquain poems are five lines in length with certain unrhymed specifications. Line 1: title 1 word Line 2: description of title 2 words Line 3: action of the title 3 words Line 4: feeling about title 4 words Line 5: synonym of title 1 word

    4. CINQUAIN EXAMPLES

    5. CINQUAIN EXAMPLES

    6. Class Examples of Cinquain Poems Cars Fantastic, amazing Vroom, zoom, speeding Screaming metal death trap Mustang Block 1 Barney Silly, enormous Singing, dancing, playing We have fun together Dinosaur Block 1

    7. LIMERICKS The limerick poem takes its name from Limerick, Ireland. The limerick is a humorous, nonsense verse of 5 lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme Lines 3 and 4 rhyme

    8. LIMERICK EXAMPLES A patient of old Dr. Black Had an awful pain in his back The doc cured his ill With a huge purple pill And a ride around the park piggyback!

    9. LIMERICK POEMS

    10. Class Examples of Limerick Poems

    11. ACROSTICS An acrostic poem differs from other poetry in that the first letter of each lines spells a word which can be read vertically. The rhyme pattern, number of words, and lines vary in acrostic poems. ALPHABET and NAME POETRY are other styles of acrostic poems.

    12. EXAMPLE ACROSTICS Ball dribbling down A court going Straight for the basket. Leaping in the air like a Kite flying in the sky. The basketball player Ending up on the floor To see the Ball go into the basket. Hands up in the Air having team mates Laughing and Loving it!

    13. EXAMPLE ACROSTICS Making our day special and bright Offering kind words to heal our wounds Teaching us to have good manners Helping us with our problems Easing our pain by Reaching out her hand Simply because she loves you.

    14. Examples of Acrostic Poems Everyone needs them to eXplain what to do And help them with any problems. Making work easier for People to understand. It Lets people think about Everything thats needed to be Successful in life. Block 2

    15. Outline and Concrete Poems Outline and concrete poems are designed to give the poet more freedom in the way poems are constructed. Such poems express the meaning or feeling of the poem by illustrating the shape of the poets idea.

    19. Haiku

    20. The rising full moon Stretches across the landscape Shadows dance the night. TJK

    21. Snow falls to the ground In different little flakes Each unique and white Chris Gunn Haiku Examples

    22. Class Examples of Haiku Poems The beautiful moon Scorching bright, beaming on us Gentle little sphere Block 1 Wolves are beautiful Creatures are very hairy Dark night animals Block 1 Ladybugs climb trees Black spotted crawling creatures Very lady-like Block 1 Trees are very tall Touching the blue sky above To them we are small Block 2 Waterfalls moving Fast and loud, large and sulking Wetting rocks below

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