Poetry

Literature written with an imaginative awareness of

experience that is expressed through meaning, sound, and

rhythmic language choices that evoke an emotional response.

Parts of a PoemLines

Stanzas

Rhythm

Rhyme

Verse

Ballad/Narrative

A ballad/narrative is a type of poem that tells a story using stanzas of two or four lines, can have a refrain (repeated stanza), and is often sung.

Rubber DuckyRubber Ducky, you're the one,You make bathtime lots of fun,Rubber Ducky, I'm awfully fond of you;

Rubber Ducky, joy of joys,When I squeeze you, you make noise!Rubber Ducky, you're my very best friend, it's true!

Every day when IMake my way to the tubbyI find a little fella who'sCute and yellow and chubby

Rubber Ducky, you're so fineAnd I'm lucky that you're mineRubber ducky, I'm awfully fond of you.

Rubber Ducky, you're so fineAnd I'm lucky that you're mineRubber ducky I'm awfully fond of you!

Jim Hanson

Free VerseA type of poetry that avoids any pattern of

rhythm, repetition, or rhyme.Thrill RideUp. Up.Click, click.Wind blowssharp in my ears.My heart jumps. Skips.It’s up. It’s up higher.It’s up, up the highest.Hands grasp at the clouds.Then a forever pause. Still. Waiting.Finally. Whoosh!Steep dropdown,down,down.

Kenn Nesbitt

HaikuHaiku (also called nature or seasonal 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

(seasons).

Pink cherry blossoms Cast shimmering reflections

On seas of Japan

Copyright © Andrea

CinquainCinquain is a short, usually unrhymed

poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as

2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines.

Line 1: Noun (2)

Line 2: Description of Noun (4)

Line 3: Action (6)

Line 4: Feeling or Effect (8)

Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun. (2)

angels

kind beyond words

they protect and forgive

and make feelings of blissfulness

cherubim Copyright © 2003 Erin Holbrook

Parody Take Me Out of the Classroom

(to the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame")

Let me out of the classroom.Let me out of the school.I'm not so good at geography.I would rather be watching T.V.

It's still twenty minutes till recess.Lunch is hours away.Won't you please, please, please get me outof the class today?

Someone's here with a note now.Teacher's calling my name.He says my mother is right outside.I should go and she'll give me a ride

to my yearly dentist appointment.I forgot it's today!Teacher please, please, please help me out.Won't you let me stay?

Kenn Nesbitt

A poem written in the style of another poem, usually humorous. Parodies usually assume the reader is familiar with the original work.

LimerickA Limerick is a rhymed humorous or nonsense poem of five lines which

originated in Limerick, Ireland.

The Limerick has a set rhyme scheme of : a-a-b-b-a with a syllable structure of: 9-9-6-6-9.

The rhythm of the poem should go as follows:

Lines 1, 2, 5: weak, STRONG, weak, weak, STRONG, weak, weak, STRONG, weak

Lines 3, 4: weak, weak, STRONG, weak, weak, STRONG

The Man From Aruba

There once was a man from Aruba,

Whose favorite hobby was scuba.

Every day he would wish,

He could spear a big fish.

But settled instead for canned tuna.

Copyright © 2005 Jim Dupy

Othertypes

ofpoetry

DiamanteA seven-line poem that follows this format:

Line 1: Noun or subject

Line 2: Two Adjectives describing the first noun/subject

Line 3: Three “-ing” words describing the first noun/subject

Line 4: Four words: two about the first noun/subject, 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

Kitten

cute, soft

purring, clawing, pouncing

playful, fur, fun, feline

pawing, licking, loving

bright-eyed, beautiful

Cat Copyright © 2000 Marie Summers

Bio PoemAnna

Funny, Smart, Loyal

Mother of Miranda and Diego

All about family, books, and teaching

Who loves love, joy, and happiness

Who fears hate, sorrow, and brussel sprouts

Who changes many lives in a positive way

Who wants to see peace and love tear down differences of mankind

Born and lives in Texas

Bosquez

How to Write a Bio Poem

(Line 1) First name

(Line 2) Three or four adjectives that describe the person

(Line 3) Important relationship (daughter of . . . , mother of . . . , etc.)

(Line 4) Two or three things, people, or ideas that the person loved

(Line 5) Three feelings the person experienced

(Line 6) Three fears the person experienced

(Line 7) Accomplishments (who composed . . . , who discovered . . . , etc.)

(Line 8) Two or three things the person wanted to see happen or wanted to experience

(Line 9) His or her residence

(Line 10) Last name

From Abromitis, B.S. (1994, June/July). Bringing lives to life. Biographies in reading and the content areas. Reading Today, 11, 26. Reprinted with permission of the publisher and author.

Shape PoemFree-form poetry

that does not need to rhyme, and takes the shape

of the poem’s

subject.

My Body

My

body

is

a walking representation

the outward visual caption

of what it means

to be me

from the

outside

looking

in

at times I hide

from you but mostly

what you see is

what you will get

Copyright © 2001 Andrea Forbing-Maglione

Rockets Red Glare

I see

above my head sparkling lights of

bright colors announcingsignaling rejoicing sounding dreaming

calling to my being telling

me that I am free of

oppressions can you see

what they have said

Copyright © 2001 Johnathan Sluder

Create your own “Poetry Book”

You will become a poet!

You will create a book of poems!

Your book MUST contain the following:

* Book Cover – your name and illustration

* 6 pages of poetry:

Each poetry page will include

-definition of each of the 6 poetry styles learned in class

- your own example of each type of poetry requested

- an illustration to accompany each poem