Quatrain Poems

1. Quatrain Poems

2. Quatrains Investigate for yourself, and soon you will be creating your own! …click on the snowflake in the lower right corner in order to continue along in this activity?

3. What is a Quatrain? The word “quatrain” is related to some other words you know that have the “quad” prefix which means “????”. Look at the picture for another hint.

4. Quatrain Patterns: Just like visual patterns are pleasing to the eye, auditory patterns in Quatrains can be pleasing to the ear.

5. Quatrain Patterns: Quatrains follow an identifiable pattern based upon the last word in each line.

6. Quatrain Patterns: Let’s take a look at four of those possible patterns. Click on each pattern for a sample Quatrain by a famous Poet. AABC ABAB ABCB AABB

7. “The Tyger” By William Blake Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? Can you see the pattern?

8. “The Tyger” By William Blake Tyger! Tyger! burning bright A In the forests of the night A What immortal hand or eye B Could frame thy fearful symmetry? C The first two lines end with the same sounding word so they are both called “A.” The third line ends with a word that doesn’t rhyme so it is called “B.” The last line ends with a word that doesn’t rhyme with A or B so it is given the letter “C.”

9. “Look Before You Leap” By Auden The sense of danger must not disappear The way is certainly both short and steep How ever gradual it looks from here Look if you like, but you will have to leap Can you see the pattern?

10. “Look Before You Leap” By Auden The sense of danger must not disappear A The way is certainly both short and steep B How ever gradual it looks from here A Look if you like, but you will have to leap B In this Quatrain, the first and third lines rhyme, so they are both called “A.” The second and fourth lines also rhyme, but not with the first and third, so they are called “B.”

11. “The Wife of Usher’s Well” Author Unknown There lived a wife at Usher’s well And a wealthy wife was she She had three strong and healthy sons And slept while they were out at sea Can you see the pattern?

12. “The Wife of Usher’s Well” Author Unknown There lived a wife at Usher’s well A And a wealthy wife was she B She had three strong and healthy sons C And slept while they were out at sea B In this Quatrain, the first line is called “A,” but it doe not rhyme with the any other line in the poem. The second and fourth lines rhyme and are called “B,” and the third line which, again, does not rhyme with any other line is called “C.”

13. “The Mountain” Donna Brock The mountain frames the sky As a shadow of an eagle flies by With clouds hanging at it’s edge A climber proves his courage on its rocky ledge Can you see the pattern?

14. “The Mountain” Donna Brock The mountain frames the sky A As a shadow of an eagle flies by A With clouds hanging at it’s edge B A climber proves his courage on its rocky ledge B In this last Quatrain sample, the first two lines rhyme and are given the letter “A.” The third and fourth lines rhyme and are given the letter “B.”

15. Quatrain Patterns: So, how did you do…can you identify patterns on your own? Continue on and give it a try. Click the snowflake to continue…

16. Identifying Patterns: In the next section, you will demonstrate your ability to correctly identify the patterns of some sample Quatrains. If you identify them correctly, you may click the snowflake to continue…if you make a mistake, you will be asked to try again. Good luck, watch those ending words!!!!

17. Pattern Practice Click on the snowman that shows the correct pattern Snowman Blues Building a snowman out in the sun Working real hard, but having such fun Seeing him rise right out of the snow Three days later, he’s H2O ABBA ABCB AABB

18. Writing to Specific Patterns: In the last section, you will demonstrate your ability to correctly complete quatrains using a specific pattern. Look at the pattern first, then decide which word should be used to complete the specified pattern. Good luck, watch those ending words!!!!

19. Finishing Quatrains Click on the snowman above the word that correctly completes this Quatrain Pattern = ABAB At the sea I’ll wait on my knees As I watch for scattered shells On the beach I’ll feel the _______ As I listen to the bells sand smells breeze

20. That’s not it… Choose a word the correctly fits into the pattern…is it supposed to match another word? Look closely.

21. Finishing Quatrains Click on the snowman above the word that correctly completes this Quatrain Pattern = AABB Do we really ever know what we should____? Can I tell any better than you? What we need to do is give our best try Then we can look everyone in the eye. do lie wear

22. That’s not it… Choose a word the correctly fits into the pattern…is it supposed to match another word? Look closely.

23. GREAT JOB!!!! LET’S TRY TO COMPLETE ONE MORE QUATRAIN!

24. That’s not it… Choose a word the correctly fits into the pattern…is it supposed to match another word? Look closely.

25. GREAT JOB!!!! NOW, SHOW ME WHAT YOU KNOW! CLICK ON THE SNOWMAN! When you have completed the 2nd worksheet, close the worksheet, click on the slide to return to the show, and click on the snowflake to end this activity.