1. Writing Structured Poetry

2. 1. Limerick Limericks are creative poems with 5 lines
Lines 1, 2, and 5 all rhyme with each other
Lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other
This is known as an AABBA rhyme scheme

3. Example of a Limerick
There once was a boy from New York Who everyone thought was a dork He got bit by a spider And became a great fighter Who sent lots of bad guys to court

4. 2. Haiku Haikus are a type of ancient Japanese poetry
Haikus have 3 lines, but no rhyme scheme
Each line must have a specific number of syllables
1st line has 5 syllables
2nd line has 7 syllables
3rd line has 5 syllables

5. I’m the seeker of justice
Example of a Haiku
Victims of my web
I’m the seeker of justice
The bringer of good

6. How to write a Haiku
1. Get a picture in your mind of a thing or person that makes you feel a certain emotion 2. Write down your image using 10 to 15 words, then try to put it into the form 3. Try to make others see your picture or idea

7. Nature Haikus
Sunlight fading fast Leaving embers in the sky Day takes one last breath An afternoon breeze expels cold air, along with the fallen brown leaves.

8. While the city sleeps below
More Examples
I guard the darkness
While the city sleeps below
Safely in slumber
Yellow sun infects
My skin, Oh how I miss
The red sky of home

9. 3. Diamante Diamantes are diamond-shaped poems
They have 7 lines, with each line using a different part of speech
Line 1:Noun or subject
Line 2: Two adjectives (describing words)
Line 3: Three “ing” words
Line 4: Four words about the noun/subject
Line 5: Three (different) “ing” words
Line 6: Two (different) adjectives
Line 7: Synonym for the subject/noun

10. Example of Diamante
Tornado Forceful, powerful Whipping, churning, whirling Thunderstrom, whirlwind, funnel, cyclone Destroying, wrecking, killing Violent, uncontrollable Twister

11. Another in the “Spidey” Series
Spider-Man Heroic, Funny Swinging, Punching, Kicking Photographer, Scientist, Peter, Avenger Climbing, Jumping, Saving Power, Responsibility Web-Slinger

12. 4. Sonnet Originated in Italy
Sonneto means “little song”
A 14 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme
Made famous by William Shakespeare

13. Special Type of Sonnets
Shakespearean
“A Note From Me to You”
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
The 14 lines are broken into 4 quatrains
Quatrain 1 = Lines 1-4 (explains the subject)
Quatrain 2 = Lines 5-8 (explains the theme)
Quatrain 3 = Lines 9-12 (supports the theme)
Quatrain 4 = Lines (Finishes the poem)

14. Superhero Sonnet
The beast from Krypton puts on quite an act; That oh so "ordinary" guy they call Clark Kent can almost blind us to the fact: He isn't really one of us at all. Less alien is Peter Parker, whose Genetic makeup mingled, so to speak, With an arachnid's. Though he did not choose This fate, the fact remains that he's a freak. I'd have my heroes be of human kind, And darker, so I sing now of Bruce Wayne, Who, haunted, haunts the wicked well, we find, With fully human body, human brain. Though not exactly "just one of the boys," He's but a man, made great by super toys.

15. 5. Cinquain A French poem, similar to a haiku and diamante
Has 5 lines, and each line has s specific number of syllables
Line 1: Title/Noun (2 syllables)
Line 2: Description of noun (4 syllables)
Line 3: Actions of noun (6 syllables)
Line 4: Feeling about the noun (8 syllables)
Line 5: Synonym for title/noun (2 syllables)

16. Spider-quain
Spidey Daring, Agile Web-slinging around town Fighting crime for his Uncle Ben Webhead

17. 6. Pantoums
A short folk poem that originated in Malaysia during the 1400s
A sixteen line poem that uses 8 non-rhyming lines twice each
Uses repetition instead of rhyme and rhythm

18. Layout of a Pantoum Start with 4 original lines
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Repeat lines 2 and 4, and add lines 5 and 6 to expand on ideas
(2)(5)(4)(6)
Repeat lines 5 and 6, and add lines 7 and 8 to expand on ideas
(5)(7)(6)(8)
Repeat lines 1, 3, 7, and 8 in the following order
(7)(3)(8)(1)

19. Example of Pantoum When I was seven (1) My family was evacuated. (2)
We rode a bus (3)
To Manzanar. (4)
Only forty-eight hours to prepare, then (5)
We rode in shock, but together. (6)
Mama, stressed and frustrated, broke all the dishes. (7)
Together, except for Papa. (8)
When I was seven. (1)