POETRY

POETRY

•a means of sharing
experiences, telling a story,
or expressing feelings or
ideas with the use of
language in a particular way.
PROSE This is one type where a
true story or factual
account of events or
information (nonfiction) is
presented. Textbooks,
newspaper articles, and
instruction manuals all fall
into this category.
There are 4 common types of prose:
• Fictional prose takes you away to a made-up
world or story such as The Hunger Games.
• Non-fictional prose is factual accounts of
events such as Anne Frank's The Diary of a
Young Girl.
• Heroic prose includes oral and written
traditions like fables and legends.
• Poetic prose is writing with poetic qualities,
such as heightened emotions and imagery, that
is not written in verse. One example is Amy
Lowell's Bath.
 PROSE POETRY
• Written in sentences • Written in lines and stanzas
and paragraphs • Artistic language to express
• Normal language thoughts and emotions
patterns • Word limits
• No limit on words • Include rhyme and rhythm
• Doesn't use a rhyme • Can take dissecting the
scheme or rhythm words to understand the
meaning
• Easy to understand • Used creatively and
• May or may not be artistically
used creatively
Three Broad
Approaches Can Be
Used:
A)Narrative poetry
B)Lyric Poetry
C)Dramatic Poetry
NARRATIVE POETRY
• form of poetry that tells a story
with characters, orientation,
complication, crisis, and
resolution, setting and action. The
entire story is usually written in
matered verse.
• Narrative poems do not need
rhyme. The poems that make up
this genre may be short or long,
and the story relates to may be
complex.
Two Types of Narrative Poems
•Epic were composed by
ancient Greek poets like
Homer and were intended
to be recited rather than
read. It tells the heroid
deeds of character of a
particular place.
EXAMPLES OF
EPICS
• Ballad derives from the
French of “cl anson ballade”,
which was a poem set to
music and intended for
dancing. It is a narrative
poem which tells a dramatic
story in four-line stanza with
a regular beat.
LARK
LYRIC POETRY
• Type of poetry that expresses
the personal emotions or
feelings of the speaker or the
writer.
• It is often written in a highly
musical and imaginative
language, using vivid images,
metaphors, and other literary
devices to convey the speaker's
innermost thoughts and feelings.
 Types of Lyric Poems
• Sonnet is a fixed verse
lyric poem that has 14
lines, Sonnets are often
about a thought or feeling
and have a final line that
summarizes the theme.
• Ode is a lyric poem with complicated
structure that praises a person or
marks an important event. Odes are
generally meant to be performed with
music.
•Elegy is a very sad poem,
often expressing sorrow
over someone who has
died. Elegies are typically
written in couplets that
have a specific pattern of
meter.
 Dramatic Poetry
• An emotional piece of literature which
includes a story which is recited or sung.
• Has elements that closely relate it to
drama, either because it is written in
some kind of dramatic form, or uses a
dramatic technique
• May also suggest a story, but there is
more emphasis on character rather than
on the narrative.
18 FORMS
OF
POETRY
Forms of Poetry
• Acrostic • Haiku
• Chant • Light verse
• Cinquain • Nonsense verse
• Comic Verse • Nursery rhyme
• Diamante • Limerick
• Elegy • Riddle
• Epigram • Song lyric
• Epitaph • Tanka
• Free verse • Villanelle
• Acrostic. A poem which consists of vertical first
letters name of the topic while the horizontal
words describe the topic.

Rain drops drip drop on my shoes

And more drops fall, in ones and twos
I think of all my friends inside
Not me, I think, I shall not hide
Stormy weather makes me run
To puddles outside, so much fun
On rainy days, I'll always be
Running around for all to see
Mud and splashes cover me!
• Chant. Dating to prehistoric time, hence
one of the earliest forms of poetry, chant is
a poem of no fixed form, but in which one
or more lines are repeated over and over. It
is usually meant to be spoken aloud.
• Cinquain. It is a five-line poem that
follows a pattern and does not rhyme.
The cinquain consists of five lines of 2,
4, 6, 8 and 2 syllables respectively.
Ex.
Summer
Hot sunny days
Lazing beneath blue skies
It's my favorite time of the year
I dream
• Comic Verse. It is a poem that
involves humor and makes sense.
• Diamante. It is a seven-line poem in
which the first and last lines are
opposites or contrasts. It is written
in the shape of a diamond.
• Elegy. It is a poem of mourning for
someone's death.

“Upon a Child That Died” by Robert Herrick

Here she lies, pretty bud,

Lately made of flesh and blood,
Who as soon fell fast asleep
As her little eyes did peep.
Give her strewing's, but not stir
The earth that lightly covers her.
• Epigram. It is a short and pointed
poem, often a witty statement in verse
or prose which may be complimentary,
satiric, or aphoristic.
Ex.
"I can resist everything except
temptation." - Oscar Wilde
"If you want to tell people the truth,
make them laugh, otherwise they'll
kill you." - Oscar Wilde
• Epitaph. It is a poem with a
short inscription carved on a
tombstone (or written with that
context in mind).
• It usually rhymes and lends
itself to imitation and
distortion. While the epitaph in
a cemetery is often serious, the
form can be made humorous.
• Free verse. It is a poetry that does not conform to
schemes or patterns of rhyme, meter, or form
because it doesn't follow strict rules it has
flexibility. Its rhythm is created by the natural flow
of the poet's thoughts and emotions.
• Haiku. Originated in Japan and often
talks about nature, it consists of three
unrhymed lines containing 17 syllables
(5, 7, 5) and portrays a single idea or
feeling while having a strong visual
imagery.
Ex.
The rain falls in sheets
Earth soaks up water sponge-like
Truck wheels sinking deep
–Don Schmidt
• Light verse. It is a poem that is cheerful,
airy, and light-hearted, it often describes
everyday events and uses language of the
speaking voice.
• Nursery rhyme. Usually having regular rhymes,
strong rhythms, and repetition, it could be
described as jingles for children, forming part of
the oral tradition of many countries.
• Nonsense verse. Categorized as light verse that
has structure and rhyme and invented words, it is
characterized by fantastic themes, absurd images,
artificial language, and humor.
• Riddle. It indirectly describes a person,
place, thing, or idea and can be any length
and usually has a rhyming scheme.
• Limerick. This is usually brief and lends itself to
comic effects. The limerick consists of three long
and two short lines rhyming aabba. Rhyme and
rhythm are used to enhance the content.
Ex.
Surfing for Jane is a must,
But shark she simple won’t
trust;
She puts on armor,
So they can’t harm her,
thought now she struggles
with rust.
• Song lyric. It is a poem that has been set to
music. The word 'lyric' comes from the Greek
word lyre, a kind of harp that was often used to
company songs.
• Tanka. A form of poetry is very similar to a Haiku
poem except it has 5 lines. It has a 5-7-5-7-7
syllable count, making it a total of 31. It is usually
written about nature, seasons, love, sadness, or
any other strong emotion.

Ex.
Crystal ice daggers
Glisten in the winter trees
Tree drops its weapons
Bending branches to the ground.
Cold swirling wind gusts and blows.
• Villanelle. It is a fixed form, usually containing
five three-line stanzas and a four- line stanza,
with only two rhymes throughout. Thus, the
villanelle has nineteen total lines.
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