Poetry and Its Forms
Your Project
You're a poet! You're an artist! And now it's time to show the world! You are going to write and illustrate a poem bad on one of the books you are reading. Then, your poem and artwork will be published in a book and displayed in the classroom for everyone to e and read. This is your chance to express yourlf – be creative!
What is Poetry?
∙Poetry puts into words things that are hard to say.
∙Poetry express our thoughts, feelings, opinions and dreams.
∙Poetry can make us think, laugh, cry, and wonder.
∙Poetry can come from anywhere!
∙Poetry can come from experiences we have had or people we have known.
∙Poetry can come from our hopes and our fears.
∙Poetry is something everyone can create!
Let's See Some Examples
Poetry comes in all different shapes and sizes. Sometimes it rhymes, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes poets u capital letters and punctuation marks and sometimes they don't. As a poet, you are free to u words any way you want! Your job as a poet is to make the reader visualize something or feel a certain way – write a poem in the way that best gets your point across! On the next page are examples of some of the many different types of poems. Don't limit yourlf to just the – u a style you feel comfortabl台湾问题论文
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Examples of Poetry Forms
Question Poems
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on poems consist of a list of questions that may or may not have answers. Sometimes the questions are rious, and sometimes they are silly. It is usually a poem about wondering. You can write a question poem about something that you or a character in your book is unsure about.
This is a question poem that wonders about how to achieve happiness. The author wonders if there is any way燕麦的功效和作用
to feel better.
Is there a way out?
By Jenni Glennen
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Is there a way out of this place?
Is there a way out of this pain?
Is there a way to a better life?
Is there a way to be happy?
How can I achieve it?
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List Poems
A list poem is just what is sounds like – it's a list! It can be a list of feelings, actions, tastes, smells, thoughts, sounds – anything you want.You can make a list poem about things you like, things you hate, things that scare you, or things that give you hope. Write a list poem about something important to you or a character in your book.
This is a list poem about what the author would cook his teacher for lunch.
What I’d Cook My Teacher For Lunch (nonrhyming list poem)
by Bruce Lansky
Rattlesnake stew
centipede salad
aweed and jellyfish sandwich
milk mixed with glue
poohberry pie
I hope the old bat doesn’t die!
/poetclass/lessons/In a Moment of Silence, by Michael Coleman, is a list poem:
In a Moment of Silence
In a moment of silence, I heard my Mum bump out of bed.
I heard her dawdle downstairs.
I heard her creak into the kitchen.
In a moment of silence, I heard the radio rabbiting to her.
I heard our budgie babbling to her.
I heard the kettle calling to her.
In a moment of silence I heard clattering cups.
I heard breakfast bowls.
I heard stainless steel spoons.
In a moment of silence, I heard my stomach rumble –
so I got up for something to eat!
Diamante Poem
A Diamante Poem follows a very specific format – there are ven lines, and each line must have a specific number and type of words. When you're finished, the poem will be in the shape of a diamond! Look at the format and example below, and then try writing your own diamante poem.
Line 1= Topic (noun)
Line 2 = Two describing words (adjectives)
Line 3 = Three action words (-ing verbs)
Line 4 = Four words: Two words about the topic and two
words that are opposite of tho in line 2
Line 5 = Three action words for the ending noun (-ing verbs)
Line 6 = Two words to describe ending noun (adjectives)
Line 7 = Ending noun (opposite of Line 1)
Here is an example of a diamante poem about a meteor shower:
Fireball ← Noun
Brilliant, beautiful ← 2 Adjectives
Flashing, shining, dashing ← 3 Verbs
Bright, wondrous, black, nothing ← 4 words
Staring, hoping, missing ← 3 Verbs
Deep, quiet ← 2 Adjectives
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U this form when creating your own diamante poem:
____________
(noun)
_____________ ______________
(adjective) (adjective)
______________ _____________ _____________
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; (-ing verb)
____________________ ____________________ _____________________ _____________________ (word describing noun 1) (word describing noun 1) (word describing noun 2) (word describing noun 2 ) ______________ _____________ _____________
(-ing verb) (-ing verb) (-ing verb)
_____________ ______________
(adjective) (adjective)
______________
(noun)
Shape Poems
A Shape Poem is written in the shape of something it is describing. You can u nouns, adjective, and verbs any way you want, but beware – it's hard to turn a poem into a shape! You may want to start with a ntence or two, and then arrange your words into a shape. Bird #3, by Don Carlson, is a poem about a raven – e the shape it's in? It contains two ntences.
Sentence 1: Poe's Raven told him nothing nevermore and Vincent's circling crows were a threat to destroy sunlight.
Sentence 2: Now I saw a bird, black with a yellow beak, orange rubber legs pecking to kill the lawn, storm bird hates with claw, evil beak, sun and eye (note that the author has chon not to u a period after the word, "eye," and this is an元宵节风俗习惯
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Bird #3
Poe's
raven told
him nothing nevermore
and Vincent's circling
crows were a threat to destroy
sunlight. Now I saw a bird, black with a yellow
beak, orange rubber legs
pecking to kill the
lawn, storm bird
hates with claw,
evil beak,
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and eye
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Tree, by a venth-grader. It is a poem about a tree, in the shape of a tree. It is made up of 5 ntences:
1) I am in the forest waiting, for someone to look at me.
2) I can hear roaring from somewhere, getting louder and louder.
3) I can e my brothers falling, then it's my turn to be chopped and made into paper.
4) People write on me now.
5) I am now getting taken to the teacher.
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somewhere, Getting louder
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brothers falling,
Then it's my
turn to
be
chopped
and made
into paper.
People write on me now.
I am now getting taken to the teacher.
by Christian Routledge
