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Poetry
Ajarn Steve
Poetry
Poetry is difficult to define.
Poems use words to paint a picture in your head.
A good poem brings out strong emotions in people.
Poetry
Traditional Poetry:
A piece of literature written in meter; verse.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
(A traditional poem rhymes.)
Poetry
Meter: poetic measure; arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses. (Source: Dictionary.com)
Verse: A single metrical line in a poetic composition; one line of poetry. (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
William Shakespeare
Langston Hughes
Edgar Allan Poe
Robert Frost
Emily Dickinson
Simple, Four Line Rhyme
Rhyming a,b, c, b:
Mary had a little lambIts fleece was white as snowAnd everywhere that Mary
wentThe lamb was sure to go.
Simple, four line rhyme
Rhyming a,a,b,b:
Twinkle, twinkle little starHow I wonder what you areUp above the world so highLike a diamond in the sky.
Simple, four line rhyme
Rhyming a, b, a, b:
The rain was like a little mouse,
Quiet, small and gray.It pattered all around the houseAnd then it went away.
Simple, four line rhyme
Rhyming a, a, a, a:
Rain, rain, go awayCome again another dayLittle children want to playSo rain, rain, go away.
Cinquain
A short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing respectively two, four, six, eight and two syllables.
Cinquain
Example:
PopcornJumpy, bouncy
White, yellow and bumpyJumbly, rumbly, hot and mushy
Popcorn.
Haiku
Japanese poem of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables.
Syllable: a unit of spoken language that consists of one or more vowel sounds alone. “Sun” is one syllable and “sunshine” is two syllables.
Haiku
Example:
The pond I used to Swim in has hardened now, but
It is mine year round.
Andrea Baccigalupi (age 9)
Free Verse Poetry
Free verse: is a type of poetry that is written without using strict meter, rhythm or rhyme, but is still recognized as poetry.
Source: Wikipedia
Free Verse PoetryBring me all of your dreams,You dreamers,Bring me all of yourHeart melodiesThat I may wrap themIn a blue cloud-clothAway from the too-rough fingersOf the world.
Langston Hughes
Free Verse Poetry
Free Verse Poetry has had a huge influence on hip hop and rap music.
Sonnet
A poem of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter (stress is on the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th syllables of each line), restricted to a definite rhyme scheme.
Shakespeare wrote sonnets.
Ballad
Ballad: A ballad is a narrative poem, usually set to music; thus, it often is a story told in a song. Any story form may be told as a ballad, such as historical accounts or fairy tales in verse form.
Source: Wikipedia
Ballad
The Ballad of the Landlord, which was written by Langston Hughes is an excellent example of a ballad.
Haiku Poetry
Line 1: 5 syllablesLine 2: 7 syllablesLine 3: 5 syllables
Haiku Poetry
Clouds float slowly byFluffy, lumpy, cotton balls
Silver, gray, and white
Haiku Poetry
Bursting in bright huesSplashing colors all aboutAutumn leaves must fall
Haiku Poetry
Forest fineryOf purest green, fern boast
theirDelicate beauty
Haiku Poetry
In Haiku Poetry, the author’s purpose is to transform a seemingly common nature-related topics into something special or extraordinary using words.
Haiku Poetry
Haiku Poetry stresses the use of interesting and descriptive words in the elaboration of its subject.
Nouns: clouds, cotton balls, hues, colors, autumn, leaves, forest, finery, ferns, beauty.)
Haiku Poetry
Verbs: float, bursting, splashing, fall, boast.
Adjectives: fluffy, lumpy, silver, gray, white, bright, green, delicate.
Haiku Poetry: Sample TopicsTypes of weather:
1. Tornado2. Hurricane3. Spring rain4. Thunder storm5. Snow storm
Cinquain
Cinquain is a highly structured form of poetry.
Must pay attention to word choice, word meaning, syllabication, and parts of speech, while at the same time expressing a meaningful message.
True Cinquain
1 word title (noun) 2 syllables
2 descriptive words (adjectives)4 syllables
3 words that express action 6 syllables
4 words that express feeling 8 syllables
1 word (synonyms or reference to title in line 1) 2 syllables
True Cinquain Example
Friend/shipPre/cious, awe/someBright/ens gloom/y mo/mentsRain/bow’s treas/ure trove
dis/cov/eredAl/ways
Poetry Webites
http://www.poetry.com
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com
http://www.poetseers.org
Poetry Websites
http://www.poets.org
http://www.poetry-portal.com
http://www.poetrysociety.org
Author’s Note
I did not write any of the poems in this presentation.
When it was possible, I correctly cited the author of each poem.
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