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What are the major types of poetry?
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Describes the poet’s innermost feelings or observations Has a musical quality in its sounds and rhythms. Popular types of lyric forms are: ◦ Haiku ◦ Limerick ◦ Cinquain ◦ Sonnet ◦ Free Verse ◦ Concrete
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A Lyric, unrhymed poem of Japanese origin Divided into 3 lines Its is usually on the subject of nature and human relationship to nature Uses metaphor to give us a fresh look at something we may view as quite ordinary Poem with 5-7-5 syllables
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Fighting for freedom (5 syllables) Fall of a valiant soldier (7 syllables) Resting in the Lord (5 syllables)
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Short five line humorous poem They often contain onomatopoeia, hyperboles, and idioms. They typically contain one couplet (two lines that rhyme) and one triplet (three lines that rhyme)
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“Flea and Fly” A flea and a fly in a flue Were caught, so what could they do? Said the fly, "Let us flee." "Let us fly," said the flea. So they flew through a flaw in the flue. -Anonymous What are the first and last lines an example of?
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Adhering to no predetermined rules, but usually with its own intricate patterns of rhyme and rhythym. Does not have to rhyme.
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Poetry that takes the shape of the poems theme or tone Picture representation of the poem’s subject
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Make your own concrete poem at: http://www.wild-about-woods.org.uk/elearning/concretepoetry/
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Poetry that tells a story with a plot and characters “The Night Before Christmas” “The Broken Legg’d Man”
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An anthology is a collection of poetry… Sometimes Poetry Anthologies are poems written by the same poet Sometimes, Poetry Anthologies are poems by different poets collected together by an editor…the poems typically share something in common (type, tone, theme)
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Quick Review
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Alliteration: repeating the same beginning sound (Peter Piper Picked a Peck…) Hyperbole: an exaggeration (So hungry I could eat a horse) Idiom: an expression that means something different from what it says (Break a leg) Simile (Life is like a box of chocolates) Metaphor (The clouds were cotton balls) Personification (giving an object or animal, human qualities. Ex. Flower stretched to the sun) Onomatopoeia (sound words)
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TONE = emotion/attitude You look at: Alliteration = humor = tone Word choice = emotion = tone Shape or form = emotion = tone Punctuation = emotion = tone
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Look at the lesson learned As well as, the main idea…. ◦ Typical themes include: bravery, friendship, loss, inspiration, war, death, birth, hard times, fun times, celebration, specific moments in time, animals, objects, people, beginnings, endings
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