1. THE FORM OF POETRY

2. Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day Can tell the definition, So clear, of victory! As he, defeated, dying, On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Burst agonized and clear! Emily Dickinson STANZA: Lines of a poem grouped together QUATRAIN: 4 line stanza RHYME SCHEME: Pattern of rhymed lines a b c b b c b a b b c a Slant rhyme

3. Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. RHYTHM: Iambic: weak/strong stress pattern Meter: number of syllables per line 7 syllables 6 syllables

4. Under the wide and starry sky Dig the grave and let me lie, Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be, Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill. 8 syllables 7 syllables 8 syllables 9 syllables 8 syllables a a a b b c c c 1. What is the meter?2. Rhyme scheme?

5. Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day Can tell the definition, So clear, of victory! As he, defeated, dying, On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Burst agonized and clear!

6. MONOSYLLABIC POEMS ONLY 2 WORDS; EACH WORD ONLY ONE SYLLABLE; THE TWO WORDS RHYME THE TITLE CONNECTS THE TWO WORDS bring ring BEST MAN poop hoop TOILET SEAT

7. MONOSYLLABIC POEMS ONLY 2 WORDS; EACH WORD ONLY ONE SYLLABLE; THE TWO WORDS RHYME THE TITLE CONNECTS THE TWO WORDS YOUR POETRY BOOK NEEDS 5 MONOSYLLABIC POEMS!