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1. Directions Types of Poetry About the Author Poetry aims to present ideas and evokes (suggests) emotions in the reader through a variety of characteristics and forms Poetry Websites Reference Page

2. Directions Checklist • Complete your note taking guide for the types of poetry by using the links on the “TYPES OF POETRY” page. • As you learn about each type of poem use the “Example” button on each slide to read a sample of each type of poem. • Use the poetry websites on the “POETRY WEBSITES” page to write down a different example of each type of poem on your note taking guide. • Use the “POETRY WEBSITES” page to write down the title of poems on your note taking guide that make do the following: 1. laugh 2. feel sad 3. really think

3. Types of Poetry Narrative Ballad Haiku Concrete Free Verse Limerick Lyric Rhyming Couplet

4. Narrative • Tells a story in verse • Often have elements similar to those in short stories such as plot and characters Example

5. Haiku • A three line- Japanese verse form • The first and third lines each have five syllables and the second line has seven Example

6. Free Verse • Defined by its lack of strict structure • No regular meter, rhymer, fixed line length, or specific stanza pattern Example

7. Lyric • Expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker • Often very musical in tone Example

8. Ballad • Songlike poems that tell stories • Often deal with adventure and romance Example

9. concrete • Shaped to look like their subjects • Poet arranges the lines to look like a picture on the page Example

10. Limerick • Humorous, rhyming, five-line poems • Contain a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme Example

11. Rhyming Couplet • Pairs of rhyming lines • Usually of the same meter and length Example

12. About the author • Mrs. Wiest • 7th Grade Communication Arts Teacher • Northern Lebanon Middle School Click below to check out my website!! Mrs. Wiest’s Website 

13. references • http://www.spart1.org/mms/?User_ID=278&PersonalPage_ID=2917 • http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-haiku-poems.html • http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hickey/freeexamples.htm • http://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/dying.htm • http://people.oregonstate.edu/~smithc/vita/concrpoe.html • http://www.poetry-online.org/limericks.htm • http://cuip.uchicago.edu/~adarice/cwsite/poems/couplet.htm

14. Poetry Websites • The Poetry Archive for Students • Types of Poetry • Poetry for Kids • Poem Hunter (Search For Poems) • Poems for Kids

15. Narrative Example Papa’s Fishing Hole I place my tiny hand in his as we walk to Papa’s Fishing Hole. I hand him a wiggling night crawler fighting for his life. The deadly hook squishes through the worm’s head, and I watch the brown guts ooze out. Papa throws the pole’s long arm back and then forward. The line lands in a merky spot along the reedy shore. Now I get to reel it in. Nothing yet, he says. He casts again. I reel it in. Still nothing. Three time’s a charm, he says. He casts. A strike. We turn the crank together. The fish jumps from the water and his colors form a rainbow as he arches his body above the reeds. My Papa handles him with the skill of a master as I stop helping to watch him work. A stiff jerk, a quick reel, a stiff jerk again. The fish doesn’t have a chance, I yell. I know. I know. I know, he says. -Elisabeth D. Babin Babin, Elisabeth D. "Papa’s Fishing Hole." Tempest. Spring 1994. 27.

16. Haiku Example An old silent pond... A frog jumps into the pond, splash! Silence again.

17. Free verse example Dolphins Here I swim, with my friends. They jump around me and flip in the air. I am in Florida. There is lots of different kinds of dolphin’sI am a Bottled nosed dolphin. I slip in the water to find my prey.My predators are sharks and some biggeranimals than me that live in the ocean. I see something standing on land that I have seen before.There is a noise coming from there. I keep playing with my friends.

18. Lyric example Dying by Emily Dickinson I heard a fly buzz when I died;The stillness round my formWas like the stillness in the airBetween the heaves of storm.The eyes beside had wrung them dry,And breaths were gathering sureFor that last onset, when the kingBe witnessed in his power.I willed my keepsakes, signed awayWhat portion of me ICould make assignable,-and thenThere interposed a fly,With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz,Between the light and me;And then the windows failed, and thenI could not see to see.

19. Ballad example On Top of Spaghetti On top of spaghetti,All covered with cheese,I lost my poor meatball,When somebody sneezed. It rolled off the table,And on to the floor,And then my poor meatball,Rolled out of the door. It rolled in the garden,And under a bush,And then my poor meatball,Was nothing but mush. The mush was as tastyAs tasty could be,And then the next summer,It grew into a tree. The tree was all covered,All covered with moss,And on it grew meatballs,And tomato sauce. So if you eat spaghetti,All covered with cheese,Hold on to your meatball,Whenever you sneeze.

20. Concrete example

21. Limerick example There was an Old Person of Dover,Who rushed through a field of blue Clover;But some very large bees,Stung his nose and his knees,So he very soon went back to Dover.

22. Rhyming couplet example Decorator Hermit Crab There was a little hermit crabWho thought his tank was rather drabAt first he didn't know what to doThen decorated with pink and blue.Now he is no longer crabbyWith his new home, he's rather happy!