Poetry


 * Self Portrait Poem**

Write a poem that is at least 5 stanzas, and each stanza needs to be 4 or 5 lines long.

The poem needs to be about yourself.

Ways to Write This:


 * See yourself from various angles or points of view
 * Call yourself “I” and write about yourself
 * Call yourself “he” or “she”

Write about your character and personality. Who are you as a person? Think about your likes, dislikes, what do you look like, etc.


 * Animal Poem**

Write a poem about an animal.

You can choose an animal that you have seen in real life, or about an animal you’ve read about, watched a movie about, etc.

You can describe the animal, talk to the animal, or be the animal. Or you can use all three approaches.

You need to know about their habits, what does it look like, where does it live in its natural habitat, what makes your animal unique, what do they eat, etc.

Direct observation might help you- watch the animal in real life if possible.


 * Memory Poem**


 * Write about a memory.


 * Needs to be at least 20 lines long.


 * Use sensory images- use words that influence the five senses: taste, touch, smell, see, and hear


 * Have an emotional impact on the reader- make us feel something.


 * Diamante Poem**

Line 1 one word, subject of the poem Line 2 two words, adjectives that describe the subject Line 3 three words, participles ( ed or ing words) Line 4 four words, related to the subject in line 1 Line 5 three words, participles Line 6 two words, adjectives that describe the work in line 7 Line 7 one word, opposite of the subject

POETRY TERMS

alliteration-repetition of sounds at the beginning of words connotation--ideas and feelings associated with a word couplet a pair of rhyming lines exaggerationmaking something seem larger than it really is form of a poem- the arrangement of lines on a page free versepoetry without regular patterns of rhyme or rhythm Haiku-Japanese form of poetry that has three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern simile-comparison between two unlike things that have some quality in common, uses a connecting word (like or as) speaker--the voice of a poem stanza - group of lines in a poem; similar to paragraphs in in prose hyperbole-author's use of exaggeration or overstatement idiom--- an expression which means something different that its individual words imagery words and phrases that appeal to a reader's senses limerick a short humorous poem composed of 5 lines with a rhyme scheme of aabba metaphor-a comparison between two unlike things that have some quality in common that does not use a connecting word meter--- the pattern of accented and unaccented syllables that create the rhythm in a poem narrative poem-poem that tells a story lyric poem-- poem that describes an emotion onomatopoeia-words whose sounds suggest the meanings ---sound effect works personificationgiving human traits to non-human things rhyme scheme pattern of rhyme in a poem rhythm-a repitition of pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables--- gives the poem a beat rhyme-- repetition of sounds at the end of words end rhyme---rhyme at the end of lines of poetry internal rhyme--- rhyme within a line of poetry slant rhyme-almost rhyme