Fun/Funny

Poetry
Fun Poetry
“Funny poetry can exist in
any form or measure of
poetry, granted that the topic
or tone of the poem is
humorous. Funny messages
employ a variety of devices
to produce humor.”
Types of Fun Poetry:

1.RIDDLES
2.HAIKUS
3.LIMERICKS
  RIDDLES
A riddle is a question which
requires the person being asked
the riddle to use their intelligence
and thinking skills to answer it.
Riddles have been shown to
improve children's comprehension
and creativity.
It can be thought-provoking or
funny brain busters. It is like a
puzzle that you are trying to solve.
Usually in order to answer a
riddle, the person must think
"outside of the box" to get the
answer.
Characteristics of the
Riddles
A riddle is, of course, a verbal
puzzle: an enigmatic statement,
description or question posed by
one person to another, or to a
group, who have to guess the
answer. We use the term loosely
for more than one kind of puzzle.
However, the riddle proper relies
on imagery for its effects; often
quite poetic imagery.
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History of Riddles
The riddle is one of the
most ancient of poetic
forms. In England its
known history begins with
the Anglo-Saxons, who
enjoyed composing
complex riddles in verse.
Reasons to use Riddles in Education
Numerous studies have shown that puzzle and riddles
can be a brilliant way to involve any student in a topic: not
only does this force a student to be an ‘active’ rather than
‘passive’ listener, but also working with riddles can improve
the effectiveness of the overall learning environment, as these
sorts of problems require a variety of skills and brig new
meaning to abstract concepts.
A riddle is defined as a ‘question or statement
intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining
its answer or meaning.’ Riddles can help students to
understand complex conceits because they tend to be worded
in a way that relates to real-life situations. Additionally, in
order to solve them, students are required to draw on-and
sharpen-their critical-thinking skills.
  HAIKUS
Haiku is a form of Japanese
poetry made of short, unrhymed
lines that evoke natural imagery.
Haiku can come in various
formats of short verses, though
the most common is a three-
line poem with a five-seven-
five syllable pattern.
 3 Rules of Haiku Poetry:
There is a typical structure that most English-
language haiku poems follow. It is the five-seven-
five structure, where:
1. The entire poem consists of just three
lines, with seventeen syllables in total.
2. The first line and third line are five
syllables.
3. The second line is seven syllables.
4 Characteristics of Haiku:
Nature themes and imagery evoking a specific season are the
traditional focus of haiku poetry. Haiku poems often feature the
juxtaposition of two images. Here’s what else to look for in haiku
writing:

1. Kigo
Traditional haiku contains a kigo, a word or phrase that
places it in a particular season. Signaling a season with
only one word lends haiku its economy of expression.
Some of the most classic kigo are sakura (cherry
blossoms) for spring, fuji (wisteria) for summer, tsuki
(moon) for fall, and samushi (cold) for winter.
2. Kireji
Known in English as the “cutting
word, ” kireji creates a pause or a
break in the poem’s rhythm. The
kireji often works to juxtapose
two images. Contemporary haiku
may not always use a kireji, but
juxtaposition remains a common
feature of haiku.
3. Nature and the seasons:
Describing the season was the
original purpose of haiku, and
to this day, poets often focus
on the natural world and how
it changes throughout the year.
4. On
A Japanese haiku contains
seventeen on, or sounds. On are
counted differently than
syllables in English, which
leads to translators’ lack of
consensus on whether seventeen
English syllables truly capture
the spirit of haiku.
  LIMERICKS
The limerick is the most well-recognized type
of funny poetry, due to both the sheer number
of poems produced in the form and its unique
structure. Limericks are a fun and timeless way
to tell short, silly stories. They can be about
anything, as long as they follow their single
stanza structure that dates back to the early
14th century. While relatively short little
poems, they provide an enormous amount of
entertainment and fun for the entire family.
 A limerick consists of five lines with an A-A-B-B-A
rhyme pattern. It is a humorous poem consisting of
five lines. These silly rhymes were made famous by a
man named Edward Lear, an Englishman who wrote
The Book of Nonsense in the 1800s. He is a famous
British poet, and a writer of literary nonsense, widely
considered the father of the limerick. The book is
filled with over 200 nonsensical limericks written and
illustrated by the author himself. While Edward
brought these short poems into the spotlight, it is
believed that they originated in the 1400s in the town
of Limerick, Ireland.
SHAPE POEMS
A shape poem, or concrete poem, is an arrangement of words on
a page into shapes or patterns that reveal an image, such as in a
calligram. These visual poems are an artistic blend of the literary
and the visual arts. Readers experience a shape poem via its
words, typography, and the visual representation of the poem’s
subject. In this type of visual poetry, the meaning of the
poem is enhanced by the shape of the poem itself, rather than the
actual words used.
The Origins of Shape Poems
●Ancient letter arrangements:
Shape poems were already a popular literary
form in Ancient Greece as early as 2 BC.

● Early pattern poetry in the early

twentieth century:
The American poet E. E. Cummings and the
French poet Guillaume Apollinaire wrote pattern
poems in the first half of the twentieth century,
spacing out and styling words on the page for
poetic expression.
●Mid-twentieth century:
Poetry as a form was
evolving; Dada artists
explored sound poetry,
introducing new, aural ways
to experience poems,
primarily via performances
that blended music and text.
●Development as a visual art form:
In 1950s Brazil, writers affiliated with the
São Paulo magazine Noigandres
experimented with visualizing words on a
page. Members of the Noigandres group—
including Brazilian writers Augusto de
Campos, Décio Pignatari, and Haroldo de
Campos—showed their work at an art
exhibit. These avant-garde artists carved a
new path, blazing a trail for an art movement
that was also a literary movement.
●Anthology:
This artistic medium
flourished throughout the
twentieth century. In 1968,
Mary Ellen Solt published
Concrete Poetry: A World
View, a definitive collection
of the concrete poetry
movement.
Thank you for
listening!