Poetry Form And Structure

Stanzas A division of lines in a poem considered as one unit. Comparable to a paragraph. Couplet – two line stanza Tercet – three line stanza Quatrain – four line stanza Cinquain – five line stanza Sestet – six line stanza Septet – seven line stanza Octave – eight line stanza

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. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

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.

Sonnet 14 line poem Usually about a single topic Most often a lyric poem expressing strong emotion

Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date; Summertime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed; And every fair from fair sometimes declines, By chance or nature’s changing course untrimmed; But the eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of fair thou ow’st Nor shall Death brag thou wand’rest in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st; So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this give life to thee.

Free Verse Poetry not written in a regular rhythmic pattern or meter. Looks very different from any other writing, or regular poetry

The Red Wheelbarrow William Carlos Williams SO MUCH depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens

This is Just to Say William Carlos Williams I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold

Winter by Nikki Giovanni once a snowflake fell on my brow and i loved it so much and i kissed it and it was happy and called its cousins and brothers and a web of snow engulfed me then i reached to love them all and i squeezed them and they became a spring rain and i stood perfectly still and was a flower

Haiku From Japan About nature 3 lines Specific number of syllables – First line - 5 syllables – Second line – 7 syllables – Third line – 5 syllables

Ants Ants are amazing. They always seem so busy. Do you think they’re stressed?

Concrete Poetry A poem written in the shape of its subject. A Poem concerning triangular shapes.

Assignment Write a concrete poem. Have a theme in mind – that will be the shape of your poem. Keep poetry in mind – write in lines not giant run on sentences. Be creative. Use the entire page.

Haiku Scoring Title - 2 Number of lines – 3 Syllables – 6 Illustration – 5 Coloring – 5 Neatness – 5 No errors Total – 26 points