Weeks of 10/26-11/6

Warm Up – 10/26 What type of poem is this? How do you know? What do you think this poem means? The last winter leaves Clinging to the black branches Explode into birds.

Warm Up – 10/27 Create your own Haiku. A focus on nature. A "season word" such as "snow" which tells the reader what time of year it is. A division somewhere in the poem, which focuses first on one thing, then on another. The relationship between these two parts is sometimes surprising. Instead of saying how a scene makes him or her feel, the poet shows the details that caused that emotion. If the sight of an empty winter sky made the poet feel lonely, describing that sky can give the same feeling to the reader.

Warm Up – 10/28 What type of poem is this? How do you know? What do you think this poem means? Elizabeth it is in vain you say "Love not" — thou sayest it in so sweet a way: In vain those words from thee or L. E. L. Zantippe's talents had enforced so well: Ah! if that language from thy heart arise, Breathe it less gently forth — and veil thine eyes. Endymion, recollect, when Luna tried To cure his love — was cured of all beside — His folly — pride — and passion — for he died.

Warm Up – 10/29 Create your own Acrostic poem Choose a word to be your poem's topic, and write it vertically, from top to bottom. Then turn each letter into a line of poetry about that topic. Ideas: Write an acrostic using your own name, or the name of someone you love. Write an acrostic about a month of the year, with the lines spelling out that month.

Warm Up – 10/30 What type of poem is this? How do you know? What do you think this poem means? There was an Old Person of Dover, Who rushed through a field of blue Clover; But some very large bees, Stung his nose and his knees, So he very soon went back to Dover.

Warm Up – 11/2 Create your own Limerick. A limerick is a poetic form that can be particularly fun to read and to write. Limericks are often humorous, or even mean-spirited. Limericks consist of five lines. The rhyme scheme is aabba. In other words, Lines One, Two, and Five all rhyme with each other, and Lines Three and Four rhyme with each other.

Warm Up – 11/3 What type of poem is this? How do you know? What do you think this poem means? Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck, And yet methinks I have astronomy, But not to tell of good, or evil luck, Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality, Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell; Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind, Or say with princes if it shall go well By oft predict that I in heaven find. But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive, And constant stars in them I read such art As truth and beauty shall together thrive If from thy self, to store thou wouldst convert: Or else of thee this I prognosticate, Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.

Warm Up – 11/4 Create your own Sonnet Sonnets are a kind of rhymed poem written in iambic pentameter. That's a rhythm that sounds like this: bah-BAH bah-BAH bah-BAH bah-BAH bah-BAH. Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg The night was icy but I didn't mind. Your fingerprints were all around the room. My father never tells me what he thinks. There's something hiding underneath my bed. You changed your name but couldn't change your face. I couldn't think of anything to say.

Warm Up – 11/5 What type of poem is this? How do you know? What do you think this poem means? The Maiden caught me in the Wild, Where I was dancing merrily; She put me into her Cabinet, And Lockd me up with a golden key.

Warm Up – 11/6 Create your own Ballad. A ballad is a rhyming narrative poem written in a form that can be sung to music. Ballads most often use the rhyme scheme abcb. Topic ideas: A time you fell in love at first sight... or thought you did. A car accident. A time you received bad news. Don't tell the reader how you felt about the news. Instead, show the details of the place and situation where you heard the news, doing this in a way that expresses your feelings. Think of how, in movies, the camera zooms in on objects to create a mood.