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VERSE
VERSES FOR
CHILDREN
 WHAT IS A VERSE?
>>the word verse came from the Latin
word versus which means “a turning”.
>> a poem especially one that rhymes is
called VERSE.
>> single line of a poem
 WHAT IS A VERSE?
>> A Verse is a collection of metrical lines of
poetry.
>>used to define the difference of poetry
and prose.
>>contains rhythm and pattern and more
often than not, rhyme.
3 TYPES OF VERSE
Rhymed Verse
Blank Verse
Free Verse
 Rhymed/ Metered Verse
>> the most common and it
usually has a metrical form that
rhymes throughout.
>>it contains both rhyme and
meter.
“Now We Are Six”
By A. A. Milne
When I was One,
I had just begun.
When I was Two,
I was nearly new.
When I was Three
I was hardly me.
 When I was Four,
I was not much more.
When I was Five,
I was just alive.
But now I am Six,
I'm as clever as clever,
So I think I'll be six now for
ever and ever.
 Blank Verse
>>is described to have a metrical
form but no rhyme.
>> written in strict iambic
pentameter
>> Blank verse poetry has no fixed
number of lines.
 "The Mending Wall“
By Robert Frost

Something there is that doesn't love a

wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell
under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the
sun;
 "Thanatopsis“
By William Cullen Bryant

To him who in the love of Nature holds

Communion with her visible forms, she
speaks
A various language; for his gayer hours
She has a voice of gladness, and a smile
And eloquence of beauty, and she glides
Into his darker musings, with a mild
And healing sympathy, that steals away
 Free Verse
>>is described to have no set
meter but may or may not be
rhymed.
>> Free verse poems have no
regular meter or rhythm.
 What Are We Going To Do With
You?
By Jenna More
Sometimes you drive us all crazy.
Sometimes me more than others.
But sometimes you yell
and kick at nothing for no
reason.
Tell me, little sis, what are we
 I keep on telling myself,
"I wanted a sister, not an alien!"
Only to have mother tell me you
are human.
I laugh as you walk in with
underwear on your head!
Now it's mother's turn to say,
"Oh, what are we going to do
with you?"
 But sometimes, when it's
bedtime,
you can be the sweetest thing.
I find it adorable when you
snuggle
with your small teddy bear.
And I can't help but say,
"Taitum, what are we going to do
 Well, they are gone, and here
must I remain,
This lime-tree bower my prison! I
have lost
Beauties and feelings, such as
would have been
 “Come slowly, Eden
Lips unused to thee.
Bashful, sip thy jasmines,
As the fainting bee,
Reaching late his flower,
Round her chamber hums,
Counts his nectars—alights,
And is lost in balms!”
 IMPORTANCE OF VERSES FOR CHILDREN
>> It helps generation of children learn to
read.
>> A child’s use of language is expanded
upon when reading verses.
>> It shapes a young one’s mind
IMPORTANCE OF VERSES IN CHILDREN
>>helps them to learn new words,
practice their speech, and learn to use
context clues to understand a phrase.
THANK
YOU!!!