Poetry

Poetry What was the Author thinking???.pptx

ACROSTIC POETRY

An acrostic poem is a poem where certain letters in each line spell out a word or phrase. Typically, the first letters of each line are used to spell the message, but they can appear anywhere..

Although an acrostic poem often uses the first letter of each line, it doesn’t have to. You can also make one using letters at the end of the line or in different places in each line. This creates a kind of “code.” The letters that spell out the word are still capitalized.

FootballS and basketballs

UmPires and refs

Defending yOur goal

ScoRing goals

A real Team effort

Crowd goeS wild

SPORTS

BLACKOUT POETRY

When you take a written piece of text from a book, newspaper, or magazine and redact words, in order to come up with your very own poetry! It is also known as erasure poetry.

Japanese Haiku

What is a haiku?

A haiku is a type of Japanese poem that always uses the same number of syllables in a three-line format:

the first line is five syllables
the second line is seven syllables
the third line is five syllables

Unlike other poems, haikus usually don’t rhyme.

Haiku (pronounced high-koo) is a type of short-form poetry that originated in Japan. Although the name haiku dates only to the nineteenth century, the form has existed for hundreds of years. Originally, haiku were known as hokku and were a component of a larger poetic form known as renga. Renga are lengthy, linked collaborative poems that typically have multiple authors. By the seventeenth century, poets had begun writing hokku as standalone pieces, and by the end of the nineteenth century, poet Masaoka Shiki was reforming the genre while working within it. One of his reforms was coining the term haiku.

In the twilight rain
these brilliant-hued hibiscus -
A lovely sunset

- Matsuo Bashō

Over the wintry
forest, winds howl in rage
with no leaves to blow.

- Natsume Soseki

Alliteration Poetry

What is Alliteration?

Alliteration is when two or more words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a phrase or a sentence. The repeated sound creates the alliteration, not the same letter.

For example, 'tasty tacos' is considered an alliteration, but ‘thirty typist’ is not, because 'th' and 'ty' don’t sound the same. Alliteration is a type of repetition - a repetition of sounds.

Words that begin with the same sound don’t have to be necessarily near to each other to be considered alliteration. There's no rule saying how many words apart they can be, but the best way to figure out if alliteration is used in a piece of text is by reading it out loud. The sound will clearly tickle your ears!

Limerick

What is a Limerick?

Limericks are one of the most fun and well-known poetic forms. The reason limericks are so much fun is because they are short, rhyming, funny, and have a bouncy rhythm that makes them easy to memorize.

The Rules of Limericks

Limericks, like all poetic forms, have a set of rules that you need to follow. The rules for a limerick are fairly simple:

They are five lines long.

Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme with one another.

Lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other.

They have a distinctive rhythm (which I’ll explain shortly)

They are usually funny.

Rhyming a Limerick

The rhyme scheme of a limerick is known as “AABBA.” This is because the last words in lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme. Those are the “A’s” in the rhyme scheme. The “B’s” are the last words of lines 3 and 4.

Shape Poetry

Shape Poetry

Shape is one of the main things that separate prose and poetry. Poetry can take on many formats, but one of the most inventive forms is for the poem to take on the shape of its subject. Therefore, if the subject of your poem were of a flower, then the poem would be shaped like a flower. If it were of a fish, then the poem would take on the shape of a fish. ><<<*>

My Body

my

body

is

a

walking representation

the outward visual caption

of what it means

to be

me

from the

outside

looking

in

at times I hide

from you but mostly

what you see is

what you will get

Birth of a Triangle

mama and papa and baby make three,

reaching sides of a three-sided tree.

oedipal winds rustle from leaves;

triangular shapes converting

dissimilarity into peeves.

straight lines connect

the corners turned;

mirrored sight

un-burned;

buried

am

i

Concrete Poetry

Concrete or Visual Poetry doesn’t have to take on the particular shape of the poem’s subject, but rather the wording in the poem can enhance the effect of the words such as in this line:

an angel tumbling

d

o

w

n

to earth . . .