Upload
rahul-goodale
View
216
Download
1
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Poetry FormsThere are no limits to the forms of
poetry. Here are some that you might like to try.
HAIKU
CINQUAIN
CLARIHEW
LIMERICK
DIAMONTE
RHYME SCHEMES
EXIT
HAIKU
There are many rules about haiku writing. It is a Japanese form, and more involved than we tend to think. But, for
beginners, this rule will be enough:
A Haiku is a poem composed of three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables.
I am first with fiveThen seven in the middle --
Five again to end.
Green and speckled legs,Hop on logs and lily pads
Splash in cool water.
He is somewhat large
Glasses, ties, and checkered shirts
He is not quiet
HOME
The Cinquain
A Cinquain has five lines:
Line 1 = 2 syllables, Line 2 = 4 syllables Line 3 = 6 syllables, Line 4 = 8 syllables
Line 5 = 2 syllables
A Cinquain doesn't rhyme.
The poem should build to a climax and have strong words on the end line.
Apple
Red, delicious
Healthy and natural
Crispy, cold, and really crunchy
Yummy!
My dress:
It’s new and now.
I’m looking fabulous,
Just like a magazine model!
Knock Out!
HomelessCold, painful, hard.
Life is always struggle.A place without mercy or hope.
Unkind
HOME
Clerihews have just a few simple rules:
Four lines. Lines 1 & 2 rhyme with each otherand Lines 3 & 4 rhyme with each other:
AABB
The first line names a person (usually a famous person), and the rest of the lines are about that person.
A clerihew should be funny.
You don't have to count syllables or words, and rhythm is not a problem.
The Clarihew
E. C. BentleyMused while he ought to have studied intently;It was this museThat inspired clerihews.
Barak H. ObamaMade proud his mamaShe has nothing to repentHer boy’s the president
Paul Revere!Light one or two lamps for he whom we cheer.Through the April night he carried the word,And around the world---a shot was heard.
HOME
A limerick is a verse of five lines.
The first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and generally have about nine
syllables.
The shorter third and fourth lines rhyme with each other, and generally have about six
syllables.
Limericks should be humorous.
The Limerick
How to Write a Limerick
A limerick ought to be funnyLike the sun in the sky should be sunny.It needn't be X-rated,Just cleverly stated,Or even a little bit punny.
May the Force Be with You
There once was a class of fifth gradersThat was meaner than thirty Darth Vaders.But though his voice got real hoarse,Mr. O had the force,And the space goons said, "We'll check ya
later!"
The Wearin’ o’ the Green
On Saint Patrick’s Day we wear green
Or we’d be afraid to be seen.If you don’t want to flinchBecause of a pinch,You have to dress up like a string
bean!
!
Romeo and Juliet
There once were two star-crossed loversWho disobeyed their fathers and mothers.They wanted to wed,But ended up dead;Would have been better if they had been brothers.
---Room 17 (whole group)
HOME
The Diamante
NounAdjective-Adjective
Verb - Verb - VerbNoun - Noun/Noun - Noun
Verb - Verb - VerbAdjective-Adjective
Noun
The diamante is a shape poem in a rhombic (diamond) form consisting of
seven lines, each line made up of one of the Parts of Speech, as in the
pattern below:
The Diamante generally presents opposites. If the first word (line 1) is “Above” the final word (line 7) would probably be “Under.” If the first word is “love,” then the last word would probably be “hate.”
MountainHigh, rocky
Flying, looking, killingEagle, power, fear, rabbitLiving, moving, singing
Deep, beautifulValley
Sun
Hot, bright
Burning, warming, illuminating
Nuclear fission, celestial satellite
Glowing, reflecting, freezing
Lifeless, empty
Moon
WinterFrosty, Bright
Skiing, Snow Boarding, SleddingIcicles, Snowflakes, Vacation, FamilySwimming, Sun Tanning, Sweltering
Hot, SunnySummer
HOME
Rhyme Schemes
Poets are purposeful in the design of their poems. Rhyme is not as dominant in poetry as it once was, but an appreciation of the subtlety of the rhyming art is essential to the study of poetry.
It is harder than it looks.
Couplets
Couplets are just simple rhymes, two lines of generally equal length that
rhyme (AA).
There was an old lady who lived in a shoeHad so many children, didn’t know what to do.
But the poet can string the couplets together (AABBCC):
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mindAnd therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.Nor hath Love's mind of any judgment taste;Wings, and no eyes, figure unheedy haste:And therefore is Love said to be a child,Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.
---Shakespeare
TripletsTriplets are three line stanzas.
The poet can rhyme the three lines.There can be multiple stanzas in a poem.
ABCor
AAAor
AAA BBB CCC …
Beautiful is the light to one no longer blind.Marvelous is the light as mast'ry sparks our mind.
Golden is mercy's Light when God's good grace we find.
The Griot
The village children gather ‘roundand make a circle on the ground
listening to his every sound
The hunt, the chase, the catch, the killthe battles on a distant hill
night time terrors, a ghostly chill
The trickster and the lion kingthe egrets rising on the wing
with your heart you hear one sing
The Quatrain
The word “quatrain” simply means a four line stanza.
There are many possible rhyme schemes.
ABCB
Roses are redViolets are blueSugar is sweetAnd so are you
ABAB
Roses are redViolets are blueYou never saidBut I always knew
AAAB
It sticks in my headThat it has been saidThat roses are redWhile violets are blue
ABBA
Everyone knows that roses are redAnd that violets are said to be blueBoth of those points I admit to be trueI never have otherwise said
Whose woods these are I think I knowHis house is in the village thoughHe will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow
---Robert Frost
AABA
HOME