Poetry An introduction to what you find in

Poetry An introduction to what you find in poems and types of poetry.

7 Types of Poems • • Limericks Acrostics Diamonte Haiku Couplets Cinquains Free Verse 10/7/2020

Limericks • Have 5 lines • 1 st, 2 nd, and 5 th lines has eight syllables and all rhyme with each other • 3 rd/4 th lines has five syllables and rhyme with each other • Usually funny

Limerick Example There was an old man from Spain Who liked to fight bulls in the rain But one day he fell And no one could tell That he was in very bad pain. 10/7/2020

Acrostic Poems Tarantulas • A poem that goes Terrifying Awesome up and down Runs fast • Doesn’t have to Always can't spin webs rhyme Never eats an elephant Tiny Unusual Lives for 1 life A tarantula has 8 eyes 10/7/2020 Scary

Diamonte Poems • Written in the shape of a diamond • Follows these rules: – – – – Line 1: Line 2: Line 3: Line 4: Line 5: Line 6: Line 7: 10/7/2020 1 noun/pronoun 2 adjectives 3 verbs/participles 4 nouns 3 verbs/participles 2 adjectives 1 noun/pronoun

Diamonte Poem Examples Cat Clever, cuddly Crouching, pouncing, purring Meow, feline, canine, bark Sunning, sniffing, yelping Lovable, smart Dog 10/7/2020

Haiku • From Japan • Usually about nature • Doesn’t have to rhyme, BUT… – 1 st line must have 5 syllables – 2 nd line must have 7 syllables – 3 rd line must have 5 syllables 10/7/2020 What am I? Green and speckled legs, Hop on logs and lily pads Splash in cool water. In a pouch I grow, On a southern continent – Strange creatures I know.

Couplets Homework! Oh, Homework! By Jack Prelutsky • Two lines that end with a rhyme • Many poems have lines that rhyme 10/7/2020 Homework! Oh, Homework! I hate you! You stink! I wish I could wash you away in the sink, if only a bomb would explode you to bits. Homework! Oh, homework! Homework! Oh, you're last on my list, homework! I simple can't see You're giving me fits! why you even exist, if you just disappeared it would tickle me pink. I'd rather take baths Homework! Oh, with a man-eating shark, homework! or wrestle a lion I hate you! You stink! alone in the dark, eat spinach and liver, pet ten porcupines, than tackle the homework, my teacher assigns.

Cinquains • Poem with 5 lines. • Can be a lot like diamonte poems • Rules are: – – Line 1: One word with 2 syllables Line 2: 4 syllables (describes subject) Line 3: Six syllables (action) Line 4: 8 syllables (something felt or notice about subject) – Line 5: 2 syllables (describes subject) 10/7/2020

Cinquain Example Triangles pointy edges revolving, rotating, angling Triangles are all different. 180 o 10/7/2020

Free Verse Only one thing to know…there are NO RULES! My Lucky Pencil by Brittany My lucky pencil's very tall, I write with it all day, by the end of the day its very tired, but it gives me an A on my math test. 10/7/2020

Cool Things to Find in Poetry • • • 10/7/2020 Symbolism Idiom Hyperbole Imagery Figurative Language like… – Metaphor – Simile – Personification • • • Alliteration Onomatopoeia Rhythm Rhyme Stanza

Symbolism • Using an object to represent something else. • Examples: – Red rose = love – Horseshoes = good luck – Winter = old age 10/7/2020

Idioms • Commonly used expression that means something different than what it appears to mean. • Example: – Put your money where your mouth is. 10/7/2020

Hyperbole • Big exaggeration used to make a point • Usually funny • Example: – Piles of garbage that reached up to the sky. 10/7/2020 “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out. ” by Shel Silverstein

Imagery • The use of words to illustrate the poem vividly in the reader’s mind. • Example: – Crumbling towers – Toppled buildings 10/7/2020 As the last seconds ticked down, the fans gripped their chilled drinks in anticipation. After the clock hit zero, the yellow and black suits stormed the green beaten field. They cried in excitement and exhaustion while they hugged teammates. From the sky red, blue, and white streamers danced down through the gentle smoke from the fireworks. The head coach was showered with freezing cold Gatorade that soaked every inch of his body and ran into his mouth and greeted him with sweetness. The look on his face was proud as he was clearly in disbelief that this happened to him-yes, he won the Superbowl.

Figurative Language - Metaphor • Comparing two things by using one kind of object for the comparison. • Does NOT use the words “like” or “as” 10/7/2020 I AM A SWORD By: Alex I am a sword, Sharper than a tongue Nobody can defeat me, Because I am a sword, I can not be hurt by what people say About me, I will not show my anger Against Someone else.

Figurative Language - Similes • • Compares 2 things that are NOT alike. • Uses “like” or “as” to compare. • Examples: – The sky was as blue as a millionaire’s swimming pool. 10/7/2020 As Sad As. . . I'm as sad as an odd sock with no one to wear it as sad as a birthday with no one to share it as sad as a teddy with no one to care for it as sad as a firework with no one to light it as sad as a strawberry with no one to bite it as sad as a grey day with no sun to lighten it as sad as a bonfire with no one to poke it as sad as a puppy with no one to stroke it as sad as a promise when somebody broke it.

Figurative Language – Personification • Happens when you give something human qualities. • Example: – The stuffed bears smiled as the little girl hugged him close. – The old house groaned in the storm. 10/7/2020 VELVET By: Rachael Velvet remembers how it wrapped around me. Keeping me warm on a snowy day. Velvet remembers how it laid softly on my bed. Velvet tells me not to forget it.

Alliteration • The repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more words that are next to each other. 10/7/2020 • Bertha Bartholomew blew big, blue bubbles. • Hattie Henderson hated happy healthy hippos.

Onomatopoeia • A word that makes the sound of the action it describes. • Examples: – Buzz – Hiss – Roar – Woof 10/7/2020 The rusty spigot sputters, utters a splutter, spatters a smattering of drops, gashes wider; slash, splatters, scatters, spurts, finally stops sputtering and plash! gushes rushes splashes clear water dashes. by Eve Merriam Free template from www. brainybetty. com

Rhythm • The basic beat in a line of poetry. • Think about songs…. poetry is just like a song with the same rhythm, but without the music. 10/7/2020

Rhyme Food Fight By Kenn Nesbitt • The repetition of sounds at the ends of words. 10/7/2020 We’d never seen the teachers sailing out in a state of such the doorway to the hall. distress. The food was splattered The principal was yelling everywhere— that the lunchroom was a the ceilings, walls, and mess. It started off so doors. innocent A sloppy, gloppy mess when someone threw a was on bun, the tables and the floors. but all the other kids And so our good custodian decided ran out to grab his mop. they should join the fun. It took him half the It instantly turned into afternoon an enormous lunchroom to clean up all the slop. feud, The teachers even used some as students started words hurling we’re not supposed to all their halfway-eaten mention. food. And that’s how all the A glob went whizzing through kids and teachers the air, wound up in detention. impacting on the wall. Another chunk went

Stanza Homework, I Love You By Kenn Nesbitt • A group of lines of poetry • Usually same length and pattern • Also called a verse 10/7/2020 Homework, I love you. I think that you’re great. It’s wonderful fun when you keep me up late. I think you’re the best when I’m totally stressed, preparing and cramming all night for a test. Homework, I love you. What more can I say? I love to do hundreds of problems each day. You boggle my mind and you make me go blind, but still I’m ecstatic that you were assigned. Homework, I love you. I tell you, it’s true. There’s nothing more fun or exciting to do. You’re never a chore, for it’s you I adore. I wish that our teacher would hand you out more. Homework, I love you. You thrill me inside. I’m filled with emotions. I’m fit to be tied. I cannot complain when you frazzle my brain. Of course, that’s because I’m completely insane.

Great Poets • Shel Silverstein • Jack Prelutsky • Bruce Lansky • Kenn Nesbitt • Langston Hughes • Nikki Grimes • Robert Lewis Stevenson 10/7/2020

Keep a Poem in Your Pocket By: Beatrice Schenkde Regniers 10/7/2020 Keep a poem in your pocket and a picture in your head and you'll never feel lonely at night when you're in bed. The little poem will sing to you. The little picture it brings to you A dozen dreams to dance to you At night when your in bed. So--Keep a picture in your pocket And a poem in your head And you'll never feel lonely At night when your in bed.