Types of poems.ppt

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Types of Poems

Creative

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CONCRETE POETRY

Concrete (or shape) poetry is an inventive

form where the poetry takes on the shape

of its subject. Example:

bursting with lights bursting with lights

and towering over giftsand towering over gifts

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Heroic Couplet

Heroic couplet is a Stanza composed of

two rhymed lines in Iambic Pentameter.

A Stanza consists of two or more lines

of poetry that together form one of the

divisions of a poem. The stanzas of a

poem are usually of the same length

and follow the same pattern of meter

and rhyme and are used like

paragraphs in a story.

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Iambic Pentameter

Iambic pentameter is when the meter of the poem is measured out to equal ten syllables per line with the stress on every second

beat:

daDUM daDUM daDUM daDUM daDUM.

He sat/ upon/ a wild/ and rug/ged shore

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Heroic Couplet

Heroic couplets

Heroic couplets are lines of iambic are lines of iambic

pentameter that rhyme in pairs (aa, bb, cc

– for a total of SIX lines).

– for a total of SIX lines). Example by V. Nabokov:

Example by V. Nabokov:

And then black night. That blackness was sublime. I felt distributed through space and time:

One foot upon a mountaintop. One hand Under the pebbles of a panting strand, One ear in Italy, one eye in Spain,

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Lyric Poetry

Lyric Poetry:

Lyric Poetry: a short poem with one a short poem with one speaker (not necessarily the poet) who

speaker (not necessarily the poet) who

expresses thought and feeling.

Contains 3 quatrains

A quatrain is a

A quatrain is a stanza (or group) of four stanza (or group) of four lines, esp. one having alternate rhymes.

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Lyric Poetry

Lyric poetry must have a chorus as well

A chorus is a group of lines or words that

are frequently repeated in the poem.

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Blues stanzas

The song structure of the blues seems to have originated in the Mississippi Delta in the late nineteenth century. The term the blues, as in “having the blues,” comes

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Blues stanzas

The “blues stanza” became a standard lyric strophe in popular music. It is

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Blues stanzas

Here, for example, is a stanza from “Green River Blues” by the Delta musician

Charley Patton:

You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog, cryin’ all the time.

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Blues Samples

Lightnin Hopkins - Baby Please

Dont Go

Magic Sam - Sweet Home Chicago

(Good Quality)

Hound Dog Taylor- give me back

my wig

George Thorogood & The Destroyers -

Who Do You Love

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Blues stanzas

A traditional blues stanza has three lines. A traditional blues stanza has three lines.

The first line is repeated with the second The first line is repeated with the second

line, but you can also use a repetitive line, but you can also use a repetitive

variation. Then comes the third line, which variation. Then comes the third line, which

is rhyming. Write FOUR stanza sets. is rhyming. Write FOUR stanza sets.

Blues poetry doesn’t have to follow the Blues poetry doesn’t have to follow the

traditional form—often, poems are traditional form—often, poems are

considered blues because of their content considered blues because of their content

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Rap

Uses typical rap subject matter with a strong rhyme

scheme and musical meter.

Instructions:

1.

1.Write subject matter appropriate to rap themes. (yet _{Write subject matter appropriate to rap themes. (yet}

school appropriate)

2.

2.Write with a set musical rhythm and rhyme scheme._{Write with a set musical rhythm and rhyme scheme.}

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Rap

2. Continued: good way to count rap rhythm is "a

ONE and a TWO and a THREE and a FOUR"

structure, with the emphasis falling on the capitalized

words. When reading a rap poem, the capitalized

word represent the stressed syllables of a rap poem.

When reading a rap poem, the capitalized word

represent the stressed syllables of a rap poem.

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Rap

3. Rhyme as often as you can, primarily on 3. Rhyme as often as you can, primarily on

the end words, although internal rhymes work the end words, although internal rhymes work

well in a rap poem as well. Here's and well in a rap poem as well. Here's and

example of end line rhymes: example of end line rhymes:

I be-LIEVE in LOVE and we KNOW it's TRUE I be-LIEVE in LOVE and we KNOW it's TRUE

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Rap

3. Continued: Continue this rhyme scheme 3. Continued: Continue this rhyme scheme

throughout your stanza (usually four to eight throughout your stanza (usually four to eight

lines long), with the end word of each line lines long), with the end word of each line rhyming. The example above contains an rhyming. The example above contains an

internal rhyme as well, in the first line. The internal rhyme as well, in the first line. The

words "no" and "dough" rhyme. words "no" and "dough" rhyme.

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Alphabet poem

Arranges the words in alphabetical order Arranges the words in alphabetical order

Poet decides how many words go on Poet decides how many words go on

each line each line

Poet may use "poetic license" – the word Poet may use "poetic license" – the word used may not be spelled correctly to fit in used may not be spelled correctly to fit in

the spot, but it sounds like it fits – for the spot, but it sounds like it fits – for

example, xceptional could be used for example, xceptional could be used for

exceptional or xciting for exciting or xit exceptional or xciting for exciting or xit

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Alphabet poem

Free verse

Has a title

Uses the familiar ABC’s

Focuses on a particular topic chosen

by the author/poet

Selects words that describe the topic,

one for every letter of the alphabet

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Alphabet poem

Majestic needles of pretty, quiet,

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Free Verse

Free Verse is an irregular form of poetry in

which the content free of traditional rules

of versification, (freedom from fixed meter

or rhyme). In moving from line to line, the

poet's main consideration is where to

insert line breaks. Some ways of doing this

include breaking the line where there is a

natural pause or at a point of suspense for

the reader.

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Free verse

Criteria:

Three cinquain stanzas

A cinquain stanza is composed of five

lines

Use figurative language: similes and

metaphors.

Appeal to the senses

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Free Verse cont.

“

“The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams

Williams

so much depends

upon

glazed with rain

water

beside the white

chickens

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Ballad Poem

Ballad Poems are poems that tells a

story similar to a folk tale or legend and

often has a repeated refrain. A ballad is

often about love and often sung. A

ballad is a story in poetic form.

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Ballad Poem

Create a 3 (or more) Ballad Stanzas

25 points (not 10)

Must have a rhyme scheme

It must tell the story of an individual person

or a group that actually exists or existed.

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Ballad Poem

Example: Johnny Cash

The Ballad Of Ira Hayes

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johnny_cash/the_ballad_of_ira_hayes.html

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Elegy Poem

An Elegy is a sad and thoughtful poem

lamenting the death of a person. An

example of this type of poem is

Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a

Country Churchyard."

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Elegy Poem

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

by Thomas Gray (excerpt)

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,

The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea,

The ploughman homeward plods his weary way,

And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

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Elegy Poem

Lizzy’s dead

No one knows what really happened to her when they found her stone cold dead

some people say it was foul

play-some say it was a blood vessel in her head. but then she appeared in my most vivid dreams

and they would entrance me like a spell

but how would I know the real from the surreal, since Lizzy's not here to tell?

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Epitaph poem

An epitaph is a commemorative

inscription on a tomb or mortuary

monument written in praise, or

reflecting the life, of a deceased

person.

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Epitaph poem

Must be ten lines in length

Summarizes a person’s life

20 points, not 15

Example:

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Insult Poem

Insult Poetry is a genre of verse, the purpose of which is to deliver good humored insults.

To write good insult poetry the images must be specific, clever and personal. The object of the poem is a real person or place or event

and the insults should be specific,

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Insult Poem

10 lines

No specific person can be identified

No profanity

Playfully mocks someone else

15 points

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Pantoum Poem

The pantoum consists of a series of quatrains rhyming ABAB in which the second and fourth lines of a quatrain recur as the first and third lines in the succeeding quatrain; each quatrain introduces a new second rhyme as BCBC,

CDCD. The first line of the series recurs as the last line of the closing quatrain, and third line of the poem recurs as the second line of the

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Pantoum Poem

The design is simple:

Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4

Line 5 (repeat of line 2) Line 6

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Pantoum Poem

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Pantoum Poem

Last stanza:

Line 2 of previous stanza Line 3 of first stanza

Line 4 of previous stanza Line 1 of first stanza

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Pantoum Poem

Awe struck with this splendor Awe struck with this splendor

the sun sets on the Ocean the sun sets on the Ocean This makes my heart surrender This makes my heart surrender

it causes me deep emotion it causes me deep emotion

The sun sets on the Ocean. The sun sets on the Ocean. as it shimmers on the waves as it shimmers on the waves It causes me deep emotion It causes me deep emotion as it covers a thousand graves as it covers a thousand graves

As it shimmers on the waves As it shimmers on the waves

it glows like a golden pearl it glows like a golden pearl As it covers a thousand graves As it covers a thousand graves

amidst the waves that swirl amidst the waves that swirl

It glows like a golden pearl It glows like a golden pearl this makes my heart surrender this makes my heart surrender

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Parody Poem

Must include the original work

Utilize appropriate sarcastic tone

throughout

20 points

Weird Al" Yankovic- "You're Pitiful" With

Lyrics

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Rondeau Poem

The standard literary rondeau is usually found The standard literary rondeau is usually found

as fifteen octo- or decasyllabic lines divided as fifteen octo- or decasyllabic lines divided

into three stanzas, a quintet, quatrain and into three stanzas, a quintet, quatrain and sestet. The refrain consists of the first few sestet. The refrain consists of the first few

words of the first line of the first stanza. The words of the first line of the first stanza. The

rentrement,

rentrement, or refrain, ends the second and or refrain, ends the second and third stanzas, serving as their last lines. Only third stanzas, serving as their last lines. Only

two rhymes are used throughout (Turco). The two rhymes are used throughout (Turco). The

rhyme scheme is as follows: aabba aabR rhyme scheme is as follows: aabba aabR

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Rondeau Poem

A good example of the standard rondeau is the following renowned World War I poem, "In Flanders Fields" by John

McCrae:

In Flanders fields the poppies blow In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly, The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below. Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead; short days ago We are the dead; short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields. In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe! Take up our quarrel with the foe! To you from failing hands we throw To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high! The torch; be yours to hold it high!

If ye break faith with us who die If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

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Rondeau Poem

30 points 30 points

Contains 13 (or 15) lines Contains 13 (or 15) lines

Each line contains 8-10 syllables Each line contains 8-10 syllables

Divided into stanzas of 5, 3, and 5 lines Divided into stanzas of 5, 3, and 5 lines

Constructed around two rhymes Constructed around two rhymes

First word or line is used as the refrain that First word or line is used as the refrain that

repeats (independent of the rhyme repeats (independent of the rhyme

scheme) at the end of second and third scheme) at the end of second and third

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English Sonnet

The Shakesperian or English sonnet is

divided into three Sicilian Quatrains

rhyming

rhyming abab cdcd efef_{abab cdcd efef} and one heroic _{and one heroic}

couplet--couplet--gggg. A . A turn turn takes place after the takes place after the third quatrain and before the couplet,

third quatrain and before the couplet,

which is generally a climactic parallel.

Total: 40 points

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English Sonnet

English Sonnet has four divisions: three quatrains (each with a rhyme-scheme of its own) and a rhymed couplet. Thus the typical rhyme-scheme for the English

sonnet is: abab cdcd efef gg.

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English Sonnet

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red;

Coral is far more red than her lips' red;

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

And in some perfumes is there more delight And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

That music hath a far more pleasing sound; That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go;

I grant I never saw a goddess go;

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.

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English Sonnet

You cast your spell, upon my heart You cast your spell, upon my heart

and make me crave, your zest for life. and make me crave, your zest for life.

May it be so, I'll feel a part May it be so, I'll feel a part

with love so bold, they'll know it's rife. with love so bold, they'll know it's rife.

My dearest dear, I live for thee My dearest dear, I live for thee

to see you smile, while holding hands. to see you smile, while holding hands. With dreams so sweet, of you and me With dreams so sweet, of you and me

a spoken word, with no demands. a spoken word, with no demands. A round gold ring, upon our hand A round gold ring, upon our hand

symbols of our, love for each other. symbols of our, love for each other.

reminders of how, our love did expand reminders of how, our love did expand

with me a dad, and you a mother. with me a dad, and you a mother.

Life has surely changed, over all the years Life has surely changed, over all the years

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Sonnet

A Sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines

(iambic pentameter) with a particular

rhyming scheme:

Examples of a rhyming scheme:

#1) abab cdcd efef gg

#2) abba cddc effe gg

#3) abba abba cdcd cd

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Haiku

Haiku is an unrhymed Japanese verse

consisting of three unrhymed lines of five,

seven, and five syllables

seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5)_{(5, 7, 5)} or 17 _{or 17}

syllables in all. Haiku is usually written in

the present tense and focuses on nature.

i.e. warm soup in a bowl

letters of the alphabet letters of the alphabet

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Cinquain

Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed

poem consisting of twenty-two syllables

distributed as

distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines_{2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines}

Line 1: Noun

Line 2: Description of Noun

Line 3: Action

Line 4: Feeling or Effect

Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun

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Cinquain cont.

Spaghetti

Messy, spicy

Slurping, sliding, falling

Between my plate and mouth

Delicious

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Epitaph

An epitaph is a brief poem inscribed on a

tombstone praising a deceased person,

usually with rhyming lines.

What happened to me, was not good, Hit

by a car, bounced off the hood, Would get

up, if only I could, Now here I lay, where

once I stood

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Acrostic

Acrostic Poetry is where the first letter of

each line spells a word, usually using the

same words as in the title.

D

Devoted, evoted,

O

On n

G