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Poetry“I have begun to believe in, and even to
preach, a poetry of necessity. This is a
recognition not just of the necessity of
poetry to our lives, but also the fact that
necessity is what drives most of the
poetry that matters, or the way that it
matters.”
- Kevin Young
What is poetry?
Type of rhythmic, compressed language that uses
figures of speech and imagery to appeal to the
reader’s emotions & imagination.
Two major types:
1. Lyric poems
2. Narrative poems
What is the difference between lyric &
narrative poems?
NARRATIVE POEMS:
Poems that tell a story.
Examples are EPICS &
BALLADS.
LYRIC POEMS:
Poems that do not tell a
story, but is aimed at
expressing a speaker’s
emotions or thoughts.
Major type of lyric
poem is the SONNET &
HAIKU.
One Liner Poetry A poem can be a collection of one-liners that
follow the same pattern.
Example:
I used to be but now I am…
I’ll never tell you…
I remember…
I wish…
The most amazing thing I’ve ever seen…
Minimum 20 lines
Also…
One – liners can be taken seriously or humorously.
Try them both ways and see what you come up
with.
This pattern is best when it is as wild, zany, and
imaginative as possible:
I wish I were ____adj____ ____color_____
___person or thing___ _________verb
phrase________.
I wish I were a hilarious pink billboard squatting
on Mars.
Universe Poem
How do you place yourself in the world?
Use following poem by Stephen Crane as a
guideline
Minimum 10 lines
“A Man Said to the Universe”
by: Stephen Crane
A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!"
"However," replied the universe, "The fact has not
created in me A sense of obligation.“
Trust Poem
Use the following Edward Field poem as a
guideline
Minimum 15 lines
The Farewell
Edward FieldThey say the ice will hold
so there I go,
forced to believe them by my act of trusting people,
stepping out on it,
and naturally it gaps open
and I, forced to carry on coolly
by my act of being imperturbable,
slide erectly into the water wearing my captain's helmet,
waving to the shore with a sad smile,
"Goodbye my darlings, goodbye dear one,"
as the ice meets again over my head with a click.
Contrast Poem
2 parts, each part shows a different side of a
person, a thing, or an idea.
Choose two different ways of describing or
looking at the subject.
Let your subject be your title.
Minimum 10 lines
Traveling
Cars
Zoom on the highway.
Drivers worry about getting
there on time
I watch them as I walk along.
No Hurry. But plenty to see.
Why? Poem
Use the following as a guide:
“When I was three”
When I was three, I had a friend Who asked me
why bananas bend, I told him why, but now I'm
Richard Edwards--four I'm not so sure...
Minimum 10 lines
What is a sonnet?
14 line lyric poem.
Iambic pentameter: rhythm of natural language.
- iamb: unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one (ex: before).
- pentameter: 5 stressed syllables, or beats, in each line.
Follows a regular rhyme pattern.
Fear Poem
Use “Life doesn’t frighten me” by Maya Angelou
as a guide
See link to access Maya Angelou’s Poem
http://www.swaraj.org/shikshantar/life_mayaang
elou.htm
Minimum 15 lines
Surviving Poem
Use “The Favor” as a guide
Minimum 10 lines
“The Favor” by Austin Strauss
Surviving A Broken Heart
You did me
a favor
Breaking my heart
Into tiny pieces
I learned how
To mend it
Paste-pot poem
A found poem about anything you’d like
Could be about yourself
Could be about a specific subject
Is formed from cut out images and phrases
Minimum 15 lines
DiamanteWrite down a noun
Two adjectives describing the noun
Three participles (words ending in “ing” or “ed”)
Four nouns related to the subject – the second two
nouns have meaning opposite to the first two
Three participles indicating change or
development of the subject
Two adjectives that carry on the idea of change
and development
A noun that is the opposite of the subject
Stranger
New, different
Seeing, meeting, talking
Acquainted, associate – member, pal
Liking, enjoying, seeking
Familiar, trusted
Friend
Remember Poem
Remembering, I see his/her face __
A face ________________.
A face ________________.
A face ________________.
Remembering his/her face I see
How ______________.
And how ______________.
This face means ______________ to me.
Remembering, I see her face
A face downtrodden with years of abuse
A face swollen from malnutrition
A face telling me of inconsolable sadness
Remembering her face I see
How evil the world can be
and how helpless I am to heal her
This face means how much I have been given to
give to others.
Free Verse
Use one of your WN entries from so far this
semester as inspiration
Read examples from blue book on student writing:
Pgs. 25, 118, 130, 131, 149
Be creative
Be free
20 + lines
How important is imagery to poetry?Imagery: language that appeals to the senses
(sight, hearing, touch, smell, & taste).
Imagery is present in all poems.
It shapes how we interpret a poem by influencing
our feelings about it.
Images may be pleasant/ unpleasant.
Spotlight on imagery poem: use imagery
abundantly
Minimum 15 lines
Do poems have to rhyme?
is poetry which does not follow regular Free verse
rhyme & meter patterns.
Rhythm is created through repeated words or
lines.
Language sounds ordinary.
Is there only one way to rhyme?
Rhyme: the repetition of accented vowel sounds, & all
sounds following them, in words that are close
together in a poem.
End rhymes: occur at the ends of lines.
Internal rhymes: occur in the middle of a line.
Approximate rhymes: 2 words have a sound in
common but do not necessarily rhyme.
How do rhyme & rhythm shape
poems?
, the pattern of end Rhyme schemerhymes in a poem, defines the shape
of a poem.
is a musical quality based on Rhythmrepetition.
is a regular pattern of stressed Meter& unstressed syllables in each line of
poetry.
Spotlight on Rhyme Poem
Develop/use a particular rhyme scheme
There must be a pattern
Dividing into stanzas will help
Minimum 20 lines