Poetry Around the World
Which type of poem is this?
"A century of life
Sees genius aye in strife with doom:
As hills for vales make room
These visions dire consume the soul.
Surprised by joy with dole?
Once-rosy cheek, heav'n's toll is paid."
What is a Luc Bat?
What is alliteration?
When consonants are repeated in quick succession
Create an acrostic poem
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
ABBA ABBA
How many words are in a traditional kural?
What is seven?
What rhyme scheme must a villanelle follow?
ABA for tercets
ABAA for quatrain
What is this an example of?
"quit obsessing does my blue skirt clash
with my hot pink flats"
What is Imagery?
Create a simile about love
Must compare love to something using like or as
How many syllables are in each line of this poem?
I don't know what it is,
but I distrust myself
when I start to like a girl
a lot.
6
6
7
2
What country did the ballata originate in?
What is Italy?
What is an abecedarian acrostic poem?
A poem where each line starts with the letter of the alphabet in alphabetical order
What is this an example of?
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;"
What is anaphora?
Create a kural
2 lines- first line has 4 words, second line has 3 words
What is a stanza with 3 lines called?
What makes the Viator poem unique?
What is a travelling first line?
What type of poem is this an example of?
"On the day after Christmas, bam!
The tree hit the floor once again
That was it, all I could stand, wham!
Ornaments in the attic slain"
What is a chastushka?
What is this an example of?
"Well, those rumours, they have big teeth
Hope they bite you"
What is Personification?
Create a couplet with personification
2 lines similar in length, they must have end rhyme, check for personification (giving human qualities to a non human)
Which line is the Volta?
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun,
Coral is far more red, than her lips red,
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun:
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head:
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks,
And in some perfumes is there more delight,
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know,
That music hath a far more pleasing sound:
I grant I never saw a goddess go,
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
And yet by heaven I think my love as rare,
As any she belied with false compare.
And yet by heaven I think my love as rare,
How do all Shakespearian sonnets end?
What is a couplet?
What type of poem is this?
"sky opens up
peals of thunder
children wonder
eyes wide in awe
drumbeat droplets
jagged fire draws
each one to pause
squirm in their seats"
What is a Pathya Vat?
What is a metaphor? Must provide an example as well
A direct comparison between to things without the use of like or as.
Check examples
Create a 3 line Luc Bat
example:
A century of life 6 syllables
Sees genius aye in strife with doom: 8
As hills for vales make room 6
half points if not following syllables no points if not following rhyme schemeDescribe the structure of this poem. Must say the syllables, type of stanza, rhyme scheme.
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Roughly 4 syllables per line with the last lines being 1-2 syllables longer
2 quatrains
ABAB CDCD
Create a limerick.
Check responses.
Must have 5 lines, AABBA rhyme scheme, A lines are roughly double the length of the B lines. Should be comedic.