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What is Poetry?

What is Poetry? . How do we define it?. Haiku Limerick Acrostic Concrete Elegy List Ode Ballad Villanelle Free Verse Sonnet And many many more…. Is this?. Wordsworth in Graffiti?. This is a haiku… in a toilet stall. Do all poems have to rhyme?. Roses are red,

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What is Poetry?

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  1. What is Poetry?

  2. How do we define it? • Haiku • Limerick • Acrostic • Concrete • Elegy • List • Ode • Ballad • Villanelle • Free Verse • Sonnet • And many many more…

  3. Is this?

  4. Wordsworth in Graffiti?

  5. This is a haiku… in a toilet stall

  6. Do all poems have to rhyme? • Roses are red, Violets are blue, Some poems do rhyme, And some do not.

  7. How do we compare quality?

  8. Shakespeare vs. Emma (age 4)

  9. 6 Word Memoir Genre

  10. Write your own 6 Word Memoir • Style • It can only have 6 words and should summarize your life’s biography • Share with the class

  11. A Poem I tried. Can’t do it. Brain’s empty. -Sharon Creech From Love that Dog

  12. Defining Poetry • Noun • 1. The art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts • 2. Literary work in metrical form; verse • 3. Prose with poetic qualities

  13. It’s all Poetry! • Many authors have unique styles, phrasing, imagery, word choice (even Emma)  • Finding your voice as a poet is important • Standards are only relative to the person reading that poem • As we move through the unit and you practice writing and reading poems, you will find you connect to certain voices.

  14. Shel Silverstein

  15. The Tyger – William Blake 1757-1827

  16. Who will your favourite poet be?

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