1. Poetry
Unit
PowerPoint, Definitions,
Examples & Student
Booklet

2. Poetry Defined
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response.
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3. Poetry
Poetry may be written independently, as discrete poems, or may occur in conjunction with other arts, as in poetic drama, hymns, or lyrics.
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4. Acrostic Poems!
Poems in which the first letter of each line is spelled vertically and the vertical word is the subject of the poem. Each line describes the subject word.
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5. Acrostic Example! S C H O L tudy hallenging omework bservations
bey the teacher
earning
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6. Now it is time for you to develop an acrostic poem.
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7. Limerick Poems!
Humorous poems that have five lines The last words of lines one, two, and five rhyme. The last words of lines three and four rhyme.
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8. Limerick Example! There once was boy named Blair
Who was told to dye his hair
So he dyed it green
The kids were so mean
They say he looked like a pear.
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9. Now it is time for you to develop a limerick poem.
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10. Rhyming Poems!
Poems in which the last word of every line, or every other line, rhyme.
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11. Rhyming Example! Spring is in the air I’m glad to play outside
I run and jump without a care
And love to go and hide.
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12. Now it is time for you to develop a rhyming poem.
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13. Couplet Poems!
Poems with a pair of lines that rhyme. A couplet may be a poem in itself or part of a larger poem.
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14. The sun is shining oh so bright It is making a beautiful light.
Couplet Example!
The sun is shining oh so bright
It is making a beautiful light.
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15. Now it is time for you to develop a couplet.
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16. Haiku Poems!
Unrhymed three-line poems Line 1: 5 syllables Line 2: 7 syllables Line 3: 5 syllables
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17. Haiku Poems! Most often, haiku poems are about seasons or nature.
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18. Haiku Example! Example 1: Example 2: Waking up to chirps
Birds singing in the morning
Beautiful bird songs
Example 2:
The evening sun sets
Brilliant colors glimmering
Beautiful sunsets

19. Now it is time for you to develop a haiku poem.
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20. Quatrain Poems!
A four-line poem
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21. Quatrain Example! There is nothing quite so peaceful,
As the sound of gentle rain,
Pitter-pitter-patting
Against my window pane.
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22. Quatrain Example! There once was a girl named Faye
She would always be alone
The kids asked her to play
She said, “Yes” in a very loud tone.
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23. Now it is time for you to develop a quatrain poem.
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24. Cinquain Poems!
An unrhymed poem made up of five lines. Each line of the poem has specific rules.
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25. Cinquain Poems! Line 1 – Title (1 word) Line 2 – Description (2 words)
Rules for each line
Line 1 – Title (1 word)
Line 2 – Description (2 words)
Line 3 – Action (3 words)
Line 4 – Feeling (4 words)
Line 5 – Synonym for title (1 word)

26. Cinquain Example! Butterflies Beautiful creatures
Flying, landing, fluttering
Peaceful array of colors
Insect
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27. Now it is time for you to try to develop a cinquain poem.
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28. Concrete Poems!
A poem that takes the shape of the topic or subject. For example, a poem about a snowman would be in the shape of a snowman.
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29. Concrete Example! A VERY TALL TREE STANDING ALONE
IN A FIELD. AUTUMN COMES
CAUSING LEAVES TO FALL DOWN
TO THE HARD GROUND O N E
AT A TIME UNTIL THE TREE IS BARE.
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30. Now it is time for you to develop a concrete poem.
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31. Diamante Poems!
A poem that is made up of seven lines. The text forms the shape of a diamond (◊).
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32. Diamante Poems!
The poem can be used in two ways, either comparing and contrasting two different subjects, or naming synonyms and antonyms for another subject.
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33. Diamante Poems! Line 1 – Noun (1 word) Line 2 – 2 Adjectives
Line 3 – 3 words ending in “ing”
Line 4 – Nouns (2 words subject) 2 words other subject
The lines then are put in reverse, leading to and relating to either a second subject or a synonym for the first.
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34. Diamante Example! Kitten cute, cuddly hissing, licking, pawing
purr, meow; bark, growl
running, chasing, biting
fluffy, furry
puppies
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35. Now it is time for you to develop a diamante poem.
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