UnBEElievable POETRY
(usually using lines and stanzas) 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
house/mouse lamp/camp RHYMED POEMS Poems 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
(See next slide for an example.) 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.) Activity: Rhyme Scheme group game
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 A B C
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: A I’m royalty, a queen you see! A I don’t just raise a family- A I rule a whole society! A Each day I lay two thousand eggs. B Believe me-that’s tough on the legs! B My doting daughters feed my belly, C And I was raised on royal jelly. C My princely sons are known as drones- D Not one of those boys ever phones! D When it’s too crammed, E Then I take wing. F With such a life – G Who needs a king?! F Douglas Florian
END RHYME A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line Hector the Collector Collected bits of string. Collected dolls with broken heads And rusty bells that would not ring. -”Hector the Collector” by Shel Silverstein A B C
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 RHYME Also 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
FOG The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. CARL SANDBURG
Examples are: HAIKU SENRYU QUATRAIN CINQUAIN LIMERICK DIAMANTE PATTERNED POEMS Examples 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
SENRYU A 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) A B C O, my luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June: O, my luve's like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune. -from “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns
CINQUAIN Stanza or short poem containing five lines 1 word, 2 words, 3 words, 4 words, 1 word Patterns and syllables are changing!
CINQUAIN cont’ Cinquain Pattern #1 Line1: 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
Braying, kicking, resisting 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 Mules Stubborn, unmoving Braying, kicking, resisting Not wanting to listen People -by Cindy Barden
CINQUAIN cont’ Cinquain Pattern #3 Line1: Two syllables Line2: Four syllables Line 3: Six syllables Line 4: Eight syllables Line 5: Two syllables Baseball Bat cracks against The pitch, sending it out Over the back fence, I did it! Homerun -by Cindy Barden
LIMERICK A 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 A B
DIAMANTE Set structure: Seven 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 1 Line 3: 3 verbs ending in “ly” related to subject 1 Line 4: 2 nouns related to subject 1, 2 nouns relating to subject 2 Line 5: 3 verbs ending in “ly” related to subject 2 Line 6: 2 adjectives describing subject 2 Line 7: Noun (subject 2)
Example of a Diamante Snuggling, purring, licking Kitten Soft, cute Snuggling, purring, licking meow, hiss, bark, growl running, chasing, biting fluffy, smooth puppies DAY Sunny, Bright Playing, Sweating, Burning Sun, Light, Darkness, Moon Scaring, Setting, Sleeping Black, Stars NIGHT
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.