Transcript Writing Structured Poetry

Writing
Structured
Poetry
1. Limerick
O Limericks are creative poems with 5 lines
O Lines 1, 2, and 5 all rhyme with each other
O Lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other
O This is known as an AABBA rhyme scheme
Example of a Limerick
There once was a boy from New York
Who everyone thought was a dork
He got bit by a spider
And became a great fighter
Who sent lots of bad guys to court
2. Haiku
O Haikus are a type of ancient Japanese
poetry
O Haikus have 3 lines, but no rhyme scheme
O Each line must have a specific number of
syllables
O 1st line has 5 syllables
O 2nd line has 7 syllables
O 3rd line has 5 syllables
Example of a Haiku
Victims of my web
I’m the seeker of justice
The bringer of good
How to write a Haiku
1. Get a picture in your mind of a thing or
person that makes you feel a certain emotion
2. Write down your image using 10 to 15
words, then try to put it into the 5-7-5 form
3. Try to make others see your picture or idea
Nature Haikus
Sunlight fading fast
Leaving embers in the sky
Day takes one last breath
An afternoon breeze
expels cold air, along with
the fallen brown leaves.
More Examples
I guard the darkness
While the city sleeps below
Safely in slumber
Yellow sun infects
My skin, Oh how I miss
The red sky of home
3. Diamante
O Diamantes are diamond-shaped poems
O They have 7 lines, with each line using a
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different part of speech
Line 1:Noun or subject
Line 2: Two adjectives (describing words)
Line 3: Three “ing” words
Line 4: Four words about the noun/subject
Line 5: Three (different) “ing” words
Line 6: Two (different) adjectives
Line 7: Synonym for the subject/noun
Example of Diamante
Tornado
Forceful, powerful
Whipping, churning, whirling
Thunderstrom, whirlwind, funnel, cyclone
Destroying, wrecking, killing
Violent, uncontrollable
Twister
Another in the “Spidey” Series
Spider-Man
Heroic, Funny
Swinging, Punching, Kicking
Photographer, Scientist, Peter, Avenger
Climbing, Jumping, Saving
Power, Responsibility
Web-Slinger
4. Sonnet
O Originated in Italy
O Sonneto means “little song”
O A 14 line poem with a specific rhyme
scheme
O Made famous by William Shakespeare
Special Type of Sonnets
O Shakespearean
O “A Note From Me to You”
O ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
O The 14 lines are broken into 4 quatrains
O Quatrain 1 = Lines 1-4 (explains the subject)
O Quatrain 2 = Lines 5-8 (explains the theme)
O Quatrain 3 = Lines 9-12 (supports the theme)
O Quatrain 4 = Lines 13-14 (Finishes the poem)
Superhero Sonnet
The beast from Krypton puts on quite an act;
That oh so "ordinary" guy they call
Clark Kent can almost blind us to the fact:
He isn't really one of us at all.
Less alien is Peter Parker, whose
Genetic makeup mingled, so to speak,
With an arachnid's. Though he did not choose
This fate, the fact remains that he's a freak.
I'd have my heroes be of human kind,
And darker, so I sing now of Bruce Wayne,
Who, haunted, haunts the wicked well, we find,
With fully human body, human brain.
Though not exactly "just one of the boys,"
He's but a man, made great by super toys.
5. Cinquain
O A French poem, similar to a haiku and
diamante
O Has 5 lines, and each line has s specific
number of syllables
O Line 1: Title/Noun (2 syllables)
O Line 2: Description of noun (4 syllables)
O Line 3: Actions of noun (6 syllables)
O Line 4: Feeling about the noun (8 syllables)
O Line 5: Synonym for title/noun (2 syllables)
Spider-quain
Spidey
Daring, Agile
Web-slinging around town
Fighting crime for his Uncle Ben
Webhead
6. Pantoums
O A short folk poem that originated in Malaysia
during the 1400s
O A sixteen line poem that uses 8 non-rhyming
lines twice each
O Uses repetition instead of rhyme and rhythm
Layout of a Pantoum
O Start with 4 original lines
O (1)(2)(3)(4)
O Repeat lines 2 and 4, and add lines 5 and 6 to
expand on ideas
O (2)(5)(4)(6)
O Repeat lines 5 and 6, and add lines 7 and 8 to
expand on ideas
O (5)(7)(6)(8)
O Repeat lines 1, 3, 7, and 8 in the following order
O (7)(3)(8)(1)
Example of Pantoum
When I was seven (1)
My family was evacuated. (2)
We rode a bus (3)
To Manzanar. (4)
My family was evacuated. (2)
Only forty-eight hours to prepare, then (5)
To Manzanar. (4)
We rode in shock, but together. (6)
Only forty-eight hours to prepare, then (5)
Mama, stressed and frustrated, broke all the dishes. (7)
We rode in shock, but together. (6)
Together, except for Papa. (8)
Mama, stressed and frustrated, broke all the dishes. (7)
We rode a bus (3)
Together, except for Papa. (8)
When I was seven. (1)