Title Most poems have a title Some do

Title Most poems have a title. Some do not. Line Poems are usually made up of lines. Lines may be organized in stanzas. Bed in Summer In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day.

Stanza A stanza is a group of lines in a poem. The lines go together like sentences in a paragraph. This poem has three stanzas. Couplet When two lines in a poem rhyme, it is called a couplet. There are two couplets in this stanza. I have to go to bed and see The birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people’s feet Still going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you, When all the sky is clear and blue, And I should like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day? Poet The name of the poet, or author of the poem, may go here or before the beginning of the poem. Sometimes, the author of a poem is unknown. ___ Robert Louis Stevenson

In winter I get up at night a And dress by yellow candle-light. a In summer quite the other way, b I have to go to bed by day. b I have to go to bed and see c The birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people’s feet c d Still going past me in the street. d And does it not seem hard to you, e When all the sky is clear and blue, e And I should like so much to play, b To have to go to bed by day? b

On Passing Air by Nicholas Gordon On passing air One turns around To see if any Heard the sound; Then moves away To vacate where Another might Inhale the air; And then, relieved In gut and soul, Becomes again A wholesome whole.