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Name: ______Date: ______What is poetry?

There are many different styles of poetry? The three main kinds of poetry are narrative, dramatic, and lyrical but there are actually fifty types of poetry. We are going to discuss just nine.

Some Famous Poets:

Some Famous Poems? Vocabulary A Narrative Poem

A Dramatic Poem

A Lyrical Poem

An Acrostic Poem

Haiku

Ode

Sonnet

Pantoum Vocabulary

Ekphrastic

Ghazal

Free Verse

Iambic Pentameter

Couplet

Quatrains

Tercet Read Some Poetry

My Chosen Poets My Chosen Poems ______

My favorite poem was ______My favorite poem was written by: ______

I chose this poem because: ______This______poem was about: ______Let's Write A Narrative Poem

Something important that happened to me: ______A memorable event I attended: ______A time I overcame an obstacle: ______A story I think is worth telling: ______Decision Time

My beginning will contain ______My middle will contain ______My ending will contain ______My Narrative Poem ______Let's Write A Dramatic Poem

Something that made me feel very strong emotions: ______Something I could write a passionate speech about: ______A time I was involved in a very serious situation: ______A story I think is worth telling: ______

Who am I addressing?: ______What do I want my reader to feel? ______What mood do I want this poem to instill? ______My Dramatic Poem ______Let's Write A Lyrical Poem

A topic that is close to your heart and can be described as feelings: ______Three emotions that you associate with each other. ______A time I was involved in a very serious situation: ______A story I think is worth telling: ______

Who am I addressing?: ______What do I want my reader to feel? ______What mood do I want this poem to instill? ______My Lyrical Poem ______Ekphrastic

Acrostic Poem

P O E M Haiku Pantoum A Malaysian verse form adapted by French poets and occasionally imitated in English. It comprises a series of , with the second and fourth lines of each repeated as the first and third lines of the next. This is a fun style to write. For an example of a Pantoum go to poetryfoundation.org and read Another Lullaby for Insomniacs by A.E. Stallings.

The Rules of the Pantoum

Lines are grouped into 4 line . 1 2 3 4 Lines in first quatrain. The lines alternately - lines one 2 5 4 6 Lines in second quatrain. and three rhyme as well as lines two 5 7 6 8 Lines in third quatrain. and four. 7 9 8 10 Lines in fourth quatrain. Lines follow the pattern here 9 3 10 1 Lines in fifth and final quatrain

1 She stood slowly lifting her chin as she rose. Here I wrote you three stanzas as an 2 Gathering close innermost treasure. example poem. You can see how I 3 Strength straightened her back and her soul, numbered the lines so you can see the 4 They would not have what they'd come for. format working.

2 Gathering close innermost treasure. You can also see the rhyming pattern 5 She met icy glares with solid will. clearly. 4 They would not have what they'd come for. 6 Though the storm raged she was still. Are you ready to try this for yourself? 5 She met icy glares with solid will. 7 They believed they could steal her peace. See what you can create, poet. 6 Though the storm raged she was still. 8 Praying this nightmare soon cease. *All Pantoums end with line 1 but because this is not complete mine does not.* My Pantoum

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