Poetry

1. Poetry Wahiawa Middle School Library Mrs. Cumberlander

2. What is Poetry? Poetry is the expression of a thought, an idea, a concept, or a story in a structured form which has a flow and a music created by the sounds and syllables in it.

3. What is Poetry? • Think or imagine • Feel • Uses figurative language • Can be written about anything

4. Styles of Poetry • Written in several styles • Styles are defined by … • the number of lines in each stanza, • the syllables used in each line, or • the structures of rhyme used

5. Acrostic Ballad Free Verse Haiku Limerick Ode Palindrome Quatrain Sonnet Tongue Twister Styles of Poetry

6. Limerick • Rhymed, humorous, and/or nonsense • 5 lines • The last words of lines one, two, and five rhyme. • The last words of lines three and four rhyme.

7. Limerick Three Little Owls Who Sang Hymns There were three little owls in a wood Who snag hymns whenever they could; What the words were about One could never make out, But one felt it was doing them good.

8. Limerick There Was an Old Person of Wilts There was an old person of Wilts, Who constantly walked upon stilts; He wreathed them with lilies, And daffydown-dillies, That elegant person of Wilts.

9. Haiku • Japanese form of poetry • Describes nature • 3 lines • 5 syllables in the first line • 7 syllables in the second line • 5 syllables in the third line

10. That constant drizzle – A tame wind plays rain-music On the koa leaves. At the mountain top There are stars to count below In the city’s night. Haiku

11. Free Verse • FREE • Does not follow any structure or style • There are no rules

12. Creative Poetry Contest • Write your own original poem • Turn in to Library by Fri., April 20 • The Librarian will help you submit your entry electronically by April 27. • You could win a $500 U.S. Savings Bond, computers, iPod Touch, Visa gift cards, etc…

13. Want to know more? Check out our poetry display. Search Styles of Poetry online. Ask Mrs. Cumberlander.