Poetry

Mrs.

Shumate’s

Poetry Unit

Keep a Poem in Your Pocket

Keep a poem in our pocket

And a picture in your head

And you’ll never feel lonely

At night when you’re in bed.



The little poem will sing to you

The little picture bring to you

A dozen dreams to dance to you

At night when you’re in bed.



So…

Keep a picture in your pocket

And a poem in your head

And you’ll never feel lonely

At night when you’re in bed.



-Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

Free Write







What does poetry

mean to you?



(Use 5 ―-ing‖ words)

POETRY IS:





EXPERIMENTING with

words and ideas

PLAYING with images

ZONING in on an object,

idea or feeling

COMPARING things that

don’t usually go together

EXPRESSING real feelings,

real memories, real things

RIGHT NOW!

TELLING STORIES

How Poets Work:







Poets LOOK closer





Poets play

with SOUND

Poets make

COMPARISONS

Poetry

It is difficult to give poetry a definition. A poem

is an emotional experience. It is a truth in thought or feeling,

transmitted by the imagination into images and expressed in a

beautiful and usually patterned language.





Robert Frost says that a poem begins with a

“lump in your throat,” a homesickness or a lovesickness.

It is reaching out for expression, an effort to find fulfillment.

A complete poem is one where emotion has found its thought and

the thought has found the words.

Introduction to Poetry

Billy Collins



I ask them to take a poem

and hold it up to the light I want them to water-ski

like a color slide across the surface of a poem

waving at the author's name on the shore.

or press an ear against its hive.

But all they want to do

is tie the poem to a chair with rope

I say drop a mouse into a poem and torture a confession out of it.

and watch him probe his way

out, They begin beating it with a hose

to find out what it really means.

or walk inside the poem's room

from The Apple that Astonished Paris, 1996

and feel the walls for a light University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, Ark.

Permissions information.

switch. Copyright 1988 by Billy Collins.

All rights reserved.

Poetry Terms





 Imagery  Tone

 Rhyme  Simile

 Rhyme Scheme  Metaphor

 Rhythm/ Meter  Assonance

 Alliteration  Consonance

 Repetition  Onomatopoeia

 Personification  Hyperbole

 Mood

1. Rhyme

Rhyme is the likeness of sound at the end

of words.



We piled, with care our nightly stack

Of wood against the chimney-back

The oaken log, green, huge, and thick,

And on its top the stout back-stick.

- ―The Hearth Fire‖ by John Greenleaf Whittier



When reading a poem, use a different letter to keep track of

each rhyme sound. That is the poem’s rhyme scheme.

2. Rhyme Scheme

We piled, with care our nightly stack (A)

Of wood against the chimney-back (A)

The oaken log, green, huge, and thick, (B)

And on its top the stout back-stick. (B)

- ―The Hearth Fire‖ by John Greenleaf Whittier





When reading a poem, use a different letter to keep

track of each rhyme sound. That is the poem’s

rhyme scheme.

3. Rhythm/ Meter

Rhythm is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Also called meter. A rhythm can make a poem sound

serious or silly.



I spy a sea horse, a lonely flip-flop’

A little fisherman, and a buried bottle top.



I spy a jar, a small striped stone,

An old flowerpot, and antlers of bone.



- I Spy by Jean Marzollo

You Try



Write an ―I Spy‖ riddle poem

for your hidden picture

Be sure to:

 Start with the words, ―I spy…‖

 End rhyme scheme AABB

 Have 4 beats to a line

4. Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sounds; hiss, buzz, rattle.

It's pronounced 'Ono-Mato-Peeya'.

The gray sea and the long black land;

And the yellow half-moon large and low;

And the startled little waves that leap

In fiery ringlets from their sleep,

As I gain the cove with pushing prow,

And quench its speed i' the slushy sand.

Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;

Three fields to cross till a farm appears;

A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch

And blue spurt of a lighted match,

And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears,

Than the two hearts beating each to each!

- ―Meeting at Night‖ by Robert Browning

Can you find the three other examples of onomatopoeia?

What is the rhyme scheme? Take a look at Shel Silverstein’s poem called

―Push Button.‖

Onomatopoeia Continued

 If we say that the boy made a 'splash' jumping into the pool - the word

'splash' sounds like the thing it describes.

 The word 'house' describes a building with rooms in which we live.

But there is no real connection between the word and the thing it

describes.

The same is true of all other words, except onomatopoeic words.

 Here are some more examples:

Fizz whoosh plop thwack crunch clack





The word 'Onomatopoeia' comes from a Greek term meaning 'make a

word'.

Onomatopoeia in Comics

Onomatopoeia in Comics

You Try: Write a comic strip using

onomatopoeia.

You Try Onomatopoeia

1. Choose a word from the apple.

2. Write an acrostic poem using adjectives and

nouns to describe the word’s sound.

3. Try to use rhyme and alliteration.

Example:

R ing says the telephone as I’m going out the door

I n the middle of the mad morning rush.

N ot another telemarketer beckoning me to buy

G oodness, don’t they ever HUSH?!

5. Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds, usually many

words that start with or use the same sound.



He clasps the crag with crooked hands;

Close to the sun in lonely lands,

Ringed with the azure world, he stands.



The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;

He watches from his mountain walls,

And like a thunderbolt he falls.



- “The Eagle” by Alfred Lord Tennyson



 Write two lines of your own that have end rhyme.

 Choose a consonant form the alphabet. Write three words starting

with that letter that go together. Example: perfectly popped popcorn

6. Assonance



Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds

followed by different consonants. ―Tune‖ and

―June‖ are rhymes; ―tune‖ and ―food‖ are

assonant.

Example: mad hatter



And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side

Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride.

--Edgar Allan Poe, "Annabel Lee"





 Write a couplet using assonance.

7. Consonance

Consonance is the repetition of final consonant

sounds.

Example: east, west



Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow

--Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

By Robert Frost (1874-1963)



 Write a couplet using consonance.

8. Simile/ 9. Metaphor

A simile is a comparison of two things using like or as.

He is as unwelcome as rain on Saturday;

But the memories of him are like gold coins.



A metaphor is an implied comparison, without using like or

as; it describes one thing as if it were something else.

Life is a short summer;

It is a blink of an eye.



Choose a topic that is dear to you. Write two lines

comparing your topic using either metaphor or simile.

10. Personification

Do you see the word ―person" in personification?









Personification is when a nonhuman thing is talked about as if it were

human (a person). "Hope" is the thing with feathers

The sky is low "HOPE" is the thing with feathers--

The sky is low, the clouds are mean, That perches in the soul--

A traveling flake of snow And sings the tune without the words--

Across a barn or through a rut And never stops--at all--

Debates if it will go. And sweetest--in the Gale--is heard--

And sore must be the storm--

A narrow wind complains all day That could abash the little Bird

How some one treated him; That kept so many warm--

Nature, like us, is sometimes caught I've heard it in the chilliest land--

Without her diadem. And on the strangest Sea--

Yet, never, in Extremity,

– Emily Dickinson It asked a crumb--Of Me.

-Emily Dickinson (1861)

11. Hyperbole



Hyperbole is an exaggeration.



Why does a boy who’s fast as a jet

Take all day—and sometimes two—

To get to school?

—John Ciardi, "Speed Adjustments"



Here once the embattled farmers stood

And fired the shot heard round the world.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson, "The Concord Hymn"

You Try Personification and Hyperbole



 Choose a topic.

 Write a couplet that rhymes that has

hyperbole and personification



―Dancing minds and shouting smiles

Are all I see for miles and miles.‖

12. Repetition



Repetition is the recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase or

a line. It is used to appeal to our emotions and to

emphasize important ideas.

Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound's the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

Repetition continued



 Read the poem, “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks and

tell what is repeated and why she wrote the poem that way.



We real cool. We

Left school. We



Lurk late. We

Strike straight. We



Sing sin. We

Thin gin. We



Jazz June. We

Die soon.

13. Imagery

Imagery is the use Taste



of vivid See Touch





description, Hear Smell

usually rich in

Topic

sensory words, to

create pictures,

or images, in the

reader’s mind.

In the other circles put figurative language you could use: onomatopoeia, simile,

metaphor, idiom, alliteration, hyperbole, personification….

Try Writing Your Own Imagery



Taste

See Touch







Hear Smell





Topic

14. Tone



Have you ever heard, ―Don’t use that tone with

me!‖?



Tone, like the tone of our speech, is the attitude

the writer takes toward the audience, the

subject, or a character.



How can we say the following quote two

different ways? ―You’re a big help!‖

Tone



Immigrants by Pat Mora

wrap their babies in the American flag,

feed them mashed hot dogs and apple pie,

name them Bill and Daisy,

buy them blonde dolls that blink

blue eyes or a football and tiny cleats

before the baby can even walk,

speak to them in thick English,

hallo, babee, hallo.

whisper in Spanish or Polish

when the babies sleep, whisper

in a dark parent bed, that dark

parent fear, "Will they like

our boy, our girl, our fine american

boy, our fine american girl?"

Tone



 Read the two poems about Roaches

-Write the tone of each with evidence to

support your answer.

 Read My Dream,

-Answer questions and notice poetic

devices used

-Discuss Author’s Tone

15. Mood



Mood is the overall emotion created by a work of

literature.

2) Spring Garden

1) Winter Garden

Stunningly dressed flower stalks

Stark naked flower stalks Stand shimmering in the breeze.

Stand shivering in the wind. The cheerful sun hides playfully

The cheerless sun hides its black light Behind white, fluffy, cotton-ball clouds,

Behind bleak, angry clouds, While trees whisper secrets

While trees vainly try To their rustling leaves.

To catch their escaping leaves. Carpets of grass greenly glow

Carpets of grass turn brown, Blending joyfully with the day.

Blending morosely with the dreary day. Spring brings life to death.

Winter seems the death of life forever.

Mood



1. Example of gloomy mood

2. Example of cheery mood



Try to find these poetry devices:

alliteration, personification, metaphor, hyperbole,

onomatopoeia, rhyme, rhythm, assonance,

consonance and simile

Winter Garden

Stark naked flower stalks

Stand shivering in the wind.

The cheerless sun hides its black light Spring Garden

Behind bleak, angry clouds,

While trees vainly try

To catch their escaping leaves. Stunningly dressed flower stalks

Carpets of grass turn brown, Stand shimmering in the breeze.

Blending morosely with the dreary day. The cheerful sun hides playfully

Winter seems the death of life forever. Behind white, fluffy, cotton-ball

clouds,

While trees whisper secrets

To their rustling leaves.

Carpets of grass greenly glow

Blending joyfully with the day.

Spring brings life to death.

Do them all…

What Can You Find?

Performance



My heart was like a beating drum

A herd of buffalo in my tum'. Then on..

My head was banging, clanging, whanging.

It's as if I am a little flea.

Staring right down and watching me.

Goose bumps like mole hills on my neck. Then hearing cheering, cheering, cheering

Doubt like a pterodactyl's peck. .

My toes were twitching, itching, gritching. My chest is puffing out with pride

As if I've swallowed up high tide

I had to walk out on that stage. My head is grinning, spinning, zinging.

Like one against a dragon's rage.

A sea of eyes all waiting, watching, watching. My mind is doing summersaults.

I am up as high as astronauts.

My eyes are gleaming, streaming, dreaming.

Heart jumping like a kangaroo.

Would I remember what to do?

I’m done.

Figurative Language Poem



 Has to have at least 8 lines

 Has to have at least 8 figurative language/

poetry devices (out of the 15 on your

definition paper)

 Has to be on the topic from your Imagery

web

 LABEL!

Good Luck~

Your Original Collection of Poems

Label each poem with type, title and author (you).







 Figurative Language  Free Verse

 A Book Unwritten  Couplet

 Haiku  Quatrain

 Limerick  2 Choice

 Ballad  Martin Luther

 Onomatopoeia Poem King Poem

Lines, Stanzas and Verse



A Line of Poetry

 a single line of words in a poem





A Stanza in Poetry

 a group of lines of poetry (usually 4 or more)

arranged according to a fixed plan



Verse in Poetry

 a poem, or piece of poetry; part of a song following

the introduction and preceding the chorus

Couplet

Do you see the word "couple" in couplet? A couple is two of something.







A pair of lines of poetry that are usually

rhymed.

Arrows

I shot an arrow toward the sky, (A)

It hit a white cloud floating by. (A)





The words sky and by are end rhymes. We'll use the

letter "A" to mark the rhyme pattern. We can string

couplets together to make a longer poem.

Couplet Continued

The cloud fell dying to the shore, ( )

I don’t shoot arrows anymore. ( )

- Shel Silverstein



 The words shore and anymore are end

rhymes. What letter will we use to mark this

rhyme scheme?

 Pick a topic

 Write a Couplet on your own

 What is the rhyme scheme?

Quatrain

 Quatrains are four line poems. The lines

usually rhyme in two patterns. Lines one

and two and three and four (AABB) or

lines one and three and two and four

(ABAB).

Gumeye Ball

Anteater There’s an eyeball in the gumball machine,

―A genuine anteater,‖ Right there between the red and the green,

The pet man told my dad. Lookin’ at me as if to say,

Turned out, it was an aunt eater, ―You don’t need anymore gum today.‖

And now my uncle’s mad! - Shel Silverstein

-Shel Silverstein



What would their rhyme scheme be?

You Try…

 Pick a topic

 Write a Quatrain on your own

 What is the rhyme scheme?

Limericks

The limerick takes its name from Limerick, Ireland. It is humorous

and full of nonsense. It is a five line poem that consists of a

triplet & a couplet. They often contain hyperbole,

onomatopoeia, idioms and other figurative devices.

 The 1st, 2nd & 5th lines rhyme, with 3 beats per line

 The 3rd & 4th lines rhyme, with two beats per line.

 The last line is usually the punch line (the heart of the joke)



There once was a student at school (A)

Who would not conform to the rule (A)

He used all his time (B)

To write funny rhyme (B)

And limericks he used as his tool. (A)

Complete these limericks with words that rhyme.



There once was a man from______

Who interrupted two girls at their ______

Said he with a ______

"That park bench, ______

Just painted it right where you're ______.

There was a young woman named ______

Missing parts: Whose speed was much faster than ______

She set out one ______

well I knittin' In a relative ______

sittin' sigh And returned on the previous ______

Great Britain

Missing parts:

day Bright

night way

light

You Try a Limerick



1. Complete this limerick with words that rhyme.



There once was a princess named Meg

Who accidentally broke her _____

She slipped on the ______

Not once, but twice

Take no pity on her, I _________.



2. Write a limerick using these five words: kangaroo,

zoo, too, pouch and ouch.

3. Write your own limerick.

 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious



 How many syllables?

Haiku (Five Dollar Footlong)

This is a form of Japanese poetry. A haiku has only

three lines (triplet), with five, seven and five

syllables. A haiku usually describes a season of the

year or some aspect of nature.

Cold as a snowball

Chilled colder than the white snow

A lonely goodbye.

---------------------------------------------

Some snowflakes descend

To blanket a barren branch

Others kiss the earth.

Haiku Continued



I am first with five

Then seven in the middle --

Five again to end.





Now you try to write a haiku.

What Am I? Haiku



 Green and speckled legs,

Hop on logs and lily pads

Splash in cool water.



 In a pouch I grow,

On a southern continent --

Strange creatures I know.



 You Try

Lyric Poems

Lyric poetry can be sung to musical accompaniment (in ancient times,

usually a lyre). Lyric poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings of the

poet.

Ode to Joy

by Buster Baxter

I've had cabbage, lettuce, blackberries

Pasta, oats and strawberries

Bagels, beans and hot dogs

Eggplant, ham and cheese logs

I've had pumpkin and potato

Truffles and tomato

Diced, sliced, cubed and riced

Boiled and fried

Soaked and dried

Burgers, tacos, ice cream too

Radishes red and berries blue

Despite all this, I'm feeling thinner...

Still, that was lunch, now what's for dinner?

Narrative Poems

Jimmy Goes to the City

A NARRATIVE by Arthur Read

POEM tells a story Jimmy was a happy ape

Until some hunters caught him

and can be about He liked the jungle better than

The city where they brought him

anything. The city was louder

The city was meaner

Sometimes the Even the dirt in the jungle was cleaner

So Jimmy made a daring escape!

poem's lines have a The hunters were suddenly minus one ape!

He climbed the tallest building

rhyming pattern. Because from there he'd see

How far away the jungle was

Sometimes they From the middle of the city.

Jimmy jumped into a passing plane

don't rhyme at all. But the pilot didn't wait for him to explain

Jimmy flew back to the jungle

And told his ape friends in their lair

"The city's okay for a visit

But you couldn't make me live there."

Ballads



Ballad Poems are poems that tell a story like a

narrative poem and often have a repeated refrain.

A ballad is usually about love and often sung like

a lyric poem.

They usually have:

 Four line stanzas (quatrain)

 Rhyming

 Repetition

The Ballad of the Green Beret:

http://www.brownielocks.com/balladofthegreenberetsW

AVE.html

Ballads Continued

Snoopy Versus the Red Baron by the Royal Guardsmen





After the turn of the century

In the clear blue skies over Germany Now, Snoopy had sworn that he'd get that

Came a roar and a thunder men had never heard man

Like the scream and the sound of a big war bird So he asked the Great Pumpkin for a new

battle plan

Up in the sky, a man in a plane He challenged the German to a real dogfight

Baron von Richthofen was his name While the Baron was laughing, he got him in

Eighty men tried, and eighty men died his sight

Now they're buried together on the countryside

That Bloody Red Baron was in a fix

Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more He'd tried everything, but he'd run out of

The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score tricks

Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree Snoopy fired once, and he fired twice

of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany And that Bloody Red Baron went spinning out

In the nick of time, a hero arose of sight

A funny-looking dog with a big black nose

He flew into the sky to seek revenge Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more

But the Baron shot him down - "Curses, foiled The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score

again!" Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree

of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany

Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more

The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more

Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score

of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree

of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Royal+Guards

men/_/Snoopy's+Christmas



Ballads Continued http://paxblog.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd97

050ce24cd500e398cb279e0004.html

Snoopy's Christmas (Snoopy vs. The Red Baron)

Performed by: The Royal Guardsmen (1967) Contributed by: Ron Tilden









O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, [Oh Christmas

tree, Oh Christmas tree] Christmas bells those Christmas bells

du kannst mir sehr gefallen! [Of all the trees most Ringing through the land

lovely] Bringing peace to all the world

And good will to man

The news had come out in the First World War

The bloody Red Baron was flying once more The Baron made Snoopy fly to the Rhine

The Allied command ignored all of its men And forced him to land behind the enemy lines

And called on Snoopy to do it again. Snoopy was certain that this was the end

When the Baron cried out, "Merry Christmas, my

Twas the night before Christmas, 40 below friend"

When Snoopy went up in search of his foe

He spied the Red Baron, fiercely they fought The Baron then offered a holiday toast

With ice on his wings Snoopy knew he was And Snoopy, our hero, saluted his host

caught. And then with a roar they were both on their way

Each knowing they'd meet on some other day.

Christmas bells those Christmas bells

Ring out from the land Christmas bells those Christmas bells

Asking peace of all the world Ringing through the land

And good will to man Bringing peace to all the world

And good will to man

The Baron had Snoopy dead in his sights

He reached for the trigger to pull it up tight Christmas bells those Christmas bells

Why he didn't shoot, well, we'll never know Ringing through the land

Or was it the bells from the village below. Bringing peace to all the world

And good will to man

Ballads Continued

The Mermaid (Author Unknown)



'Twas Friday morn when we set sail,

And we had not got far from land,

When the Captain, he spied a lovely mermaid, Then up spoke the Cook of our gallant ship,

With a comb and a glass in her hand. And a greasy old Cook was he;

"I care more for my kettles and my pots,

Chorus Than I do for the roaring of the sea."

Oh the ocean waves may roll,

And the stormy winds may blow, Chorus

While we poor sailors go skipping aloft

And the land lubbers lay down below, below, Then up spoke the Cabin-boy of our gallant ship,

below And a dirty little brat was he;

And the land lubbers lay down below. "I have friends in Boston town

That don't care a ha' penny for me."

Then up spoke the Captain of our gallant ship,

And a jolly old Captain was he; Chorus

"I have a wife in Salem town,

But tonight a widow she will be." Then three times 'round went our gallant ship,

And three times 'round went she,

Chorus And the third time that she went 'round

She sank to the bottom of the sea.

Chorus

Ballad: You Try

1. Listen to the ballad.



2. Answer the following questions:

What do you know about ballads?



What do you think this poem is about?



Who were the main characters in this poem?



How would you describe Snoopy?



How would you describe the Red Baron?



Find examples of metaphors, similes, other images that have impact.

Free Verse



Free verse is just

Winter Poem

what it says it is -

poetry that is written

without proper rules once a snowflake fell

on my brow and i loved

about form, rhyme, it so much and i kissed

rhythm, meter, etc. In it and it was happy and called its cousins

and brothers and a web

free verse the writer of snow engulfed me then

makes his/her own i reached to love them all

rules. The writer and i squeezed them and they became

a spring rain and i stood perfectly

decides how the still and was a flower

poem should look, - By Nikki Giovanni

feel, and sound.

Free Verse



One of the greatest American writers of free

verse is probably Walt Whitman. One of his

collections of free verse is Leaves of Grass

published in 1855.

A Noiseless Patient Spider

by Walt Whitman





A noiseless patient spider,

I marked where on a promontory it stood isolated,

Marked how to explore the vacant vast surrounding,

It launched forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,

Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.



And you O my soul where you stand,

Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,

Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to

connect them,

Till the bridge you will need be formed, till the ductile anchor hold,

Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.

Free Verse: You Try



1. Write a paragraph or paragraphs entitled "Who Am I?"

2. Go back and break the paragraph into lines

3. As you do this revise the lines until they look, feel, and sound

right to you.

4. Complete a self-portrait to reflect the "real" you. Scan the picture

into your document. Your teacher will show you how.

5. Use the optic camera and read your poem aloud and save it on

the computer.

CRAZY: Metaphor Poems

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af The Crab

fa

ll The crab is…

s) A dancing pair of scissors

one Cutting up water all the time.

l It’s face is a red hot sun

iness

Burning the sand to dust.

It is a dancing teacher

Waiting for it’s students.

Explain how the above

poem is a metaphor.

CRAZY: Computer Talk



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The poem can only be appreciated by

reading it aloud, to wit:

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Waka waka bang star tick tick hash,

!*=@$_ Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,

Bang star equal at dollar under-score,

%*~#4 Percent star waka waka tilde number

four,

&[]../ Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,

Pipes curly-bracket comma comma

CRASH.

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Computer Talk: You try to be crazy!

waka, angle bracket, pointed bracket, @ at

less than/greater than _ underscore

! bang % percent

* star ~ tilde

' tick [ ] bracket

# hash, pound . dot

^ caret / forward slash

" quote \ backward slash

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CRAZY: Shape Poems



FUNNEL

This is a shape

poem. Ideally, it Here is a little poem ... well, maybe it's not so little, but it

should describe certainly is a poem ... although, come to think of it,

the shape it is, this doesn't really rhyme, so maybe it's not

and rhyme, but a poem either; but anyway, here it is,

as you can see, and as you can see, it is of course

this one doesn't. funnel shaped, and before too

But this will give long, quickly comes to

the point, and right at

you the idea: about this place

down here

at the

end

!

More Shape Poems









"Idea: Old Mazda Lamp, 50-100-150 W" By John Hollander

Tanka



Saying Goodbye

Like a Haiku

Syllables: 5, 7,5,5,7

Carefully I walk

Trying so hard to be brave

They all see my fear

Dark glasses cover their eyes

As mine flow over with tears

DIAMANTE

square

symmetrical, conventional

shaping, measuring, balancing

boxes, rooms, clocks, halos

encircling, circumnavigating, enclosing

round, continuous

circle

Line 1: one word

(subject/noun that is contrasting

to line 7) Line 5: three words

Line 2: two words (action verbs) that relate to line 7

Line 6: two words

(adjectives) that describe line 1 (adjectives) that describe line 7

Line 3: three words Line 7: one word

(action verbs) that relate to line 1 ( subject/noun that is contrasting

Line 4: four words (nouns) to line 1)

first 2 words relate to line 1

last 2 words relate to line 7

A Book Unwritten (Free Verse Formatted)



(Each line here is a line in your poem)(Do not write what is in parentheses)





(STANZA 1)

(First Name of author of your autobiography)

(Nick Name)

I was born on…

I was born in…and reside in…

Daughter/ Son of …

Sibling of…

Pets are…

I was _______________ like ____________________________

(simile)

A Book Unwritten (Free Verse Formatted)



(STANZA 2)

I’m now ________________ like

__________________________ (simile)

(Four descriptive traits) And…

People say I am…

Favorite book is …

Lover of… (this means, what do you love)

Who fears…

Who needs…

Who gives…

A Book Unwritten (Free Verse Formatted)



(STANZA 3)

Role models are…

Would like to be…

Or…

Who would like to see…

Will give back…

I will be ____________ like _________________ (simile)

When it is all said and done, my autobiography will read…

(Last name of author of my autobiography)



(STANZA 4)

A Book Unwritten

Future Poem

Poetry Booklet (2 grades)



 Cover/ Table of Contents/ What Poetry

Means to You

 Figurative Language/ Poetry Devices

Definitions and Examples

 American Poets

 The Poem you will Recite to the class.

_______________________________________

 A Poetry Collection of your original Poems

Poetry Booklet continued



Poetry Collection of Your Original Poems



•Martin Luther King, Jr. •Ballad

•Figurative Language •Free Verse

•A Book Unwritten •Couplet

•Haiku •Quatrain

•Limerick • Choice

•I Too Sing America •Onomatopoeia

Poetry Booklet continued



Poetry Terms

(Figurative Language and Poetry Devices)

 Mood

 Imagery

 Tone

 Rhyme

 Simile

 Rhyme Scheme

 Metaphor

 Rhythm/ Meter

 Assonance

 Alliteration

 Consonance

 Repetition

 Onomatopoeia

 Personification

 Hyperbole

Poetry Booklet continued



Poetry Collection from a variety of Poets

Types Poets

•Robert Frost

•Couplet •Langston Hughes

•Quatrain •Edgar Allen Poe

•Limericks •Shel Silverstein

•Haiku •Maya Angelou

•Narrative •Walt Whitman

•Pablo Neruda

•Ballad •Nikki Giovanni

•Free Verse •AND MORE!!

POETRY Booklet



Your Poetry Booklet could consists of:

 Cover/ Table of Contents/ What Poetry Means to

You

 Figurative Language/ Poetry Devices Definitions

and Examples

 Types of Poetry Definitions and Examples

 Poet Investigation/ Poetry Scavenger Hunt

 A Poetry Collection from a variety of Poets

 A Poetry Collection of your original Poems

 The Poem you Recite to the class.

Poetry Booklet continued



Poetry Collection of Your Original Poems



•Martin Luther King, Jr. •Ballad

•Figurative Language •Free Verse

•A Book Unwritten •Couplet

•Haiku •Quatrain

•Limerick • Choice

•Figurative Language •Onomatopoeia

Oral Presentation



The poem you choose must meet the following criteria:

– Have 10 lines

– Must be a poem that someone else wrote







You will be graded on the following:

– Voice projection / Clarity of expression

– Stage presence / Posture / Eye contact

– Analysis: What is the poem about?

– Preparedness / Choice of poem / Well practiced