1. Poetry Is...
a form of writing that allows the writer to express his/her thoughts creatively and in verse

2. Poetry Types Most poems are either lyric poems or epic poems.
Epic Poems—tell a story, has characters
Can be a few stanzas or hundreds of pages
Lyric Poems—express a speaker’s thoughts and feelings
usually short and musical

3. Poetry Terms Line—a group of words together on one line of a poem
Stanza—a group of lines arranged together (like a paragraph, sometimes called a verse)

4. From Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face
by Jack Prelutsky
Be glad your nose is on your face, not pasted on some other place, for if it were where it is not, you might dislike your nose a lot. Imagine if your precious nose were sandwiched in between your toes, that clearly would not be a treat, for you'd be forced to smell your feet. Your nose would be a source of dread were it attached atop your head, it soon would drive you to despair, forever tickled by your hair.

5. Stanzas Couplet = a two line stanza
Triplet (Tercet) = a three line stanza
Quatrain = a four line stanza
Quintet = a five line stanza
Sestet (Sextet) = a six line stanza
Septet = a seven line stanza
Octave = an eight line stanza

6. REFRAIN A sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem.
Dreams
By Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams  For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

7. From Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
by Shel Silverstein
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout  Would not take the garbage out!  She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans,  Candy the yams and spice the hams,  And though her daddy would scream and shout,  She simply would not take the garbage out. 
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout  Would not take the garbage out!
And so it piled up to the ceilings:  Coffee grounds, potato peelings,  Brown bananas, rotten peas,  Chunks of sour cottage cheese. 

8. Rhyme Rhyme—repetition of sounds at the ends of words
End Rhyme—rhyme at the end of lines
From My Brother
by Marci Ridlon
My brother’s worth about two cents,
As far as I can see.
I simply cannot understand
Why they would want a “he.”

9. Internal Rhyme—rhyming words appear within one line
Just a small town girl living in a lonely world She took the midnight train going anywhere Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit

10. Rhyme Scheme pattern of rhyming words in a poem The Germ by Ogden Nash
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.

11. Poetry Terms Form—the appearance of the words on a page
May limit number of words or syllables on a line
Poem might be a specific shape
Could be free-verse where there are no rules

12. Let’s Practice There once was a big brown cat
That liked to eat a lot of mice.
He got all round and fat
Because they tasted so nice.

13. Let’s Practice One Big Unicorn By Gru One big unicorn, strong and free
thought he was happy as he could be.
Then three little kittens came around
and turned his whole life upside down.
They made him laugh! They made him cry.
He never should have said goodbye.
And now he knows he could never part
from those three little kittens that changed his heart.

14. Forms of Poetry

15. Limerick A five-line poem, usually meant to be funny.
Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme with one another and have the same number of syllables (usually 8- 10)
Lines 3 and 4 rhyme with one another and have the same number of syllables (usually 5- 7)

16. Limerick Poem There once was a fellow named Tim
whose dad never taught him to swim.
He fell of a dock
and sunk like a rock.
And he was never heard from again.

17. Cinquain
A Cinquain is a five-line poem that expresses one image or thought.
Line 1- Two Syllables
Line 2- Four Syllables
Line 3- Six syllables
Line 4- Eight Syllables
Line 5- Two Syllables

18. Cinquain Poem Baseball Bat cracks against The pitch, sending it out
Over the back fence, I did it!
Homerun!

19. Acrostic Poems
An acrostic poem uses the letters in a topic word to begin each line.
All lines of the poem should relate to or describe the topic word.
Formed by writing a word vertically down the page, with only one letter per line. Use capital letters for starting each line.
Each line of poetry must begin with the letter on that line and must pertain to the word. You can use one word or phrase for each line, and each doesn’t have to rhyme. Simply use adjectives and phrases that describe the word.

20. Acrostic Poem S U M E R chool is finally out mbrellas and lemonade
elting ice cream
usic and laughter
ating watermelon
egret that it won’t last forever

21. Diamante Poetry
A Diamante poem is a poem in the shape of a diamond, using seven lines.
It does not have to rhyme but each line uses specific types of words like adjectives and -ing words.
It can be about one topic or two opposite topics.

22. Diamante Formula Line 1- one word subject (noun)
Line 2- Two adjectives describing Line 1
Line 3-Three participles ending in “ing” or “ed” to describe Line 1
Line 7-one word growing out of or opposite to Line 1 noun (another name)
Line 6-two adjectives describing Line 7 Noun
Line 5-Three participles ending in “ing” or “ed” to describe Line 7
Line 4- Four words (two related to the noun in Line 1 and two related to the noun in Line 7)

23. Diamante Poems Monsters Creepy, sinister Hiding, lurking, stalking
Vampires, mummies, werewolves, gremlins
Chasing, pouncing, eating
Hungry, scary
Creatures
Day
Bright, sunny
Laughing, playing, doing
Sunshine, moonlight, warm, cool
Whispering, resting, sleeping
Quiet, dark
Night

24. Biographical Poems
A biographical poem is a poem that tells about yourself.

25. Biographical Formula Line 1- Name Line 2-Four Traits (adjectives)
Line 3- Related to (family)
Line 4- Cares deeply about…
Line 5- Who feels…
Line 6- Who needs…
Line 7- Who gives…
Line 8- Who fears…
Line 9- Who would like to see…
Line 10- Resident of …

26. Biographical Poem Anne Playful, Talkative, Bored, Lonely
Daughter of Otto and Edith, sister of Margot
Cares deeply about family.
Who feels all alone in the world.
Who needs to get outside in the sunshine.
Who gives presents for Chanukah.
Who fears that the Nazis will find us.
Who would like to see my friends again.
Resident of the Secret Annex.

27. Can’t wait until the last day
Haiku
a short poem with seventeen syllables, usually written in three lines with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third.
words are not repeated
It does not usually rhyme
Summer is coming
Can’t wait until the last day
Sunshine and freedom

28. Playing in the sand and sun
Summer is coming
Playing in the sand and sun
Sunshine and freedom