UnBEElievablePOETRY

POETRY is…

a type of literature that expresses ideas and

feelings, or tells a story in a specific form

(usually using lines and stanzas)

SOME TYPES OF POETRY THAT WE WILL

BE STUDYING

RHYMED POEMSPoems using words in their lines that sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds. (end rhyme, near rhyme,

internal rhyme)

dog/log bring/string

house/mouse lamp/camp

RHYME SCHEME

A pattern of rhyming words or sounds (usually end rhyme, but not always).

Use the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able to visually “see” the pattern.

(See next slide for an example.)

SAMPLE RHYME SCHEME

A mighty creature is the germ, Though smaller than the pachyderm.

His customary dwelling place Is deep within the human race.

His childish pride he often pleases By giving people strange diseases. Do you, my poppet, feel infirm? You probably contain a germ.

-“The Germ” by Ogden Nash

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Queen Bee (What’s the Rhyme Scheme?)

I am no ordinary bee:I’m royalty, a queen you see!I don’t just raise a family-I rule a whole society!Each day I lay two thousand eggs.Believe me-that’s tough on the legs!My doting daughters feed my belly,And I was raised on royal jelly.My princely sons are known as drones-Not one of those boys ever phones!When it’s too crammed,Then I take wing.With such a life –Who needs a king?! Douglas Florian

Queen Bee (Rhyme Scheme)

I am no ordinary bee: AI’m royalty, a queen you see! AI don’t just raise a family- AI rule a whole society! AEach day I lay two thousand eggs. BBelieve me-that’s tough on the legs! BMy doting daughters feed my belly, CAnd I was raised on royal jelly. CMy princely sons are known as drones- DNot one of those boys ever phones! DWhen it’s too crammed, EThen I take wing. FWith such a life – GWho needs a king?! F Douglas Florian

END RHYMEA word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line

Hector the CollectorCollected bits of string.

Collected dolls with broken headsAnd rusty bells that would not ring.

-”Hector the Collector” by Shel Silverstein

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INTERNAL RHYME

A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line.

Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December

- “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe

NEAR RHYMEAlso known as imperfect or “close enough” rhyme. The words share EITHER the same vowel or consonant sound BUT NOT BOTH

ROSE LOSE

Different vowel sounds (long “o” and “oo” sound) Share the same consonant sound (“s”)

FREE VERSE POEMS

Does NOT have any repeating patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables

Does NOT have rhyme

Very conversational - sounds like someone talking with you

Example: See “Fog” by Carl Sandburg

The fog comeson little cat feet.

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

CARL SANDBURG

FOG

PATTERNED POEMSExamples are:

HAIKU

SENRYU

QUATRAIN

CINQUAIN

LIMERICK

DIAMANTE

HAIKU

Japanese style poem written in three lines

Focuses traditionally on nature

Lines respectively are 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables

Whitecaps on the bay:

A broken signboard banging

In the April wind.

-untitled haiku by Richard Wright

SENRYUA senryu follows same pattern as haiku. Written in 3 unrhymed lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, with total of 17 syllables.

Is about human nature, rather than natural world.

First day, new school year,

backpack harbors a fossil…

last June’s cheese sandwich. Cristine O’Connell George

QUATRAIN Stanza or short poem containing four lines Lines 2 and 4 must rhyme, while lines 1 and 3 may or may not rhyme Variations in rhyming patterns (abab, abcb)

O, my luve's like a red, red rose,That's newly sprung in June:O, my luve's like the melodieThat's sweetly played in tune.

-from “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns

ABCB

CINQUAIN

Stanza or short poem containing five lines1 word, 2 words, 3 words, 4 words, 1 wordPatterns and syllables are changing!

CINQUAIN cont’Cinquain Pattern #1Line1: One word

Line2: Two words

Line 3: Three words

Line 4: Four words

Line 5: One word

Dinosaurs

Lived once,

Long ago, but

Only dust and dreams

Remain

-by Cindy Barden

CINQUAIN cont’Cinquain Pattern #2

Line1: A noun

Line2: Two adjectives

Line 3: Three -ing words

Line 4: A phrase

Line 5: Another word for the noun

MulesStubborn, unmoving

Braying, kicking, resistingNot wanting to listen

People

-by Cindy Barden

CINQUAIN cont’Cinquain Pattern #3Line1: Two syllables

Line2: Four syllables

Line 3: Six syllables

Line 4: Eight syllables

Line 5: Two syllables

BaseballBat cracks against

The pitch, sending it outOver the back fence, I did it!

Homerun

-by Cindy Barden

LIMERICKA five line poem with rhymes in line 1, 2, and 5, and then another rhyme in lines 3 and 4

What is a limerick, Mother?

It's a form of verse, said Brother

In which lines one and two

Rhyme with five when it's through

And three and four rhyme with each other.

- untitled and author unknown

AABBA

DIAMANTESeven line poem shaped like a diamond.Line 1 and line 7 contrast each other. Unrhymed.Set structure: Line 1: Noun (subject 1) Line 2: 2 adjectives describing subject 1Line 3: 3 verbs ending in “ly” related to subject 1Line 4: 2 nouns related to subject 1, 2 nouns relating to subject 2Line 5: 3 verbs ending in “ly” related to subject 2Line 6: 2 adjectives describing subject 2Line 7: Noun (subject 2)

Example of a Diamante

DAY Sunny, BrightPlaying, Sweating, Burning Sun, Light, Darkness, MoonScaring, Setting, Sleeping Black, Stars NIGHT

Kitten Soft, cute

Snuggling, purring, licking

meow, hiss, bark, growl

running, chasing, biting fluffy, smooth puppies

Are you ready to create a free verse, rhyming or patterned poem?

Give it a try, and we’ll share out our creations.

For this presentation, I borrowed information from a book

and two PowerPoints and adapted them for this lesson.

www.jefftwp.org

www.sinclaires.schools.pwcs.edu

www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante

Florian, Douglas. UnBEElievables: HoneybeePoems and Paintings.

New York: Beach Lane, 2012. Print.