Reading & Poetry Online Course

Lesson 1 - 18th May 2020

What is a poem ?
Rhyme Stanzas Verses

Features
Rhythm Structure
 8 Line Rhyme Poem
Birds are flyin’ south for winter.

Here’s the wierd-Bird headin’ north.

Wings a-flappin’, beak a-chatterin’,

Cold head bobbin’ back ‘n’ forth.

He says, “It’s not that I like ice

Or freezin’ winds and snowy ground.

It’s just sometimes it’s kind of nice

What lines can we find the rhymes ?
To be the only bird in town.
 Haiku
Most cannot see it.

It’s intertwined and complex.

A beauty in dew.

Formula:
A haiku has three lines.
Typically, the topic is nature.
Line 1 should have five syllables, line 2 should have seven syllables,
and line 3 should have seven syllables. (5-7-5)
 Limerick
A flea and a fly in a flue

Were caught, so what could they do?

Said the fly, “Let us flee.”

“Let us fly,” said the flea.

So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Formula:
A limerick is a 5-line poem meant to be humorous.
The rhyme pattern is a a b b a with lines 1, 2, and 5
containing 3 beats and rhyming,
and lines 3 and 4 having two beats and rhyming.
 Limerick - Fill In The Blank Activity

Quick Practice:

There once was a pauper named Meg

Who accidentally broke her______.
She slipped on the _____.
Not once, but thrice
Take no pity on her, I _______.

Can you guess which words go in the blanks?

 Cinquain
Feather
Purple, unpredictable
Wiggling, wobbling, plummeting
Wild as an angry bumblebee
Plume

Why could it be called a cinquain?

Formula
Line 1: one word, subject of poem
Line 2: two words, description of subject (adjectives)
Line 3: three words, participles (-ing verbs), actions
Line 4: four words, simile describing feelings about subject
Line 5: one word, synonym for subject
 Subject Poem
Turquoise

Turquoise is magic, manatees, and silly putty.

Turquoise is the taste of sherbert.

Juicy pears and the desert smell turquoise.

A cleared mind makes me feel turquoise.

Turquoise sounds of splashing paint and tubas.

Turquoise is Yashiro, a calm pool of water, and a coral reef.

Painting is turquoise.
Making new friends is turquoise.
Turquoise is having siblings.
Poems can be used to express thoughts
and feelings about different subjects.
It is often the poets own ideas.
 Homework

Choose your favourite type of poem to

research and bring to class next time.