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4th Grade
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Messy Room
by Shel Silverstein
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or-Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!
Words, words
Not just any words
Words
by Mrs. Dattola
Words in my mind
Words on my lips
Words on the page
Words in my audience’s voice
Words found in verse
Words well chosen
Words with hidden meaning
Words with clear pictures
Words, words
Not just any words
10 easy tips to help you write better poetry
By Gary R. Hess
1. Use a Thesaurus.
6. Read more poetry.
2. Freestyle isn’t always best;
7. Analyze famous poets.
try a poetry form.
8. Write more poetry.
3. Learn about types of rhyme.
9. Gain more experiences.
4. Take your time.
10. Seek and listen to critics.
5. Read your poetry aloud.
http://www.poemofquotes.com/articles/10-easy-tips-to-write-better-poetry.php
Two types of Poetry
Lyrical
poetry ruled by measured beats, such as with
musical songs
Free Verse
poetry not ruled by musical beats and patterns
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Lyrical Poetry
means having the form and musical quality of a song,
a rhythmic flow words.
It is the arrangement of words in
regularly measured, patterned, or
rhythmic lines or verses.
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Different Types of
Lyrical Poetry
Figurative Language
Part of Speech:
Definition:
noun
The use of words as way as to
evoke mental images and sense
impressions; not literal
Example: Similes and Metaphors
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http://www.answers.com/topic/literal-and-figurative-language#ixzz1qpASnZNp
A Quote from Ralph Fletcher…
“I could feel that swarm of feelings buzzing in my
chest day and night. I needed some kind of
container to hold all of them. Poetry became that
container.”
Page 12-13 from Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out
Syllable
Part of Speech:
Definition:
http://www.answers.com/topic/syllable#ixzz1qpNmmTdF
noun
A unit of spoken language
consisting of a single uninterrupted
sound
Meter
Part of Speech:
noun
Definition:
beat, rhythm
Synonyms:
accent, cadence, division, melody,
rhyme, step, stress, swing, tempo,
throb, time, tune, verse, vibration
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Listen for the beat and rhythm in the following poem:
Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill ran up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
http://www.poemofquotes.com/funny-poems/jack-and-jill.php
Listen for the beat and rhythm in the following poem:
Little strokes
Fell great oaks.
-Benjamin Franklin
http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_forms/index.aspx?Letter=E
Cinquain
The modern cinquain is based
on a word count of words of a
certain type.
The traditional cinquain is
based on a syllable count per
line –
Line 1 - 2 syllables
Line 2 - 4 syllables
Line 3 - 6 syllables
Line 4 - 8 syllables
Line 5 - 2 syllables
http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_forms/index.aspx?Le
tter=C
triangles
pointy edges
revolving, rotating, angling
Triangles are all different.
180o
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/algebra/56/activities/poetry/cinquain.html
A Quote from Ralph Fletcher…
“Think of a poem as an X-ray. Just as an X-ray
penetrates to examines the bones inside your
body, poem can probe the “bones” of your inner
being.”
Page 17 from Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out
Rhyme
Part of Speech:
Definition:
noun
a word agreeing with another in
terminal sound:
EXAMPLE:
Find is a rhyme for mind and womankind.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stanza
Stanza
Part of Speech:
Definition:
noun
One of the divisions of a poem,
composed of two or more lines
usually characterized by a common
pattern of meter, rhyme, and
number of lines.
**Compared to a paragraph in conventional writing**
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stanza
Quatrain
A Quatrain is a stanza or poem From W.H. Auden's "Leap Before
You Look“
of four lines, the four lines can
be written in any rhyme
The sense of danger must not
scheme.
disappear:
The way is certainly both
short and steep,
Alternating Quatrain:
However gradual it looks from
here;
a four line stanza rhyming
Look if you like, but you will
"ABAB.“
have to leap.
http://www.uni.edu/~gotera/CraftOfPoetry/quatrain.html
A Quote from Ralph Fletcher…
“Try ‘poem speak’. Speak to someone inside the
poem. Poem-speak is like condensed milk, which
is made thicker and sweeter when the water is
removed.”
Page 17 from Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out
Verse
Part of Speech:
Definition:
http://www.answers.com/topic/verse
noun
One line of a poem
Diamonte
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A diamante is a seven line poem, shaped like a diamond
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Line 1: one word
(subject/noun that is contrasting to line 7)
Line 2: two words
(adjectives) that describe line 1
Line 3: three words
(action verbs) that relate to line 1
Line 4: four words (nouns)
first 2 words relate to line 1
last 2 words relate to line 7
Line 5: three words
(action verbs) that relate to line 7
Line 6: two words
(adjectives) that describe line 7
Line 7: one word
( subject/noun that is contrasting to line 1)
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/algebra/56/activities/poetry/diamante.html
square
symmetrical, conventional
shaping, measuring, balancing
boxes, rooms, clocks, halos
encircling, circumnavigating, enclosing
round, continuous
circle
A Quote from Ralph Fletcher…
“An image is like a picture. If you want to create
strong images, get in the habit of observing the
world so you can create your own pictures using
words. Pay attention. Be alive to what’s going on
around you, as well inside you, because both will
provide you with images for your poems.”
Page 21 from Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out
Imagery
Part of Speech:
Definition:
http://www.answers.com/topic/image-1#ixzz1qpQB5cfh
noun
The use of vivid or figurative
language to represent objects,
actions, or ideas.
Meter
Part of Speech:
Definition:
noun
Rhythmic pattern of
syllables
Haiku
The most common form for Haiku is
three short lines.
first line five (5) syllables
the second line seven (7) syllables
the third line contains five (5) syllables.
Haiku doesn't rhyme. A Haiku must
"paint" a mental image in the reader's
mind. This is the challenge of Haiku - to
put the poem's meaning and imagery in
the reader's mind in ONLY 17 syllables
over just three (3) lines of poetry!
http://volweb.utk.edu/school/bedford/harrisms/haiku.htm
The Rose
Poet: Donna Brock
The red blossom bends
and drips its dew to the ground.
Like a tear it falls
A Quote from Ralph Fletcher…
“Convey feelings through images. Poets carefully
select objects or images for their poems. If you
pick the right ones, you don’t have to use the
word for the feeling you’re trying to get across to
the reader.”
Page 17-18 from Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out
Line Breaks
Part of Speech:
Definition:
noun
where a large space is
added to emphasize a
pause or silence.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_line_break_mean_in_terms_of_poetry
Limerick
A limerick is a verse of five lines,
usually humorous. The last word of
lines one, two, and five must rhyme
with each other, and the last word of
lines three and four must rhyme with
each other. (And not with lines 1,2 and
3).
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5
Long
Long
Short
Short
Long
Rhyme 1
Rhyme 1
Rhyme 2
Rhyme 2
Rhyme 1
Poet: Edward Lear
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said 'It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!
http://www.poetryamerica.com/Limerick.asp
A Quote from Ralph Fletcher…
Read Pages 116-117 from Poetry Matters:
Writing a Poem from the Inside Out for Ralph
Fletcher’s thoughts on Free Verse Poetry.
Free Verse
Free verse is a form of
poetry that refrains from
consistent meter patterns,
rhyme, or any other
musical patterns.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_verse
Song of Myself
by
Walt Whitman
I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs
to you.
I loaf and invite my soul,
I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of
summer grass
Free or not Free?
Poets have explained that free verse, despite its
freedom, is not free. Free Verse displays some
elements of form. Most free verse, for example, selfevidently continues to observe a convention of the
poetic line in some sense. Some poets have
considered free verse restrictive in its own way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_verse
Free or Not Free?
T. S. Eliot wrote, "No verse is free for the man who wants to do a good job."
Robert Frost later remarked that writing free verse was like “playing tennis
without a net.”
William Carlos Williams said being an art form, verse cannot be free in the
sense of having no limitations or guiding principles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_verse
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