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• Poetry

  A form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities with or without its apparent meaning
• Poetry is not prose. Prose is the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing
• Poetry


  Poetry is a form of literary expression that captures intense experiences or creative perceptions of the world in a musical language
• Basically, if prose is like talking, poetry is like singing
• In poetry the sound and meaning of words are combined to express feelings, thoughts, and ideas
• Poet's tools


  • Powerful verbs
  • Images
  • Sounds
  • Structure
  • Emotive language
  • Repetition
  • Powerful adjectives
• Poetry elements


  • Rhythm
  • Sound
  • Imagery
  • Form
• Rhythm


  The flow of the beat in a poem, gives poetry a musical feel, can be fast or slow depending on mood and subject
• Meter


  Measuring rhythm by counting the beats in each line
• Rhythm examples


  • The Pickety Fence
  • Where Are You Now?
  • First here, then there
• Sound devices


  • Rhyme
  • Repetition
  • Alliteration
  • Onomatopoeia
• Rhyme


  Words that end with the same sound, rhyming sounds don't have to be spelled the same way, most common sound device in poetry
• Rhyming patterns


  • AA BB
  • A B A B
  • A BB A
  • A B C B
• Repetition


  Repeating words, phrases, or lines in a poem, creates a pattern, increases rhythm, strengthens feelings, ideas and mood
• Repetition example


  • The Sun
• Alliteration


  Repetition of the first consonant sound in words
• Onomatopoeia


  Words that represent the actual sound of something, appeals to the sense of sound
• Onomatopoeia example


  • Listen
• Forms of poetry


  • Couplet
  • Tercet
  • Acrostic
  • Cinquain
  • Tanaga
  • Diona
  • Haiku
  • Senryu
  • Concrete Poem
  • Free Verse
  • Limerick
• Lines and stanzas


  Poems are written in lines, a group of lines is called a stanza, stanzas separate ideas like paragraphs
• Couplet example


  • The Jellyfish
• Tercet example


  • Winter Moon
• Quatrain example


  • The Lizard
• Traditional cinquain


  5 lines with 22 syllables in the pattern 2-4-6-8-2
• Word-count cinquain


  5 lines with a pattern of 1-2-3-4-1 words
• Cinquain examples


  • Oh, cat
  • Owl
• Diamante


  A 7-line poem in the shape of a diamond, can use synonyms or antonyms
• Diamante examples


  • Monsters
  • Day
• Tanaga


  Haiku equivalent from the Philippines, 4 lines with 7-9 syllables per line
• Tanaga examples


  • Sa gubat na madawag
  • Noong malayo ako
• Diona


  A traditional Filipino poetic form with 7 syllables per line, 3 lines per stanza, and a single rhyme
• Diona examples


  • Ang payong ko'y si inay
  • Lolo, huwag malulungkot
  • Kung ang aso hinahanap
• Haiku


  A Japanese poem with 3 lines of 5-7-5 syllables, about an aspect of nature or the seasons, captures a moment in time
• Haiku example


  • Little frog among
• Senryu


  Follows the same 5-7-5 syllable pattern as haiku, but is about human nature rather than the natural world
• Senryu example


  • First day, new school year
• Concrete poem


  A poem written in the shape of its subject, the way the words are arranged is as important as what they mean
• Free verse


  A poem that does not use rhyme or patterns, can vary freely in length of lines, stanzas, and subject
• Free verse example


  • Revenge
• Acrostic


  A type of free verse poem where the first letter of each line spells out the subject of the poem