Genres of PoetryGenres of PoetryLyricLyricNarrativeNarrativeDramaticDramatic

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Types of PoemsTypes of PoemsAcrosticAcrosticBalladBalladBiopoemBiopoemCinquainCinquain ConcreteConcrete CoupletCouplet DiamanteDiamanteDidacticDidacticElegyElegyEpic Epic Free verseFree verse

HaikuLimerickLyricNarrative Narrative OdeOdeParodySonnet Quatrains TankaTankaI WISH…I WISH…I USED TO … BUT NOW…I USED TO … BUT NOW…

Types of PoemsTypes of Poems

How many types of poems How many types of poems have you counted? have you counted?

Acrostic PoemAcrostic PoemThe theme is spelled out by the The theme is spelled out by the first letter in each linefirst letter in each line

Example

BalladBallad

Tells a storyTells a story Usually written in four line stanzas Usually written in four line stanzas

called quatrainscalled quatrains

Example

CinquainCinquain Five lines:Five lines: First line – one nounFirst line – one noun Second line – two adjectives separated by Second line – two adjectives separated by

comma that describe the nouncomma that describe the noun Third line – three verbs separated by Third line – three verbs separated by

comma telling what the noun on the first comma telling what the noun on the first line doesline does

Fourth line – write a thought in a short Fourth line – write a thought in a short phrase about the noun phrase about the noun

Fifth line – repeat a noun used on first line Fifth line – repeat a noun used on first line or write a synonym or some related wordor write a synonym or some related word

Example

Concrete PoemConcrete Poem A poem A poem shapedshaped to look like the to look like the

subjectsubject

Example

CoupletCoupletTwo linesTwo lines of verse that usually of verse that usually rhyme and state one complete rhyme and state one complete ideaidea

Example

DiamanteDiamante Seven linesSeven lines First line – one nounFirst line – one noun Second line – two adjectives separated by comma Second line – two adjectives separated by comma

that describe the nounthat describe the noun Third line – three participlesThird line – three participles Fourth line – four nouns related to the subject (the Fourth line – four nouns related to the subject (the

third and fourth nouns may have opposite third and fourth nouns may have opposite meaning from the first two)meaning from the first two)

Fifth line – three participles indicating change or Fifth line – three participles indicating change or development of the subjectdevelopment of the subject

Sixth line – two adjectives carrying on the idea of Sixth line – two adjectives carrying on the idea of change or developmentchange or development

Seventh line – noun – MUST be the opposite of the Seventh line – noun – MUST be the opposite of the noun in the first linenoun in the first line

Example

Didactic PoemDidactic Poem

Any verse to teach a specific, Any verse to teach a specific, academic lessonacademic lesson

Example

Epic PoemEpic Poem

A long story poem describing the A long story poem describing the adventures of a heroadventures of a hero

Example

Free VerseFree Verse

Poetry written in either rhyme or Poetry written in either rhyme or unrhymed lines that have no set unrhymed lines that have no set fixed metrical pattern.fixed metrical pattern.

Example

HaikuHaikuOriginated in JapanOriginated in JapanPresents a picture of nature (original Presents a picture of nature (original ones)ones)Has three unrhymed linesHas three unrhymed linesFirst and third line are five syllablesFirst and third line are five syllablesSecond line is seven syllables Second line is seven syllables

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LimerickLimerickA A humoroushumorous verse of five lines. verse of five lines.Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme and have Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme and have three stressed syllablesthree stressed syllablesLines 3 and 4 rhyme and have Lines 3 and 4 rhyme and have two stressed syllablestwo stressed syllables

Example

Lyric PoemLyric Poem

A short poem that expresses A short poem that expresses personal feelingspersonal feelings

Example

ParodyParody

A poem which is based on a well-A poem which is based on a well-known poem so that a mimic of its known poem so that a mimic of its rhythm, rhyme scheme, or verses are rhythm, rhyme scheme, or verses are immediately recognizedimmediately recognized

Example

SonnetSonnet

A fourteen line poem which states A fourteen line poem which states the poet’s personal feelings; each the poet’s personal feelings; each line is ten syllables in length line is ten syllables in length

Example

QuatrainQuatrain

A A four linefour line stanza or poem stanza or poemCommon rhyme schemes are Common rhyme schemes are

aabb, abab, aabb, abab, or or abcdabcd

Example

Example of an Acrostic PoemExample of an Acrostic PoemChrist was born on Christmas Day.Holidays are special.Reindeer tow Santa's sled.Icicles hang off my roof.Snow comes in December. Trees are decorated for Christmas.Mummers go singing Christmas carols.Angels are in the Christmas play.Santa drinks a lot of fanta.

Example of a BalladExample of a Ballad "Mother dear, may I go downtown        "Mother dear, may I go downtown       

Instead of out to play, Instead of out to play, And march the streets of Birmingham And march the streets of Birmingham In a Freedom March today?" In a Freedom March today?"

"No, baby, no, you may not go, "No, baby, no, you may not go, For the dogs are fierce and wild, For the dogs are fierce and wild, And clubs and hoses, guns and jails And clubs and hoses, guns and jails Aren't good for a little child." Aren't good for a little child."

"But, mother, I won't be alone. "But, mother, I won't be alone. Other children will go with me, Other children will go with me, And march the streets of Birmingham And march the streets of Birmingham To make our country free." To make our country free."

"No baby, no, you may not go"No baby, no, you may not goFor I fear those guns will fire.For I fear those guns will fire.But you may go to church instead But you may go to church instead And sing in the children's choir." And sing in the children's choir."

She has combed and brushed her night-dark hair, She has combed and brushed her night-dark hair, And bathed rose petal sweet, And bathed rose petal sweet, And drawn white gloves on her small brown hands, And drawn white gloves on her small brown hands, And white shoes on her feet. And white shoes on her feet.

The mother smiled to know that her child The mother smiled to know that her child Was in the sacred place, Was in the sacred place, But that smile was the last smile But that smile was the last smile To come upon her face. To come upon her face.

For when she heard the explosion, For when she heard the explosion, Her eyes grew wet and wild. Her eyes grew wet and wild. She raced through the streets of Birmingham She raced through the streets of Birmingham Calling for her child. Calling for her child.

She clawed through bits of glass and brick, She clawed through bits of glass and brick, Then lifted out a shoe. Then lifted out a shoe. "O, here's the shoe my baby wore, "O, here's the shoe my baby wore, But, baby, where are you?" But, baby, where are you?"

Ballad of Birmingham by Dudley Randall

Example of a CinquainExample of a Cinquainpuppy

ornery, naughty growling, jumping, chewing a playful bundle of trouble

Boxer

penguinblack, white

waddling, swimming, leapinga tuxedo in the cold water

emperor

Example of a Concrete PoemExample of a Concrete PoemDoveDove

Example of a CoupletExample of a Couplet

by Shel Silversteinby Shel Silverstein

"I cannot go to school today.""I cannot go to school today."Said little Peggy Ann McKay.Said little Peggy Ann McKay.

Example of DiamanteExample of Diamante

SeasonsSeasonshttp://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/diamantes.htmlhttp://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/diamantes.html

Winter Winter Rainy, cold Rainy, cold

Skiing, skating, sledding Skiing, skating, sledding Mountains, wind, breeze, ocean Mountains, wind, breeze, ocean Swimming, surfing, scuba diving Swimming, surfing, scuba diving

Sunny, hot Sunny, hot SummerSummer

Example of a Didactic PoemExample of a Didactic Poem

Wind: Learn AdjectivesWind: Learn Adjectives (Haiku) (Haiku)by Christopher Rudolphby Christopher Rudolph

* Bold words are adjectives.* Bold words are adjectives.

WispingWisping, , wistfulwistful wind (5 syllables) wind (5 syllables)

WarmWarm, , risingrising, , etherealethereal (7 syllables) (7 syllables)

EvanescentEvanescent coo (5 syllables) coo (5 syllables)

Example of an Epic PoemExample of an Epic Poem

Hiawatha's DepartureHiawatha's Departure

fromfrom The Song of Hiawatha The Song of Hiawathaby by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow

By the shore of Gitchie Gumee, By the shore of Gitchie Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, At the doorway of his wigwam, At the doorway of his wigwam, In the pleasant Summer morning, In the pleasant Summer morning, Hiawatha stood and waited. Hiawatha stood and waited.

Full version of the poem

Example of a Free VerseExample of a Free Verse

The fog comesThe fog comeson little cat feet.on little cat feet.

It sits lookingIt sits lookingover harbor and cityover harbor and cityon silent hauncheson silent haunchesand then moves on.and then moves on.

FogFogby Carl Sandburgby Carl Sandburg

Example of a HaikuExample of a HaikuThe Rose

by Donna Brockby Donna Brock

  

The red blossom bendsThe red blossom bends

and drips its dew to the ground.and drips its dew to the ground.

Like a tear it falls.Like a tear it falls.

Example of a LimerickExample of a Limerick

There was an Old Man in a boat,There was an Old Man in a boat,Who said, 'I'm afloat, I'm afloat!'Who said, 'I'm afloat, I'm afloat!'When they said, 'No! you ain't!'When they said, 'No! you ain't!'He was ready to faint,He was ready to faint,That unhappy Old Man in a boat. That unhappy Old Man in a boat.

Limerick by Edward LearLimerick by Edward Lear

Example of a Lyric PoemExample of a Lyric Poem

DyingDyingby Emily Dickinsonby Emily Dickinson

I heard a fly buzz when I died;I heard a fly buzz when I died;The stillness round my formThe stillness round my formWas like the stillness in the airWas like the stillness in the airBetween the heaves of storm.Between the heaves of storm.

The eyes beside had wrung them dry,The eyes beside had wrung them dry,And breaths were gathering sureAnd breaths were gathering sureFor that last onset, when the kingFor that last onset, when the kingBe witnessed in his power.Be witnessed in his power.

I willed my keepsakes, signed awayI willed my keepsakes, signed awayWhat portion of me IWhat portion of me ICould make assignable,-and thenCould make assignable,-and thenThere interposed a fly,There interposed a fly,

With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz,With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz,Between the light and me;Between the light and me;And then the windows failed, and thenAnd then the windows failed, and thenI could not see to see.I could not see to see.

Example of a ParodyExample of a Parody    A School DayA School Day

by Penmanby PenmanOnce upon a schoolday rottenOnce upon a schoolday rottenCame some bullies and they were plot'nCame some bullies and they were plot'nTo mop my head across the bathroom floorTo mop my head across the bathroom floorA mop mop mopping across the bathroom floorA mop mop mopping across the bathroom floorOnly this and nothing moreOnly this and nothing more

When all of a sudden there came a rappingWhen all of a sudden there came a rappingA tap tap tapping on the bathroom doorA tap tap tapping on the bathroom doorOnly my head and nothing moreOnly my head and nothing more

I started to scream to show my displeasureI started to scream to show my displeasurebut they wanted to open my head like some kind of treasurebut they wanted to open my head like some kind of treasureand spill the contents across the bathroom floor.and spill the contents across the bathroom floor.Only this and nothing moreOnly this and nothing more

Oh won't these bullies please let me beOh won't these bullies please let me beI promise I'll give them all of my moneyI promise I'll give them all of my moneyand after they wiped me across the bathroom floorand after they wiped me across the bathroom floorthey took this and nothing more.they took this and nothing more.

So they just quit the beating right out of the blueSo they just quit the beating right out of the blueI guess it was because school's out it's five after twoI guess it was because school's out it's five after twobut they dismissed it as if they were now boredbut they dismissed it as if they were now boredonly this and nothing moreonly this and nothing more

Example of a SonnetExample of a SonnetSONNET 116SONNET 116

by Shakespeareby Shakespeare

Let me not to the marriage of true minds Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds,Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove:Or bends with the remover to remove:O no! it is an ever-fixed mark O no! it is an ever-fixed mark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;That looks on tempests and is never shaken;It is the star to every wandering bark,It is the star to every wandering bark,

Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle's compass come: Within his bending sickle's compass come: Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom.But bears it out even to the edge of doom.If this be error and upon me proved, If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved. I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

Explanationof

the Sonnet

Paraphrase of the Sonnet 116Paraphrase of the Sonnet 116Let me not declare any reasons why twoLet me not declare any reasons why two

True-minded people should not be married. Love is not loveTrue-minded people should not be married. Love is not loveWhich changes when it finds a change in circumstances,Which changes when it finds a change in circumstances,

Or bends from its firm stand even when a lover is unfaithful:Or bends from its firm stand even when a lover is unfaithful:Oh no! it is a lighthouseOh no! it is a lighthouse

That sees storms but is never shaken;That sees storms but is never shaken;Love is the guiding north star to every lost ship,Love is the guiding north star to every lost ship,

Whose value cannot be calculated, although its altitude can be Whose value cannot be calculated, although its altitude can be measured.measured.

Love is not at the mercy of Time, though physical beautyLove is not at the mercy of Time, though physical beautyComes within the compass of his sickle.Comes within the compass of his sickle.

Love does not alter with hours and weeks,Love does not alter with hours and weeks,But, rather, it endures until the last day of life.But, rather, it endures until the last day of life.

If I am proved wrong about these thoughts on loveIf I am proved wrong about these thoughts on loveThen I recant all that I have written, and no man has ever [truly] loved.Then I recant all that I have written, and no man has ever [truly] loved.

Example of a QuatrainExample of a Quatrain

The MountainThe Mountain

by Donna Brockby Donna Brock

The mountain frames the sky The mountain frames the sky (a)(a)

As a shadow of an eagle flies by. As a shadow of an eagle flies by. (a)(a)

With clouds hanging at its edge With clouds hanging at its edge (b)(b)

A climber proves his courage on its rocky A climber proves his courage on its rocky ledge. ledge. (b)(b)

Question # 1:Question # 1: What common What common feature do couplet, feature do couplet,

limerick, haiku, sonnet, limerick, haiku, sonnet, and quatrain poems and quatrain poems

have?have?

Question #2:Question #2: Which types Which types of poems could be of poems could be

classified as narrative classified as narrative poetry?poetry?

Question #3:Question #3: What type of What type of poem would you write to poem would you write to

make your friends laugh?make your friends laugh?

Question #4Question #4What poem would be What poem would be

most appropriate for your most appropriate for your Valentine? Valentine?

Question #5?Question #5? What is the difference What is the difference

between free verse poetry between free verse poetry and writing non-poetry? and writing non-poetry?