Poetry & Art Couplet, Haiku, Tanka Poems, & Abstract Art

Poetry Poetry is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response. Poetry has been known to employ meter and rhyme, but this is by no means necessary. Poetry is an ancient form that has gone through numerous and drastic reinvention over time. The very nature of poetry as an authentic and individual mode of expression makes it nearly impossible to define.

Couplet Two-lined poems with a fun and simple rhyming pattern. Each line has the same number of syllables and their endings must rhyme with one another. Humor is often used in couplets.

Examples Little Daddy Longlegs played in the sun, Climbing up the front steps just for fun. Tomorrow's my birthday and I'll be four And I won't have to stay home anymore. Nature puts on little shows Every time it rains or snows. Look at all the pumpkin faces Lighting up so many places.

Haiku Haiku is a Japanese poem with no rhyme. Haiku poems have only three lines, each with a certain number of syllables. Here is the pattern: Line 1 = 5 syllables Line 2 = 7 syllables Line 3 = 5 syllables

Examples Nature Haiku Green grass in April Birds begin to sing in trees Children playing outside By Sean Butterflies hatch. Bees drink the juice from flowers. Bees fly everywhere. By Andrea

Tanka Poem A form of Japanese poetry that depends on the number of lines and syllables instead of rhyme. The pattern is: Line 1 = 5 syllables Line 2 = 7 syllables Line 3 = 5 syllables Line 4 = 7 syllables Line 5 = 7 syllables

Examples Saying Goodbye 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

Cont…… The moonlight's shining On the gardenia bush But all blossoms gone; Yet in my mind's eye appear The ravishing white visions.

Abstract Art abstract art- is a work of art where the image is "not an accurate representation of the subject

Now it is your turn……. Go out into the school grounds and experience nature. Find some things that inspire you to create 2 of the poem reviewed today. Create an abstract picture for each poem. Work with your partners to complete this task. Have Fun!!!!!!!!

Abstract Art is similar to the way poetry better describes thoughts or the way music helps to convey an emotion.

It develops from an original source.