Poetry

1. Poetry Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. ~ Thomas Gray

2. Bio-Poem Line 1. First name Line 2. Four traits that describe the character Line 3. Relative (brother, sister, etc.) of ________ Line 4. Lover of ____________ (3 things) Line 5. Who feels ____________ (3 things) Line 6. Who needs ____________ (3 things) Line 7. Who fears ____________ (3 things) Line 8. Who gives ____________ (3 things) Line 9. Who would like to see __________ (3 things) Line 10. Resident of ______________ Line 11. Last name

3. CoupletA pair of lines of poetry that rhyme. Examples: I went to Chucky Cheese But all I got were some peas The Hippopotamus Behold the hippopotamus! We laugh at how he looks to us, And yet in moments dank and grim, I wonder how we look to him. Peace, peace, though hippopotamus! You really look all right to us, As you no doubt delight the eye Of other hippopotami.

4. Example: Suzanna Socked Me Sunday Suzanna socked me Sunday, She socked me Monday, too, She also socked me Tuesday, I was turning black and blue. She socked me double Wednesday, And Thursday even more, But when she socked me Friday, She began to get me sore. “Enough’s enough,” I yelled at her, “I hate it when you hit me!” “Well, then I won’t!” Suzanna said-- That Saturday, she bit me. ~ Jack Prelutsky StanzaPieces or parts that a poem is divided into.

5. A Japanese form of poetry that consists of 17 syllables and usually has nature as its subject. Haiku has a 3-line pattern involving 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second line, and 5 again in the last line. Examples: A Rainbow Curving up, then down. Meeting blue sky and green earth Melding sun and rain. Haiku (Hi-coo) The Rose The red blossom bends and drips its dew to the ground Like a tear it falls.

6. Examples: Winter Moon How thin and sharp is the moon tonight! How thin and sharp and ghostly white Is the slim curved crook of the moon tonight! ~ Langston Hughes From The Highwayman Tlot-tlot, in the frosty silence! Tlot-tlot, in the echoing night! Nearer he came and nearer. Her face was like a light! Her eyes grew wide for a moment; she drew one last deep breath, Then her fingers moved in the moonlight, Her musket moved in the moonlight… ~ Alfred Noyes ImageryLanguage that appeals to the senses.

7. Night Poem • Write about the night. • Your poem can be as short as “Winter Moon” by Langston Hughes or as long as you like. • Be sure to use imagery in your poem. See how many of the five senses you can appeal to.

8. Examples: There once was a panda named Lu, who always ate crunchy bamboo. He ate all day long, until he looked like King Kong. Now the zoo doesn’t know what to do. LimerickA humorous verse of five lines.Lines one, two, and five rhyme.Lines three and four rhyme. There once was a pauper named Meg who accidentally broke her _______. She slipped on the _______ not once, but thrice. Take no pity on her, I ______.

9. Ode A poem that pays tribute to someone or something of great importance to the poet. • Odes can be humorous, many are written about everyday objects, such as toys, frogs, and socks. • Try to convey your feelings for all aspects of the object you choose. • For example if you choose a baseball bat you might praise its weight, balance and power; the way it swings through the air; the satisfying whonk when it hits the ball, how you got it, etc…

10. Example: To My Eraser Oh, eraser on my pencil top, I chomp on you and cannot stop. How many times have I struggled with it? I try, but I just cannot quit! As soon as one mistake is erased, I hunger for your spongy taste. No MORE!! I can’t go on this way! My mind says, “For this you will pay!” But, then my mouth begins to drool. I am once again my eraser’s fool. The pencil rises on its own, and then I feel you at my tongue. My teeth bite it until they meet, and soon you’re lying at my feet.

11. Example: Ma This is my mother. A beautiful person. Strong. True. Her hands hold me, with understanding and wisdom. Never hateful in times of great struggle. With eyes blue like the sky, that speak of incredible joy and sorrow, she smiles. Underappreciated, discarded in this battle To prove one’s self. Yet, I know she is a one of a kind. Photo poemA free verse poem based off of a photograph.

12. Figurative Language A tool that an author uses to help the reader visualize (or see) what is happening in the story, poem, etc… Types of figurative language: • Hyperbole • Simile • Metaphor • Idiom • Onomatopoeia • Alliteration

13. HyperboleA figure of speech that is an exaggeration. Examples: • It was so cold, even the polar bears were wearing jackets! • My best friend is so forgetful, I sometimes have to remind her what her name is! • The test was so hard, by the time I finished it I was 100 years old! • My history teacher's so old; he lived through everything we've learned about ancient Greece! • I had so much homework; I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home! • I've told you a million times not to exaggerate!

14. Example: The News I nearly went through the roof, When I heard the news of your big goof. What were you thinking! I thought. This is going to cost a lot! I’ve told you a million times, To read the street signs. But no. My head is throbbing so much I think it will burst. And my mouth is so dry from yelling at you, I’m dying of thirst. I’ve said this a million times. You never sway between the lines. I guess you’ll be walking for the rest of your life. Hyperbole poemA poem that includes at least 2 hyperboles and 4 couplets.

15. Examples: Megan’s little brother darts around like a water bug. What are we comparing? 1. 2. Yesterday the lake was as smooth as glass. What are we comparing? 1. 2. Simile A figure of speech that compares two things using the word like or as.

16. Examples: In our community, high school football is king. The steamy bowl of chicken soup was the best remedy for my cold. MetaphorA figure of speech that compares two things without using the words like or as. What are we comparing? 1. 2. What are we comparing? 1. 2.

17. Examples: Raining cats and dogs A rat race In hot water All in the same boat Cat got your tongue Keep a stiff upper lip Grinning from ear to ear Bury the hatchet Hold your horses Carry a tune Throw a party See eye to eye Crack a joke Catch a bus Under the weather Stuffed to the gills Fly off the handle On pins and needles IdiomAn expression that has a meaning apart from the meaning of the individual words.

18. Examples: bang purr boom raspy bow-wow rev buzz roar clang sizzle clink slurp coo snort cuckoo swish fizz tick-tock growl thud grunt thump hiss tinkle honk twang hoot whirl howl whiz hum puff meow neigh moo crackle splash squish OnomatopoeiaThe imitation of natural sounds in word form. These words help us to form mental pictures of the things, people, or places that are being described.

19. The Rusty Spigot Sputters, Utters A splutter, Spatters a smattering of drops, Gashes wider; Slash, Splatters, Scatters, spurts, Finally stops sputtering And splash! Gushes rushes splashes Clear water dashes. ~ Eve Merriam Onomatopoeia PoemPoetry that uses onomatopoeias to tell the reader about a topic.

20. AlliterationThe repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words. • Reminder: a consonant is any letter that is not a vowel (a, e, i, o, u). Examples: • Sally found seashells by the seashore. • Vicky Vine viewed a very valuable vase. • Julie Jackson juggled the juicy, jiggly jell-o. • Zigmund Zane zig-zagged through the the zany zoo zone.

21. Examples: Swimming Laughing, lurching, leaping, laps Splish, splash, swoosh Plummeting, paddling, perfect, plank Jolly, jackknife, gym Fishing Smelly, stinky, slimy, slippery Disgusting, dirty, diving Pole, pee-u, plunk, pike Trout, tackle, timing Alliterative PoetryA poem in which words begin with the same sound within a line or throughout a poem.

22. Choose a color and brainstorm anything you can think of about it. What does it remind you of, what does it look like, taste like, feel like, etc. Yellow dashes through flower gardens, Splashes on fried eggs, Drips on traffic lights, And wraps itself around bananas. Yellow reaches out from the sun, And never gives up. Yellow is BOLD. Color poem Example: Yellow Yellow never wants help, But steps right out on its own, Throwing bright light everywhere.

23. The word acrostic is formed from the Greek word across (outermost) and Stichos (line of poetry). Chocolate C reamy H eavenly O ounces C alories O il L ovable A ddictive T oothaches E dibble AcrosticThe acrostic is a poem where the first letter of each line forms a word when looking downward. Examples: Cat C uddly A crobatic T en minus one lives

24. Free VersePoetry that does not have a regular rhythm and sounds more like a conversation. Example: Petals Petals have calloused her hands, Brightly colored crepe paper: turquoise, yellow, magenta, which she shapes into large blooms for bargain-hunting tourists who see her flowers, her puppets, her baskets, but not her – small, gray-haired woman wearing a white apron, who hides behind blossoms in her stall at the market, who sits and remembers collecting wildflowers as a girl, climbing rocky Mexican hills to fill a straw hat with soft blossoms which she’d stroke gently, over and over again with her smooth fingertips.

25. Don’t you just hate… … when someone scrapes a fingernail across the chalkboard? … when you go to the freezer for ice and the tray is empty because someone forgot to refill it? … when your mother blames you for something your brother or sister did? … when you trip over your own feet in front of a lot of people? … when somebody borrows your bike without asking? … when the toothpaste tube is mashed in the middle? Add more of your own. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hate poem

26. I get blamed for something I didn’t do. it rains on my birthday. I have to eat the school lunch. my mother uses my bike. nobody ever knocks before coming into my room. my brother keeps changing channels. bubble gum gets in my hair. we have to go to school during a sandstorm. someone cuts in front of me in line. my little sister gets in my closet. we have asparagus again. people crack their knuckles. my best friend decides to play with someone else. recess is cancelled. we have to clean our desks out. I get something stuck between my teeth. I study hard for a test and miss a lot of problems. summer ends. a taco breaks apart on the 1st bite. somebody pulls my hair. I get a paper cut. people tease me about my freckles. I hate it when…

27. Apology poemApologizing for something you’ve done or might have done that was not a good idea, but that you really weren’t sorry for doing. ________________________________ (Title) What you did _________________________________ Why someone is likely to be unhappy about it _________________________________ Your apology or request for forgiveness _________________________________ Why you did it and why you’re really not sorry _________________________________

28. Apology I have eaten the big piece of cherry pie Which I’m sure you were saving for your own dessert. I am sorry. But the pie was delicious, and you wouldn’t have wanted all of those calories anyway! Oh, Oh I put bubble gum in my sister’s hair, And now she’ll have to cut a lot of hair to remove it. I had to ask her to forgive me. But she really did look funny with purple “goo” in her bangs! Examples: You Should Know I gave your goldfish a few drinks of coke, And now they’re floating on their backs. Forgive me. They looked so thirsty. Besides, I didn’t make them drink it.

29. Rhyme Scheme The pattern of rhyming lines in a poem or in lyrics for music. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which line rhymes. • "abab" indicates a four-line stanza in which the first and third lines rhyme, as do the second and fourth. Example: From To Anthea, Who May Command Him Any Thing Bid me to weep, and I will weep, While I have eyes to see; And having none, yet I will keep A heart to weep for thee. ~ Robert Herrick

30. Cover…10 points Name of book printed neatly…5 points Name of student printed neatly…5 points Poems…300 points 29 poems…290 points Up to 3 extra credit poems…30 points Each poem neatly written…15 points Artistic enhancement…15 points Poetry Book Grading Criteria400 pts. total430 pts. possible (with extra credit) Table of Contents…15 points • Poem titles in the order they appear…5 points • Page numbers…5 points • Listing of the glossary…5 points Glossary…55 points • 14 terms listed…25 points • Definition of each poem…30 points

31. Bio Haiku Night Limerick Ode Photo Hyperbole Idiom example Onomatopoeia Alliterative Color Acrostic Free verse Hate Apology **The extra credit poems can be any type, should be labeled as extra credit, and be listed in the table of contents. Poems

32. Glossary Poetry (find/create your own definition) Haiku Stanza Couplet Ode Figurative language Hyperbole Simile Metaphor Idiom Onomatopoeia Alliteration Acrostic Free Verse **Terms should be listed in alphabetical order. Glossary

33. Have fun with the poetry you’ve written! Be creative, take your time, and make sure to double-check your checklist before you turn in your book!