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Styles of Poetry
Styles of Poetry
Styles of Poetry Stations• There are seven technical writing stations.• You are required to complete at least one
activity at each station.• Once you’ve completed your required piece,
you may continue working on any unfinished assignments from previous stations or you may complete an additional activity for extra credit.
• You may also illustrate up to two of your poems for extra credit!
Styles of Poetry Stations• You will have 20 minutes at some
stations and 40 at other each stations.• Any assignments not completed
during the time allowed will need to be completed by the beginning of class the following day.
Styles of Poetry Stations• You may pair up with someone in your
group for any of the activities, but you will need to double the assignment.
• For example, if it is a free verse activity that requires 10 lines, you and your partner will need to have 20 lines in your poem.
• On the same token, if it is a haiku activity that requires 2 haiku, you and your partner would need to have 4 haiku.
Station #1Couplets,
Quatrains, and Limericks
(20 minutes)
Styles of Poetry Station #1• Couplet– Write 4 couplets. OR– Write one eight line poem that consists of four stanzas (2 lines
each)• Quatrain– Write a quatrain about a time when you were so happy/sad
you could barely stand it.– Your quatrain must be at least two stanzas.
• Limerick– Write two limericks about anything you’d like.
Couplet
• A couplet consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same syllable structure.
Couplet
True wit is nature to advantage dress'd; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd.
— Alexander Pope
Couplet
"I cannot go to school today."Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
"I have the measles and the mumps,a gash, a rash and purple bumps.“
--Shel Silverstein
Limerick• A Limerick is a rhymed humorous or
nonsense poem of five lines.• The Limerick has a set rhyme
scheme of : a-a-b-b-a with a syllable structure of: 9-9-6-6-9.
• Syllable structure is the number of syllables per line!
Limerick
A Good Day
I love ta see the morning sunthat's how I tell the days begun.Birds all singing a happy songit tis the place where I belong.Far from school without the nun.
LimerickThe Man From Aruba
There once was a man from Aruba,Whose favorite hobby was scuba.Every day he would wish,He could spear a big fish.But settled instead for canned tuna.
Quatrain• A Quatrain is a poem consisting of four
lines stanzas with a specific rhyming scheme.
• A few examples of a quatrain rhyming scheme are as follows:
– abab– abba -- envelope rhyme– aabb– aaba, bbcb, ccdc, dddd -- chain rhyme
QuatrainPANIC! AT 6:00 A.M.
Which should I choose, red flats or pink shoes?Shoes are betterwhen the weather’s wetter.
What do I wear,a hat or a bow in my hair?“the bow looks cute,”said the boy with the flute.
Which should I use,a bag that’s small or big
and blue? The blue bag holds it all.I just hope I don’t fall.
What do I pick,clear gloss or lipstick?Lip gloss will shine,and that is just fine.
Station #2Free Verse,
Acrostic, and Didactic(20 minutes)
Styles of Poetry Station #2
• Free Verse– Write a free verse poem with at least 14 lines
about the topic of your choice.• Acrostic–Write an acrostic poem with at least 14
lines about the topic of your choice.• Didactic–Write a didactic poem with at least 14
lines about the topic of your choice.
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.
Free VerseThe River's a Kaleidoscope
Late on a cool fall nightwhile sitting on the river bankI noticed how the ripples cast a different texture to the setting sunThe colors of the skyjust right for this seasonRed, orange, yellow, purple even a tinge of blueThe river seems to mix themlike a kaleidoscope Seems there is no end to beautyas this endless array goes on and onThen the distant sound of the frogs and cricketskeeping time to this dancing spectacularThen my heart goes quiet my pulse slows downI lay back to thank my maker
Acrostic Poetry• Acrostic Poetry is where the first
letter of each line spells a word or words.
AcrosticC ontagious,A biding charm,R iding around,O blivious of all,U nder the carouselS miling broad,E xcitementL asting forever.
Acrostic PoetryChristmas
Can I make cookies to put out for Santa?Here are the stocking’s to put on the fire place.Read the Christmas cards from mom- mom. I’m going to put tinsel on the tree.Singing Christmas carols are the best.The family is on their way to the Christmas dinner.Making the turkey is a hard task to accomplish.As Christmas day comes eagerness is a major factor.Seeing all the presents under the tree gives me butterflies in
my stomach.
• Paige, 8th grade, Selbyville Middle School, Selbyville, Delaware.
Didactic Poetry• Didactic Poetry is a form of poetry
intended for instruction such as for knowledge or to teach.
• There are no typical rhyme schemes or other rules for didactic poetry, other than the instructional purpose.
Didactic PoetryTo Spread Love
FirstStart with acceptance.If you've done any wrongs,Then head to repentance.
SecondEmbrace those most unique.Teach them to use their voices,And not be afraid to speak.
ThirdSpread love to those in need.Make them feel special and open,Your kitchen, bring one in to feed.
To FinishLive out your days this way,Not "an eye for an eye".Never listen to what others say.
Station #3Haiku, Cinquain,
and Shape/Concrete
(20 minutes)
Styles of Poetry Station #3
• Haiku– Write a Haiku about anything having to do with
nature.– Illustrate your Haiku
• Cinquain– Make a riddle using the cinquain format.– The answer to your riddle should be line five of
your cinquain.• Shape/Concrete– Create a shape/concrete poetry with at least 50
words.
Haiku• Haiku (also called nature or seasonal haiku) is
an unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all. Haiku is usually written in the present tense and focuses on nature (seasons).
• The 5/7/5 rule is rumored to have been made up for school children to understand and learn this type of poetry.
Haiku
wrath of the monsoonlightning displays with heavy winds
here fast, gone faster
Haiku
Pink cherry blossomsCast shimmering
reflections On seas of Japan
Cinquain• Cinquain is a short, usually
unrhymed poem consisting of five lines that follow the rules below:– Line 1: Noun– Line 2: Description of Noun– Line 3: Action– Line 4: Feeling or Effect– Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun.
Cinquain
Tucson Rain
The smellEveryone movesTo the window to lookWork stops and people start talkingRain came
CinquainAngels
cherubimkind beyond wordsthey protect and forgiveand make feelings of blissfulnessangels
Shape Poetry• Shape is one of the main things that separates prose and
poetry. Poetry can take on many formats, but one of them most inventive forms is for the poem to take on the shape of its subject. So if the subject of your poem is a tree, then the poem's lines would be written so that the poem appears to take on the shape of a tree.
• Designing your own shape poem can be simple and fun, but try not to pick anything that would be too difficult at first.
Shape PoetryHalloween
Halloween & pumpkins
carved just so. Goblins and ghost, are running around town.
Demons, and devils, and the witches casting spells On this here night, of all Hallow's eve the children have fun
while dressing up to give you a fright. Big kids and little ones it don't make a difference, all they are after is
some candy to eat. House after house bags being filled way into the night. And street after street, block after block going for candy and will
this ever stop, NO. Black cats and moon light make the nights come alive, Halloween season has now come upon us. While hunted houses are raising up all over in each little town. And music is playing a deep mournful old sound. What is about this time of year, cool and crispy with leaves of all colors, corn stalks all dried and standing in bundles. On this night of the year you better watch out, try not to be scared and let
out a big shout. I love this night where I can dress up and become an old creature whom I have only read about. So Happy Halloween to all and have a good fright. Boris will be happy to see you having fun, along with his departed friend Igor
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAA
Shape PoetryMy Body
my body is a walking representation the outward visual caption of what it means to be me from the outside looking in at times I hide from you but mostly what you see is what you will get
Concrete Poetry• Shape and Concrete Poetry go hand-in-hand;
however, Concrete Poetry doesn’t have to take on the particular shape of the poem’s subject, but rather the wording in the poem can enhance the effect of the words such as in this line:
an angel tumblingd o w n to earth . . .
Station #4Palindrom and
Fibonacci(40 minutes)
Styles of Poetry Station #4
• Because of the strict specifications in their format, it would be unfair and unrealistic to set a word and/or line requirement for the poems at this station; therefore, there are no specific requirements for this station other than following the appropriate format to create one of the poetic forms below. – Fibonacci– Palindrome
Palindrome
• Palindrome stems from the Greek word palindromos: palin, meaning again, and dromos, meaning a running. Combining the two together, the Greek meaning gives us “running back again”
Palindrome• A palindrome is word, phrase, or other text whose letters spell
the same backward and forward.
“Mom”
“Wow!”
“Poor Dan is in a droop.”
“Madam I’m Adam.”
“A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!”
Palindrome
• A word palindrome is made when the words (rather than the letters) of text read the same forward and backward, as in:
“So patient a doctor to doctor a patient so.”
“Mirrored images reflect images mirrored.”
Palindrome
SunriseMornings
fresh and clear makes sunrise spectacular
with birds chirping - GLORIOUS -
chirping birds with spectacular sunrise makes
clear and fresh mornings.
Palindrome• A line palindrome is when the individual lines of a text make a palindromic
sequence.
King, are you glad you are king?Fall leaves after leaves fall.
Says Mom, "What do you do?" – You do what Mom says.You know, I did little for you, for little did I know you.
First Ladies rule the State, and state the rule: "ladies first."Please me by standing by me please.
Blessed are they that believe they are blessed.Escher, drawing hands, drew hands drawing Escher.
You can cage a swallow, can't you, but you can't swallow a cage, can you?Did I say you never say "never say never"? You say I did.
Fibonacci• Fibonacci poetry is a literary form based on the Fibonacci number
sequence. The sequence begins like this: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21. In order to find the next number in the sequence, you add the two preceding numbers. The sum of these two is the next number, which then is added to the one before it to get to the next number, and so on. This is how it works:
1 + 0 = 11 + 1 = 22 + 1 = 33 + 2 = 55 + 3 = 8
8 + 5 = 1313 + 8 = 21
etc.
Fibonacci• The Fibonacci sequence appears
often in nature as the underlying form of growing patterns. For example, conch shells and sunflowers follow the pattern as they grow in a spiral formation that increases as it moves outward.
Fibonacci• Fibonacci poems can embody the number sequence in two
ways, either in numbers of syllables or in numbers of words.
• Some people write their poems so that each line contains the number of words of its place in the sequence, and some use the sequence to determine the number of syllables in each line.
• Both methods create very visual poems that display this naturally occurring growth pattern on the page (or screen).
FibonacciMust Breathe In, Out Chest Rises, Lungs inflate with air Filter oxygen, then exhale Repeat these steps, without fail, for the rest of your life
Fibonacciend of day walk my ear cocked for geese traveling clacking, winging, on their way home
Station #5Figurative Language
(40 minutes)
Styles of Poetry Station #5
• Complete the figurative language activities from the McDougal Littell textbook. You do not have to complete any of the tables that the books tells you to do. You will only be required to turn in answers to the questions listed below. Remember, all questions should always be answered in complete sentences– Page 461-468–Figurative Language– Page 550-555– Questions A-E– Rhythm and Rhyming– Page 558-563– Questions A-C– End Rhyme and Repetition– Page 566-572– Questions A-B– Imagery and Repetition– Page 580-584– Questions A-D– Repetition, Onomatopoeia, and
Alliteration– Page 594-599– Questions A-F– Simile, Metaphor, and Personification
Station #6Vocabulary
(40 minutes)
Styles of Poetry Station #6
• Use this time to make sure that you have all of your vocabulary words recorded correctly.
• Tally the number of correct definitions your group has and record your score on the board.
• Use the materials provided to make flash cards for each of the technical writing vocabulary words.
Station #7Adjectives and
Adverbs(20 minutes)
Styles of Poetry Station #7
You must complete BOTH activities at this station!!!
• Adjectives (describe nouns)– As you read Louis Armstrong’s song, “What a Wonderful
World,” highlight all of the adjectives in the song.– You only have to highlight one sheet per group.
• Adverbs (describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs)– Pick a fall topic– Write 6 combinations of adverbs, verbs, and nouns that go with your
topic– To review alliteration, you must start the words with the same sounds.
For example, “rapidly running rabbits,” or “surprisingly silly students.”
“What a Wonderful World”Louis Armstrong
I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people going by I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?" They're really saying "I love you"
I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow They'll learn much more than I'll ever know And I think to myself, what a wonderful world Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world
