PantoumMs. Campbell

What is a Pantoum?0 A Malaysian

verse form0 Adapted by

French poets0 Imitated in

English

How do I Write One?0 A series of quatrains

0 FOUR line stanzas

0 The SECOND and FOURTH line of each quatrain repeats as the first and third line of the next stanza

0 Lines 1 & 3 rhyme and lines 2&4 rhyme

line 1line 2line 3line 4

line 2line 5line 4line 6

line 5line 7line 6line 8

Final Stanza

line 7line 3line 8line 1

NOTE:A Pantoum

can have any number of

lines!

Desert DawningAnne Johnson

The desert awakes with a whispered sigh. A jackrabbit scurries through the brushwhile far above a raven cries.Dawn breaks from a frozen hush.

A jackrabbit scurries through the brushbent on finding food to eat.Dawn breaks from a frozen hush,the cold chill of the night retreats.

Bent on finding food to eat,a roadrunner darts across the sand.The cold chill of the night retreatsas fiery warmth fills the land.

A roadrunner darts across the sandin the shadow of a towering saguaro.As fiery warmth fills the landthe cactus wren peers at a beetle below.

In the shadow of a towering saguaroa bevy of quail march by in a line.The cactus wren peers at a beetle below.On a sunny rock the lizard reclines.

A bevy of quail march by in a linewhile far above a raven cries.On a sunny rock the lizard reclines.The desert awakes with a whispered sigh.

Pantoum Puzzle0 Use the “puzzle

pieces” provided to reconstruct a Pantoum

Pantoum WritingUse the rest of class time to write a

Pantoum to hand in for feedback

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