Poetry Anthology Checklist

							                                                 Poetry Anthology Checklist

                     IMPORTANT: Please UNDERLINE all required uses of figurative language

Narrative – 1 poem: ________/5                                   Limerick – 1 poem: ________/5

      At least 16 lines long                                           5 lines long
      Specific and definable rhyme scheme                              Lines 1,2,5 long; Lines 3,4 short
      Long lines (at least 7 syllables)                                Humorous
      At least one simile, one metaphor                                AABBA rhyme scheme
      Tells a coherent story (think about plot diagram)                At least one use of hyperbole
                                                                        Poem has rhythmical, song-like flow (read it out
Haiku – 2 poems: ________/5                                              loud: you can tell if it flows like the examples)
      3 lines long                                              Sonnet – 1 poem: ________/5
      5/7/5 syllable pattern
      About nature                                                   14 lines long
      Creates a clear, easy-to-draw image                            ABABCDCDEFEFGG rhyme scheme
                                                                      EXACTLY 10 syllables per line
Senryu – 2 poems: ________/5                                          Serious, personal subject matter (write about
      3 lines long                                                    someone or something you CARE about)
      5/7/5 syllable pattern                                         Last couplet (GG) provides emotional resolution
      About HUMAN NATURE                                             Uses at least one type of figurative language of
                                                                       your choosing.
      Simile or metaphor
                                                                 Miscellaneous – 2 poems: ________/10
Tanka – 1 poem: ________/5
                                                                      Two more poems of your choosing
      5 lines long
                                                                      Must be two DIFFERENT types of poems (Ex.
      5/7/5/7/7 syllable pattern
                                                                       2 more Acrostics = not OK. 1 more Acrostic and
      About anything
                                                                       1 more Narrative = OK.)
      At least one simile, metaphor or use of
                                                                      Can only use ONE of the types of Japanese
       personification
                                                                       poetry. Also, TWO Haiku or TWO Senryu =
Concrete – 1 poem: ________/5                                          ONE Misc. poem.
                                                                      Follow the guidelines on this page for whichever
    Shape of subject takes up most of the page                        type of poem you choose as a Miscellaneous.
    Lines of poetry fill up the shape, large white                   OK to use the scary poem written for Halloween
     spaces = not enough poetry. Exception: if your                    and/or the Ekphrastic poem about a painting.
     outline IS the poem, white space OK.                             Ekphrastic poem has to have 15 concrete details
    Use at least one onomatopoeia AND one sound                       and NOT just be a list.
     device(assonance/consonance)
    Final version in color

Acrostic – 1 poem: ________/5

    At least six lines long                                                     Total points: __________/50
    On adjective per line                                                       (This checklist MUST be included
    Each line written in complete phrases, not just a
     word or two                                                                         with your anthology)
    Final version illustrated in color (bubble letters,
     pictures of descriptions, etc.)