Poetry para 7mo

Poetry
What is Poetry?
• Poetry is a type of literature that uses the sounds, rhythms, and meanings of
words to describe the world in striking imaginative ways.
A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in specific form.
Elements of poetry:
Lines and Stanzas

1. Poetry is divided into lines, or groups of words.
2. Lines are organized in units of meaning called stanzas.
The lines in a stanza work together to express one key idea.
Theme:
The theme of a poem is its central or main idea.
⦿ Practice:
The Cow
by Robert Louis Stevenson
The friendly cow, all Black and white,

I love with all my heart.
She gives me cream with all her might,

To eat with apple tart.
Questions:
How many stanzas are in the poem?
How many lines are in each stanza?
What is the theme in that poem?
Rhyme
1. Rhyme – the repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the ends of words
Practice:
pin =
hand =
rain =
Rhythm and Meter

1. Rhythm – a beat, created by stressed and unstressed syllables in words
2. Meter – a pattern of rhythm
Syllables, and How Do You Count Them
A syllable is a beat of sound in a word.
The beat can sometimes be part of a word, or the whole word. For example
'window' has two beats ('win' – 'dow') but 'door' had just one ('door').
Breaking words down into their syllables can be really helpful when you are
learning spellings.
Example:
Watermelon (Wa-ter-mel-on = four syllables = four claps)
Practice:
● helicopter=
● scooter=
● camel=
Form:
A poem’s form is its appearance:
Example:
Figurative Language
Language that is not meant to be taken literally 2 Common Types.
1. Simile – uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things
Practice:
You are hard like a ……………….
It is as sharp as a ……………………
2. Metaphor – describes one thing as if it were something else
Practice:
You’re such a ………………………….. = coward
He has a heart of ……………………… = no feelings
Poems Styles and Forms
Couplet poem
A couplet poem is a two line rhyming poem.
Couplet:
A stanza consisting of two lines that rhyme
Rhyme:
Words with similar sounds
Practice:
Complete the poem with words that have similar sounds.
My cat, she likes to chase a ………………,
Especially one that’s in the ……………….
Diamond Poem: is an unrhymed seven-line poem. The beginning and ending lines
are the shortest, while the lines in the middle are longer, giving diamante poems a
diamond shape
Example:
Apples (one word) Theme
Juicy, sweet. (two words) Adjective
Eat, drink, taste. (three words) Verb
Tree, seed. (two words) Noun
Apples (one word) Theme
Here’s an easy way to visualize the poem:
Theme
Verb, Verb, Verb
Adjective, Adjective
Noun, Noun.
Theme
Practice:
Halloween
Monsters, …………..
spooky, ……………… scary
Fly, ……………
Halloween
Acrostic Poem:
Acrostics are easy to write because they don’t need to rhyme, or form and you
don’t need to worry about the rhythm of the lines. Each line can be as long or as
short as you want it to be.
To create an acrostic, follow these five easy steps:
Decide what to write about.
Write your word down vertically.
Brainstorm words or phrases that describe your idea.
Place your brainstormed words or phrases on the lines that begin with the same
letters.
Fill in the rest of the lines to create a poem.

Example: Mother
Marvelous
Original
Tall
Happy
Excellent
Runner
Name Poem
As you can see, each line of the poem begins with the letters of the name Alexis.
This can be done with any name
Example: SUSAN
Seventy years all
Unique
Super
Always funny
Nice
Practice:
S_____________
U ____________
Not seen at night
Haiku poem:
Haiku is an ancient, traditional Japanese form of structured poetry; they are often
inspired by an element of nature. It was written to capture a mood, a feeling or a
scene. Usually haiku has a total of 17 syllables arranged in three lines with a
pattern of five, seven and five syllables
Example:
Birds fly in the air

Birds can make nests in tall trees
Birds have nice big wings
Practice:
Butterflies are ……………… . =5
In the big, …………..…., great garden. =7
They ………….. up so high. =5
Concrete Poem (shape poem)
Concrete poetry, also known as visual poetry, is a type of poetry that uses the
arrangement of words, letters, colors, and typefaces to convey meaning. The visual
effect of the poem is often more important than the verbal significance.
Practice:

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Poetry

Lines and Stanzas

The friendly cow, all Black and white,

She gives me cream with all her might,

How many stanzas are in the poem?

How many lines are in each stanza?

What is the theme in that poem?

Rhythm and Meter

Syllables, and How Do You Count Them

A syllable is a beat of sound in a word.

Watermelon (Wa-ter-mel-on = four syllables = four claps)

Language that is not meant to be taken literally 2 Common Types.

You are hard like a ……………….

You’re such a ………………………….. = coward

He has a heart of ……………………… = no feelings

Poems Styles and Forms

My cat, she likes to chase a ………………,

Especially one that’s in the ……………….

Apples (one word) Theme

Juicy, sweet. (two words) Adjective

Eat, drink, taste. (three words) Verb

Tree, seed. (two words) Noun

Apples (one word) Theme

Here’s an easy way to visualize the poem:

spooky, ……………… scary

Fill in the rest of the lines to create a poem.

Seventy years all

Not seen at night

Birds fly in the air

Butterflies are ……………… . =5

In the big, …………..…., great garden. =7

They ………….. up so high. =5

Concrete Poem (shape poem)

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