Structured Poetry

1. Making sense of patterns in poetry. Structured Poetry

2. Prose � Ordinary speech or writing (Not poetry) Verse � another name for Poetry. Line � A single line of words in a poem. (A line in a poem does not have to be a complete sentence. A sentence may start on line 1 in a poem and end on line 3.) Stanza � A grouping of 2 or more lines in terms of length, form, and often rhyme scheme. Similar to a paragraph in prose. Definitions

3. Quatrain � A stanza of 4 lines. They can have a variety of rhyme schemes. Couplet � 2 consecutive lines with end rhymes. Often a couplet is a 2-line stanza. Shakespeare often used couplets to show the end of a scene: I'll have grounds More relative than this. The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King. - Hamlet Rhyme Scheme � The pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza. We assign the same letter of the alphabet to each similar sound in a stanza. Definitions continued�

4. Examples of Rhyme Schemes There once was a big brown cat����� a����������������� That liked to eat a lot of mice.�������� b����������������� He got all round and fat����������������� a����������������� Because they tasted so nice.���������� b  From childhood�s hour I have not been������������������ aAs others were; I have not seen���������������������������� aAs others saw; I could not bring���������������������������� bMy passions from a common spring.����������������������bFrom the same source I have not taken����������������� cMy sorrow; I could not awaken����������������������������� cMy heart to joy at the same tone;������������������������� dAnd all I loved, I loved alone.������������������������������� d

5. Choose one of the following poems from your textbook and identify the rhyme scheme present� Write a poem with a rhyme scheme of your choice. It must be at least 10 lines in length. Write a quatrain with a rhyme scheme of your choice. Write one rhyming couplet. Try it yourself�