Personal Poem Book Project

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes. ~Carl Sandburg

Concrete Poetry

Haiku Haiku is a Japanese poetry form with three lines. Usually haiku are written about nature. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables. You will write three haiku all related to a similar topic. example: quiet and trembling Coco hates thunder and rain clear skies bring relief

Found Poem A found poem is made from words you “find” in newspapers, catalogs, or magazines. You get inspiration from the words and arrange them on a page with your own words mixed in. Sometimes poets like to play with the shape of these poems since the words are moveable.

A-B-A-B C-D-C-D E-F-E-F G-G Sonnet A sonnet is a classic poetry form that uses a set rhyme scheme. It consists of three quatrains and a couplet. The volta is the “shift” in a sonnet. The rhyme scheme for an English sonnet (also know as Shakespearean)is: A-B-A-B C-D-C-D E-F-E-F G-G

Free Verse Poem Free verse is poetry that uses different figurative language devices but DOES NOT use rhyme. Think about your topic or what you want to express. Then, create a list of words that would relate. Use a thesaurus. example: Crickets Talk In the tall Grass All Late summer Long. When Summer Is gone, The dry Whispers Alone.

Explication When you find a poem that you really like, print it out or copy it. Then, write a paragraph that includes the following: title of poem, poet’s name, topic of poem, form of poem, analysis of poem’s figurative language devices, what you like most about the poem and why