1. Different Types of Poetry

2. Epitaph
A short poem, saying or other message on a gravestone in memory of a deceased person.
EX: For Mary Fowler, 1792, age 24, Milford, CT
Molly tho’ pleasant in her day
Was suddenly seized and went away
How soon she’s ripe, how soon she’s rotten
Laid in her grave and soon forgotten.

3. Haiku A haiku is a simple poem typically about nature or scenery.
A haiku has three lines and 17 syllables
Line 1: 5 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables

4. Examples of a Haiku Cruel autumn wind Cutting to the very bones
Of my poor scarecrow
Mirror-pond of stars;
Suddenly a summer shower
Dimples the water

5. Couplet Poetry A couplet poem is a 2 line verse that rhyme.
A Poem can be made up of couplets throughout the whole poem.

6. Examples of Couplets Twinkle Twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
The bird sang in the tree
It sang tooroo, tooree
My Country tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty

7. Tercet Poetry
A tercet is a set of three lines that may or may not rhyme.
Every one young or old
Needs someone to listen
As their stories are told
The difference is yours to make
A minute from your busy day
Is all it would take
Take a minute and lend an ear
Listen intently
To what you hear

8. Quatrain Poems
Quatrains are four line poems that may follow any of one of the four different rhyme schemes. (ABAB, AABB, ABBA, ABCA)
When Quatrains begin to make up a long poem the quatrains are then called stanzas.

9. Example of a Quatrain The rushing ocean waves
Beat harshly on the sand.
They roar and crash and foam
As they break upon the land.

10. The Sonnet The word sonnet means “a little sound or song”.
A sonnet is a highly-structured 14 line poem that explores deeply felt issues such as the fleeting nature of love and the aching questions of mortality.
A traditional sonnet has 14 lines, each of which is written in iambic pentameter.
That is each line has 5 metric units or feet, and each foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

11. The Sonnet
Sonnets have a set rhyme scheme based on the last words in each line. You assign a rhyme scheme by giving each line a letter, in alphabetical order, to each new sound at the end of the lines.
Lines that end in the same sound should be assigned the same letter.

12. How to Read a Sonnet? Read a sonnet 3 times
First read it silently for content
Second read it aloud to hear the meter and rhyme scheme
Third read it to discover the “puzzle” of the poem- the problem the poet is trying solve or the issue the poet is trying to explore. The look for the “turns” where the poet shifts focus and begins to explore solutions

13. Example of a Sonnet Sonnet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Ye ladies, walking past me piteous-eyed, Who is the lady that lies prostrate here? Can this be even she my heart holds dear? Nay, if it be so, speak, and nothing hide. Her very aspect seems itself beside, And all her features of such altered cheer That to my thinking they do not appear Hers who makes others seem beatified.
‘If thou forget to know our lady thus, Whom grief o'ercomes, we wonder in no wise, For also the same thing befalleth us, Yet if thou watch the movement of her eyes, Of her thou shalt be straightaway conscious. O weep no more; thou art all wan with sighs.
(Trans. D.G. Rossetti)

14. Blank Verse
Blank Verse is Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
Example of Blank Verse: Excerpt from Macbeth by William Shakespeare …
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

15. Bio Poem
Line 1: First Name
Line 2: 4 Descriptive Traits
Line 3: Sibling of…
Line 4: Lover of…
Line 5: Who fears…
Line 6: Who need
Line 7: Who gives
Line 8: Who would like to see…
Line 9: Resident of…
Line 10: Last Name
A bio poem is used to focus on the characteristics of a person or animal.

16. Bio Poem Example Tom Tall, Tasty, Feathery, Vicious
Sibling of Clucky Chicken and Big Bird,
Lover of vegetarians and ham eaters,
Fears Mr. Butterball and pilgrims,
Needs to run around,
Gives nourishment and left overs,
Would like to see birds unite and revolt,
Resident of Old MacDonald’s Farm,
Turkey

17. Cinquain Poem A cinquain is a 5 line poem or stanza
Line 1: a word title
Line 2: a 2 word phrase that describes your title, or just use 2 words
Line 3: a 3 word phrase that describes an action relating to your title
Line 4: A 4 word phrase that describes a feeling relating to your title.
Line 5: 1 word that refers back to your title

18. Small, Colorful, Playful, Hungry
Example of a Cinquain
Hamster
Cute, Soft
Fat, Noisy, Furry
Small, Colorful, Playful, Hungry

19. Diamante or Diamond Poem
A Diamond Poem compares/ contrasts 2 opposite things/ objects
A Diamond Poem is composed of 7 lines, each line specific for a certain aspect of the poem similar to a Cinquain.

20. Format for a Diamond Poem
Line 1: One word Noun
Line 2: Two adjectives describing that noun
Line 3: Three Verbs that the noun does
Line 4: 4 Things- 2 for the top noun, 2 for the bottom noun
Line 5: Three verbs for the bottom noun
Line 6: Two adjectives that describe the bottom noun
Line 7: One word noun

21. Example of a Diamond Poem
Cat
Furry, Silky
Sleeping, Purring, Meowing
Tail, Fur, Tongue, Collar
Barking, Playing, Licking
Friendly, Big
Dog

22. Limerick Poem is a humorous poem consisting of five lines
Traditionally the format is:
1st, 2nd, 5th lines – 7-10 syllables
3rd, 4th lines – 5-7 syllables

23. Example of a Limerick Poem
There once was a man from Peru Who had a lot of growing up to do, He’d ring a doorbell, then run like hell, Until the owner shot him with a Anonymous
There once was a young lady named bright Whose speed was much faster than light She set out one day In a relative way And returned on the previous night Anonymous