2. Types of poetry  Narrative – tells a story  Ballads – stories set to music  Lyric – expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker  Concrete – shape poem  Haiku – Japanese form of writing poetry  Free Verse – lacks rhyme and pattern  Sonnet– 14 lines with strict rhyme scheme  Limericks – Lines 1, 2 and 4 rhyme. 3 and 5 rhyme

3. Narrative poem  Tells a story

4. Narrative: “Imagine” by Kamilah Aisha Moon

5. Folk songs and ballads  Narrative poetry [tells a story] set to music Tom Dooley Hang down your head Tom Dooley, Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head Tom Dooley, Poor boy you're bound to die.

6. Lyric  Tells emotions and thoughts of speaker

7. Concrete poetry A concrete poem is one that takes the shape of the object it describes.

8. Haiku  A poetic form and a type of poetry from the Japanese culture.  Many themes include nature, feelings, or experiences.  The most common form for Haiku is three short lines.  A Haiku must "paint" a mental image in the reader's mind. A Rainbow Donna Brock Curving up, then down. Meeting blue sky and green earth Melding sun and rain.

9. Free verse  Lacks rhyme and has less predictable rhythm with her tail and I was helping trying hard to swat flies with my hand. That was when I discovered how reins are not like steering wheels, for no matter which way I turned or pulled she would only go to the barn. Nesbitt I never rode a horse before, until that sweltering August day riding through the New England woods the horse was swatting flies FIRST HORSEBACK RIDE

10. Sonnet  14 line poems with a tight rhyme scheme “Beautiful Things” By hija de la luna

11. Limerick  Some people say that the limerick was invented by soldiers returning from France to the Irish town of Limerick in the 1700's. A limerick must be funny! A limerick must tell a story. A limerick must have 5 lines. A limerick must have a rhyme scheme of aa bb a. A limerick has a specific rhythm.  Limericks are meant to be funny. They often contain hyperbole, onomatopoeia, idioms, puns, and other figurative devices.  The last line of a good limerick contains the PUNCH LINE or "heart of the joke."

12. Limerick Imagine a skunk who proposes, To his true love, surrounded by roses. It may turn out just fine, When she falls for his line, But I wonder if flowers have noses?