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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