What is Poetry?A short piece of imaginative writing, of a

personal nature and laid out in lines

What is poetry?Poetry is artistically

rendering words in such a way as to evoke intense emotion or an Ah Ha! experience from the reader.

Intense emotionSurpriseRevelation

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Famous Poets say Poetry is…

“the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” ~William Wordsworth

“If I read a book and it makes my body so cold no fire ever can warm me, I know that is poetry” ~Emily Dickinson

“Poetry is what makes me laugh or cry or yawn, what makes my toenails twinkle, what makes me want to do this or that or nothing.”~Dylan Thomas

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Poetry is…

ImaginativeCan employ meter & rhymeAncient formIndividual mode of expressionAlmost impossible to define!

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CharacteristicsCarefully selected wordsEmotive qualitiesMusical valueSpacing

Poetic TermsPoet - is one who writes

poetry. Poem - is a written

expression of emotion or ideas in an arrangement of words/verse most often rhythmically.

Bard - a poet. Muse - a channel of

inspiration for a poet. http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/intro.html

Poetic TermsAlliteration Repetition of the initial sounds of stressed syllables in neighboring wordsAntonymWords that are opposite in meaningFormArrangement, manner or method used to convey the content

Poetic TermsHomonymTwo or more distinct words with the same

pronunciation and spelling but with different meanings

HomophoneTwo or more words with the same

pronunciation but with different meanings and spellings

HyperboleExaggeration of the truth

Poetic TermsImageryFigurative language used to create particular

mental imagesMetaphorAssociation of two completely different objects as

being the same thingMeterUsed to measure poetry, unit used is the metric

“foot,” determined by a series of stressed and unstressed syllables, number of feet determines the meter

Poetic TermsOnomatopoeiaUse of words with sounds suggestive of their meaning,

like buzz, clang, whooshPauseIntervals between syllables of verseSimileComparison of two completely different objects using

“like” or “as”StressSpecial emphasis on a word, syllable, or phrase with a line of

verse

Poetic TermsSynonymOne or two or more words that have the same or nearly the

same meaningTripletUnit or group of three lines of verse which are rhymed

togetherWordsmithPerson who works with words; a skillful writer

MisconceptionsPoetry must rhymePoetry must have shapePoetry must have rhythmPoetry must have a lot of wordsPoetry must be beautiful

Examples of PoetryAcrostic

PoemThe first

letters of each line form a word or message relating to the subject.

Emma

Eager to learnMakes time to readMarvelous artistAdores her white

poodle

~Paul B JaneczkoTeaching 10 Fabulous Forms of Poetry by Paul B. Janeczko

CinquainA five-line

stanza of syllabic verse, the successive lines containing two, four, six, eight and two syllables.

Oh, catAre you grinning

Curled in the window seatAs sun warms you this

DecemberMorning?

~Paul B Janeczko

Teaching 10 Fabulous Forms of Poetry by Paul B. Janeczko

CoupletTwo

successive lines of poetry with end-words that rhyme.

Whose woods these are I think I know

His house is in the village though

He gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there is some mistake

~Robert FrostStopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Free VerseWritten

without proper rules.

The writer makes his/her own rules.

The writer decides how the poem should look, feel, and sound.

Winter Poem

once a snowflake fellon my brow and i lovedit so much and i kissed

it and it was happy and called its cousins

and brothers and a webof snow engulfed me theni reached to love them all

and i squeezed them and they becamea spring rain and i stood perfectly

still and was a flower

~Nikki Giovanni

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HaikuA Japanese

form of poetry.

Gives a brief description of nature.

Consists of three unrhymed lines of five, seven and five syllables.

A Rainbow

Curving up, then down.Meeting blue sky and green

earthMelding sun and rain.

~ Donna Brock

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LimerickLight or

humorous verse form of five lines

Lines one, two and five are of three feet.

Lines three and four are of two feet.

Rhyme scheme of aabba.

A flea and a fly in a flueWere caught, so what could they

do? Said the fly, "Let us flee.“"Let us fly," said the flea.

So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

-Anonymous

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Nursery RhymeShort

poem for children

Written in rhyming verse

Handed down in folklore

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.All the King's horses, And all the

King's menCouldn't put Humpty together

again!

Bio PoemsA Biopoem is

a poem that describes a person in 11 lines. There is a specific formula to use when writing a bio poem.

Teresa NelsonTeresa

Mother, Artist, Grandmother, TeacherSister of Cindy and Jill

Lover of animals, music, and footballWho feels pain, love, and excitementWho gives tickles, hugs, and advice Who fears failure, deep water, and

warWould like to see Paris, Venice, and

Barcelona Resident of Denton, Texas

Nelson

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Bio Poem Worksheet (First name)-

(Four adjectives that describe the person) Son or Daughter of (your parents names)

Lover of (three different things that the person loves) Who feels (three different feelings and when or where

they are felt) Who gives (three different things the person gives) Who fears (three different fears the person has)

Who would like to see (three different things the person would like to see)

Who lives (a brief description of where the person lives) -(last name)

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What is Poetry?If you really want

to know what poetry is, read it.

Read it carefully. Pay attention. Read it out loud. Now read it again.

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Poetry is…the chiseled marble of language; it's a paint-

spattered canvas - but the poet uses words instead of paint, and the canvas is you.

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