Types of Poems
This is a Japanese poem that has three lines and a syllable scheme is 5-7-5
Haiku
This Poet writes short, funny poems
Shel Silverstein
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Repetition
ABAB, AABB, ABCB
You can only use these types of words in a Diamante
Verbs, Adjectives, and Nouns
This poem is usually about opposites
Diamante
Nothing Gold can stay
Robert Frost
I eat my peas with honey,
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on my knife.
Rhyming
It contains two-line stanzas with the “AA”
How many lines are in a cinquain
5
A short funny poem
Limerick
This poet wrote the shortest poem ever
Muhammad Ali
Uses the poets language to create a picture
Imagery
What kind of rhyme scheme is “ABBA”?
Enclosed rhyme
Name one strategy to memorize a poem
1. Write it down
2. Look for poetry features
3. Practice in front of the mirror
This type of poem has no rules
Free Verse
She is a Canadian poet
Margret Atwood
A group of lines arranged together in a pattern of lengths and a sequence of rhymes
Stanzas
What does inferring mean?
figuring out something that the author doesn't actually say
Name the parts of a song
Verse/stanza/chorus
2-4-6-8-2
Cinquain
Beautiful Annabel Lee...
Edgar Allan Poe
Writing in shorter lines to slow the reader down
Line breaks
What is the rhyming scheme in a Verse(A)/Chorus(B)/Bridge(C) song?
ABABCB
Where does the word “lyric” come from?
“lyre”