+ Types of Poetry Cinquain Acrostic Limerick Haiku Concrete Prose Elegy Ode

Dramatic Poetry Dramatizes action though dialogue or monologue Narrative Poetry Poetry-Tells a story Lyrical Poetry Expresses Personal thoughts and Emotions

+ Acrostic A poem that spells out a word. S cary C urious H umiliating O pen O pportunity L aughter

+ Ballad A ballad is a narrative poem that is sometimes set to music. Ballads have a long history and are found in many cultures. The ballad is usually based on a folk tale or legend, and typically includes a refrain. “The Mermaid” (excerpt) by Unknown author Oh the ocean waves may roll, And the stormy winds may blow, While we poor sailors go skipping aloft And the land lubbers lay down below, below, below And the land lubbers lay down below.

+ Cinquain five line poem (1 noun, 2 adjectives, 3 gerunds, full sentence, 1 synonym) Money Green, desirable Stealing, earning, sharing It is the necessary evil of the world. Greed

+ Concrete A poem that focuses on the visual aspect of poetry, thus creating a shape.

+ Diamante A Diamante Poem compares/ contrasts 2 opposite things/ objects A Diamante Poem is composed of 7 lines, each line specific for a certain aspect of the poem similar to a Cinquain. Format Line 1: One word Noun Line 2: Two adjectives describing that noun Line 3: Three Verbs that the noun does Line 4: 4 Things- 2 for the top noun, 2 for the bottom noun Line 5: Three verbs for the bottom noun Line 6: Two adjectives that describe the bottom noun Line 7: One word noun Sample Cat Furry, Silky Sleeping, Purring, Meowing Tail, Fur, Tongue, Collar Barking, Playing, Licking Friendly, Big Dog

+ Elegy An Elegy is a sad and thoughtful poem lamenting the death of a person. The Stone Alone in a meadow in the pouring rain I find the stone that causes all my pain, As I stumble through the fog in disbelief I fall down upon my knees and sob in grief The fog horn cries her mournful sound As my heart falls down, beneath the ground Crying out to God for mercy all in vain To take away the stone that bears your name -- Elaine George

+ Epitaph A short poem, saying or other message on a gravestone in memory of a deceased person. EX: For Mary Fowler, 1792, age 24, Milford, CT Molly tho’ pleasant in her day Was suddenly seized and went away How soon she’s ripe, how soon she’s rotten Laid in her grave and soon forgotten.

+ Epic An epic poem is a long, serious, poetic narrative about a significant event, often featuring a hero. Example: The Iliad The Odyssey -both by Homer

+ Free Verse Free Verse is a type of poetry that exhibits very little boundaries. It does not rhyme, but rather “flows” to the beat of a different drummer. It is not story-like with complete sentences, but poetic like the following: Nightmare A thought, or is it reality Mysterious happenings Seeking to be let out Scary beyond all measures Falling into darkness Only finding …morning

+ Sample Free Verse—Can you give it a title? Fleeting Whispering the words of the deaf Always felt but never touched Always heard but never seen Cornering you in the night Unbiased And everchanging

+ Let’s write one together. Contribute a line! Tomorrow It is near, yet so very far

+ Group 1 --Clouds Group 2-- Adventure Group 3--Winter Group 4--Betrayal Group 5--Laughter Work collaboratively with your group to construct a Free Verse poem over your given topic. EACH group member must contribute at least one line!

+ Haiku A Haiku is a Japanese poem that follows a specific pattern. Haikus traditionally deal with subjects associated with nature or natural things. - the first line must be five syllables- the second line must be seven syllables- the third line must be five syllables (5, 7, 5 rule) Examples: The whisper of wind Here today, here tomorrow Always Everywhere. Yellow lines white lines It shouldn't be quite so hard To stay in between Curving up, then down. Meeting blue sky and green earth Melding sun and rain.

+ Are these Haikus? If not, how can they be fixed? Night Mystery lurking Chilled to the bones with fear Cautiously waiting Friends Real friends cry with you They pick up where you left off Trust is key

+ You try! Fill in the two five syllable lines. *Fill in the seven syllable line. It was the first time _____________________________ _____________________________ *Fill in the two five syllable lines. ___________________________ The petals bend to the earth ___________________________

+ Limerick A limerick poem is one in which the first, second and fifth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 8 or 9). The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other and have the same amount of syllables. Limericks often start with the line "There once was a..." or "There was a...” and are typically funny/humorous! Example of an 8,8,5,5,8 syllable limerick: There once was a girl on the bus So cute she made Christopher fuss He gave her a look Got smacked with a book It hurt him so bad that he cussed.

+ Sample Limericks There once was a boy named Bieber who gave all the ladies fever Small pox it was not, they thought he was hot, with hair like a golden retriever. My homework has just been beset by the memes on the Internet A panda sneezes... Then my comp freezes! And I'm stuck with math I don't get.

+ Lyric Poem A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the writer; has a song-like quality Example: I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, (340) BY EMILY DICKINSON I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, And Mourners to and fro Kept treading - treading - till it seemed That Sense was breaking through - And when they all were seated, A Service, like a Drum - Kept beating - beating - till I thought My mind was going numb - And then I heard them lift a Box And creak across my Soul With those same Boots of Lead, again, Then Space - began to toll, As all the Heavens were a Bell, And Being, but an Ear, And I, and Silence, some strange Race, Wrecked, solitary, here - And then a Plank in Reason, broke, And I dropped down, and down - And hit a World, at every plunge, And Finished knowing - then -

+ Ode A poem that celebrates a subject; a tribute to an object, person or event Example: Ode on Solitude BY ALEXANDER POPE Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcernedly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day, Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixed; sweet recreation; And innocence, which most does please, With meditation. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.

+ Sonnet A form of poetry that was created during the renaissance. English sonnets consist of 14 lines; three, four line stanzas accompanied by a two line closing stanza. The rhyming scheme for an English Sonnet is: abab cdcd efef gg The Countdown To repeat one’s lovely self twice daily And to tell the time is quite the ticket; While grinding your shining gears quite gaily Within ticking metal so intricate. It just takes some time and its’ dictation To fuel your ever-working little hands Silently counting the world’s rotations As wind blows hard upon the dusty sands. A clever guardian of all that breathes And of everything that’s rightly true; An invisible sower of the seeds But will you choose to see tomorrow through? You can erode the world down to the last Teller of future, and keeper of past.