Different Types of Poetry

1. Different Types of Poetry

2. Concrete/Shape Poetry • Poetry can take on many formats, but one of the most inventive forms is for the poem to take on the shape of its subject. Therefore, if the subject of your poem were of a flower, then the poem would be shaped like a flower. If it were of a fish, then the poem would take on the shape of a fish

3. Acrostic • Acrostic Poetry is where the first letter of each line spells a word, usually using the same words as in the title. • Devoted,  On  Guard.

4. Epitaph • A short poem, saying or other message on a gravestone in memory of a deceased person. • EX: For Mary Fowler, 1792, age 24, Milford, CT Molly tho’ pleasant in her day Was suddenly seized and went away How soon she’s ripe, how soon she’s rotten Laid in her grave and soon forgotten.

5. Epitaph Examples Chocolate is Not a Vegetable Here lies poor Billy.Although it sounds silly,he never ate anything green. The candy that filled himis also what killed himthe day after last Halloween. Car What happened to me was not good, Hit by a car bounced off the hood. Would get up if only I could, Now here I lay where once I stood.

6. Haiku • Haiku is an unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all. Haiku is usually written in the present tense and focuses on nature. i.e. warm soup in a bowl letters of the alphabet hang on the teaspoon

7. Haiku • A haiku is a simple poem typically about nature or scenery. • A haiku has three lines and 17 syllables • Line 1: 5 syllables • Line 2: 7 syllables • Line 3: 5 syllables

8. Examples of a Haiku Cruel autumn wind Cutting to the very bones Of my poor scarecrow Mirror-pond of stars; Suddenly a summer shower Dimples the water

9. Couplet/Rhyming Couplet Poetry A couplet poem is a 2 line verse that rhyme. A Poem can be made up of couplets throughout the whole poem. A Rhyming Couplet is two line of the same length that rhyme and complete one thought. There is no limit to the length of the lines. Rhyming words are words that sound the same when spoken, they don't necessarily have to be spelt the same.

10. Examples of Couplets 1. Twinkle Twinkle little star How I wonder what you are 2. The bird sang in the tree It sang tooroo, tooree 3. My Country tis of thee Sweet land of liberty

11. Quatrain Poems Quatrains are four line poems that may follow any of one of the four different rhyme schemes. (ABAB, AABB, ABBA, ABCA) When Quatrains begin to make up a long poem the quatrains are then called stanzas.

12. Example of a Quatrain The rushing ocean waves Beat harshly on the sand. They roar and crash and foam As they break upon the land.

13. The Sonnet • The word sonnet means “a little sound or song”. • A sonnet is a highly-structured 14 line poem that explores deeply felt issues such as the fleeting nature of love and the aching questions of mortality. • A traditional sonnet has 14 lines, each of which is written in iambic pentameter. • That is each line has 5 metric units or feet, and each foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Each line is 10 syllables long.

14. The Sonnet • Sonnets have a set rhyme scheme based on the last words in each line. You assign a rhyme scheme by giving each line a letter, in alphabetical order, to each new sound at the end of the lines. • Lines that end in the same sound should be assigned the same letter. • Examples of a rhyming scheme: • #1) abab cdcd efef gg • #2) abba cddc effe gg • #3) abba abba cdcd cd

15. How to Read a Sonnet Read a sonnet 3 times First read it silently for content Second read it aloud to hear the meter and rhyme scheme Third read it to discover the “puzzle” of the poem- the problem the poet is trying solve or the issue the poet is trying to explore. The look for the “turns” where the poet shifts focus and begins to explore solutions

16. Sonnet 18 - Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

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18. Blank Verse Blank Verse is Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Example of Blank Verse Excerpt from Macbeth by William Shakespeare Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

19. Bio Poem • A bio poem is used to focus on the characteristics of a person or animal. • Line 1: First Name • Line 2: 4 Descriptive Traits • Line 3: Sibling of… • Line 4: Lover of… • Line 5: Who fears… • Line 6: Who need • Line 7: Who gives • Line 8: Who would like to see… • Line 9: Resident of… • Line 10: Last Name

20. Bio Poem Example Tom Tall, Tasty, Feathery, Vicious Sibling of Clucky Chicken and Big Bird, Lover of vegetarians and ham eaters, Fears Mr. Butterball and pilgrims, Needs to run around, Gives nourishment and left overs, Would like to see birds unite and revolt, Resident of Old MacDonald’s Farm, Turkey

21. Cinquain • Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines • Line 1: Noun • Line 2: Description of Noun • Line 3: Action • Line 4: Feeling or Effect • Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun

22. Cinquain Poem • A cinquain is a 5 line poem or stanza • Line 1: a word title • Line 2: a 2 word phrase that describes your title, or just use 2 words • Line 3: a 3 word phrase that describes an action relating to your title • Line 4: A 4 word phrase that describes a feeling relating to your title. • Line 5: 1 word that refers back to your title

23. Example of a Cinquain Hamster Cute, Soft Fat, Noisy, Furry Small, Colorful, Playful, Hungry Hamster

24. Cinquain cont. Spaghetti Messy, spicy Slurping, sliding, falling Between my plate and mouth Delicious

25. Diamante or Diamond Poem A Diamond Poem compares/ contrasts 2 opposite things/ objects A Diamond Poem is composed of 7 lines, each line specific for a certain aspect of the poem similar to a Cinquain.

26. Format for a Diamond Poem Line 1: One word Noun Line 2: Two adjectives describing that noun Line 3: Three Verbs that the noun does Line 4: 4 Things- 2 for the top noun, 2 for the bottom noun Line 5: Three verbs for the bottom noun Line 6: Two adjectives that describe the bottom noun Line 7: One word noun

27. Diamante • A 7 lined poem. That is diamond in shape Line 1: Noun or subject Line 2: Two Adjectives describing the first noun/subect Line 3: Three -ing words describing the first noun/subect Line 4: Four words: two about the first noun/subect, two about the antonym/synonym Line 5: Three -ing words about the antonym/synonym Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym/synonym Line 7: Antonym/synonym for the subject

28. Example of a Diamond Poem Cat Furry, Silky Sleeping, Purring, Meowing Tail, Fur, Tongue, Collar Barking, Playing, Licking Friendly, Big Dog

29. Diamante cont. Rain humid, damp refreshing, dripping, splattering wet, slippery, cold, slushy sliding, melting, freezing frigid, icy Snow

30. Free Verse • Free Verse is an irregular form of poetry in which the content free of traditional rules of versification, (freedom from fixed meter or rhyme). In moving from line to line, the poet's main consideration is where to insert line breaks. Some ways of doing this include breaking the line where there is a natural pause or at a point of suspense for the reader.

31. Free Verse Poetry that follows no rules. Just about anything goes. This does not mean that it uses no devices, it just means that this type of poetry does not follow traditional conventions such as punctuation, capitalization, rhyme scheme, rhythm and meter, etc. Fog The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then, moves on. No Rhyme No Rhythm No Meter This is free verse.

32. Free Verse cont. • “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens

33. Free Verse Revenge When I find outwho tookthe last cooky out of the jarand leftme a bunch of stale old messycrumbs, I'mgoing to take me a handful and crumbup someone's bed. By Myra Cohn Livingston