Exploring Different Forms of Poetry and Fun with Limericks
Dive into the world of poetry with a focus on forms like Free Verse, Haiku, and Limericks. Discover the beauty of expressing thoughts through varying structures and rhyme schemes. Enjoy a lighthearted touch with humorous limericks that will bring a smile to your face.
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January 13th:Bell Work! Bell Work: Identify one ANTONYM and one SYNONYM for the word BELLIGERENT Be ready to turn in Close Read assignment from yesterday if you did not turn it in yesterday! If you were not here yesterday, please ask me for the assignment!
January 13: Forms of Poetry Just write what is underlined on each slide. Do not interrupt instruction; I will answer questions after I have gone through each slide. NO PENCIL SHARPENING WHATSOEVER!
dive for dreams dive for dreams or a slogan may topple you (trees are their roots And wind is wind) Free Verse Written without rhyme or rhythm Rules of grammar and punctuation can be broken A more modern type of poetry trust your heart if the seas catch fire (and live by love though the stars walk backward) E.E. Cummings
Pancake Our class made a pancake with finely-ground flour and cheese and tomatoes wrapped in it. It had a crinkly edge with lots of little holes for the steam to escape. Then Billy knocked the whole lot over but our teacher rescued it Then we cooked it under a flame And put it in the fridge for later. It was a real work of art. It was our milled, filled, frilled, drilled, spilled, grilled, chilled, skilled, pancake.
Haiku A 3 line poem consisting of 17 syllables. 1stline = 5 syllables 2ndline = 7 syllables 3rdline = 5 syllables Does not rhyme Expresses one thought or idea Two cups of coffee wake me up enough to ask Did I have coffee? From high above a Tree-top throne in budding bloom Vibrant Spring presides
Limericks There was a young man of Bengal Who was asked to a fancy dress ball He murmured: I ll risk it I ll go as a biscuit But the dog ate him up in the hall Funny or silly poems with 5 lines Lines 1,2, and 5 rhyme with each other Lines 3 and four rhyme with each other Rhyme scheme of aabba
Limerick There was a young man from Peru Who found a large fly in his stew. Said the waiter, Don t shout And wave it about Or the rest will be wanting one too
Quatrain A type of stanza consisting of four lines that usually contain at least one rhyme. Can be one poem or part of a poem Couplet: A pair of lines that rhyme Because I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me The Carriage held but just Ourselves And Immortality.
Couplet `Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
Acrostic Poem Assignment In your notebook, you will write an acrostic poem. The choice of subject is yours, but you cannot choose your name. 5-7 letters minimum! An acrostic poem is a type of poetry is where the first letters of the word spell out the poem
Notebook Check on Friday! Instructions on Notebook Check: You will turn in a NOTEBOOK. The Notebook will contain: Greek and Latin definitions Pasted Poem Sheet Lecture notes Acrostic Poem If your notebook is incomplete; you will receive 1 out of 60 Points!
