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TYPES OF POEMS POETRY Literary art form in which special attention is paid to the intensity of emotion and beauty of language. Poetic Devices: Rhyme (Exact and Slant), Rhyme Scheme, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Personification, Imagery, Symbol LYRICAL POETRY •Poems used to express abstract ideas, feelings, or emotions. •They are not telling their own stories; they are expanding on thoughts. •Typically written in first person. •Most of the poems we’ve read thus far have been lyrical. EXAMPLE OF LYRICAL POETRY: “FIRE AND ICE” BY ROBERT FROST Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire But if it had to perish twice… I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. NARRATIVE POETRY •A narrative poem tells a story. •It is usually written in rhymed and metered verse – i.e., it has rhythm and meter. •This is using poetic style to tell a story. •Commonly found in ballads (‘The Highwayman’ by Noyes), children’s books (How the Grinch Stole Christmas, etc.), myths (‘The Lady of Shallot’ by Tennyson), etc. TYPES OF POETIC STRUCTURE TYPES OF POETIC STRUCTURE Poems can be arranged or written in a number of ways. Some poems are written to have a specific number of syllables. Some poems are structured to have a specific number of lines: couplet, tercet, quatrain, cinquain, sextain, octain, etc. Some poems are written to have a specific rhyme scheme, OR to stay unrhymed. Poetry is an art form AND a literary form. FREE VERSE POETRY Poems which have no set meter, rhyme, or rhythm. Free verse poetry can be lyrical poetry, or narrative poetry – minus the structure of rhyme scheme and rhythm. EXAMPLE OF FREE VERSE POETRY Glistening with sweat, We rolled the ball off Our fingertips. Trouble Was there slapping a blackjack Against an open palm. Dribble, drive to the inside, & glide like a sparrow hawk. Lay ups. Fast breaks. We had moves we didn't know We had. Our bodies spun On swivels of bone & faith, Through a lyric slipknot Of joy, & we knew we were Beautiful & dangerous. HAIKU A haiku is a simple poem typically about nature or scenery. Line 1: 5 syllables A haiku has three lines and 17 syllables Line 3: 5 syllables Line 2: 7 syllables EXAMPLES OF A HAIKU 1. Mirror-pond of stars; Suddenly a summer shower Dimples the water (Anonymous) 2. Haikus are easy But sometimes they don’t make sense Refrigerator (Anonymous) 3. 3. Squish, squash, sling that slang! I’m always right back at ya Like my….boomerang! (credit: Sokka, The Last Airbender) QUATRAIN POEMS Quatrains are four line poems that may follow any of one of the four different rhyme schemes. (ABAB, AABB, ABBA, ABCB) A poem can be made up of multiple quatrains: each quatrain then becomes a stanza, or section of a poem. EXAMPLES OF QUATRAINS Your world is as big as you make it. I know, for I used to abide In the narrowest nest in the corner, My wings pressing close to my side. Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. COUPLET POETRY A couplet poem is a 2 line poem that rhymes. A Poem can be made up of couplets throughout the whole poem. Couplets had significance in folk tales and stories. EXAMPLES OF COUPLETS 1. Twinkle Twinkle little star How I wonder what you are 2. The bird sang in the tree It sang tooroo, tooree 3. Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, Who is the fairest one of all? THE SONNET The word sonnet means “a little sound or song”. A sonnet is a highly-structured 14 line poem that explores issues of deep feeling, such as love and death. Each sonnet has a puzzle, or an issue that the poet is trying to solve. The puzzle is first explained, and then solutions are explored. This turning point is called the “volta.” A sonnet is always written using iambic pentameter—a specific rhythm pattern.  Each line has 5 metric units or feet, and each foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Sonnets have a set rhyme scheme based on the last words in each line. You assign a rhyme scheme by giving each line a letter, in alphabetical order, to each new sound at the end of the lines. Lines that end in the same sound should be assigned the same letter: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG HOW TO READ A SONNET 1. Read a sonnet 3 times 2. First, read it silently for content 3. Second, read it aloud to hear the meter and rhyme scheme 4. Third, read it to discover the “puzzle” of the poem- the problem the poet is trying solve or the issue the poet is trying to explore. The look for the “turns” where the poet shifts focus and begins to explore solutions