Poetry Poetry

Learning ballads, free verse, Learning ballads, free verse, sonnets, haiku, odes, lyric sonnets, haiku, odes, lyric poem epic and limericks.poem epic and limericks.

Styles of PoetryStyles of Poetry

PoetryPoetry is an imaginative awareness of is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, experience expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language choices so sound, and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response. as to evoke an emotional response.

SubcategoriesSubcategories

BalladsBallads Free VerseFree Verse SonnetsSonnets HaikuHaiku OdesOdes LimericksLimericks EpicEpic Lyric PoemLyric Poem

Could play with Could play with musicmusic

Doesn’t need Doesn’t need rhythmrhythm

Certain number of Certain number of lineslines

Certain number of Certain number of syllablessyllables

ExtensiveExtensive

Getting Familiar with the terms:Getting Familiar with the terms: BalladsBallads

A narrative song with a recurrent A narrative song with a recurrent refrain refrain

A ballad is a poem usually set to music A ballad is a poem usually set to music A narrative poem composed of short A narrative poem composed of short

verses, intended to be sung or recited verses, intended to be sung or recited Example: UntitledExample: UntitledCharacteristics: stanza form, imageryCharacteristics: stanza form, imagery

Free VerseFree Verse

Verse depending for its poetic effect Verse depending for its poetic effect upon irregular rhythmical pattern, upon irregular rhythmical pattern, either absence or irregularity of either absence or irregularity of rhyme, and the use of cadenced rhyme, and the use of cadenced speech rhythms rather than speech rhythms rather than conventional verse forms conventional verse forms

Characteristics: informalCharacteristics: informalExample: Example: Wishing Well Wishing Well p 452 lit. bkp 452 lit. bk

Can you write in free verse?Can you write in free verse?

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rhythm or no rhythmrhythm or no rhythm

long or shortlong or short

simple or complexsimple or complex

SonnetsSonnets

A verse form consisting of 14 lines A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme schemewith a fixed rhyme scheme

Rhyme scheme usually follows: Rhyme scheme usually follows:

ababcdcdefefggababcdcdefefgg (Elizabethan, (Elizabethan, Shakespeare) or Shakespeare) or abbaabbaabbaabba (Italian) (Italian)

• Characteristics: 14 lines, rhyme Characteristics: 14 lines, rhyme schemescheme

Example: Example: How do I love thee?How do I love thee?

OdesOdes

A lyric poem with complex stanza A lyric poem with complex stanza forms forms

A long, stately poem in stanzas of A long, stately poem in stanzas of varied length, meter, and form varied length, meter, and form

Example: Example: Alexander’s FeastAlexander’s Feast Characteristics: lengthy, complex, no Characteristics: lengthy, complex, no

conventional rhyme schemeconventional rhyme scheme

LimericksLimericks

A limerick is a five-line poem with a A limerick is a five-line poem with a strict form; rhyme scheme usually strict form; rhyme scheme usually aabba aabba

Limericks are frequently witty or Limericks are frequently witty or humorous, and sometimes obscene humorous, and sometimes obscene with humorous intent with humorous intent

Example: Example: TimTim, , Old Man in a BoatOld Man in a Boat Name your limerick!!Name your limerick!!

HaikuHaiku

Haiku is a kind of Japanese poetry Haiku is a kind of Japanese poetry Poetry that is three lines long. The Poetry that is three lines long. The

first line is five syllables, the second first line is five syllables, the second line is seven syllables, and the third line is seven syllables, and the third line is five syllables long.line is five syllables long.

Examples: Examples: Baked Goodies, Falling on Baked Goodies, Falling on the Ground, and Haiku Space.the Ground, and Haiku Space.

Can you haiku?Can you haiku?

Write your haiku poem!Write your haiku poem!

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first line has five syllablesfirst line has five syllables

second line has seven syllablessecond line has seven syllables

third line has five syllablesthird line has five syllables

Epic PoemEpic Poem

Long narrative poemLong narrative poemCelebrating the adventures and Celebrating the adventures and

achievements of a heroachievements of a heroDeals with traditions, mythical or Deals with traditions, mythical or

historical, of a nationhistorical, of a nationSee sample TiddalickSee sample Tiddalick

Lyric PoemLyric Poem

that expresses the thoughts and feelings of that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. The term lyric is now commonly the poet. The term lyric is now commonly referred to as the words to a song. Lyric referred to as the words to a song. Lyric poetry does not tell a story which portrays poetry does not tell a story which portrays characters and actions. The lyric poet characters and actions. The lyric poet addresses the reader directly, portraying his addresses the reader directly, portraying his or her own feeling, state of mind, and or her own feeling, state of mind, and perceptions.perceptions.

Dying Dying (aka I heard a fly buzz when I died )(aka I heard a fly buzz when I died )bybyEmily DickinsonEmily Dickinson

I heard a fly buzz when I died;I heard a fly buzz when I died;The stillness round my formThe stillness round my formWas like the stillness in the airWas like the stillness in the airBetween the heaves of storm.Between the heaves of storm.

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