Poetic Forms - PowerPoint Presentation

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Poetic FormsSlide2

Haiku

A 3 lined poem with seventeen syllables

Line 1: 5 syllables

Line 2: 7 syllablesLine 3: 5 syllablesHaiku usually contrast 2 images from nature or daily life. They may also include a seasonal word or a moment of discovery.Slide3

Limerick

It is often comical or nonsensical

Examples include the Mother Goose

nursery rhymesThe rhyme scheme is: AABBA/(A1)The rhythm is:Line 1: - / - - / - - / Line 2: - / - - / - - /

Line 3:

- / - - /Line 4: - / - - /Line 5: - / - - / - - /Slide4

Sonnet

A 14 line lyric poem.

Most are written in iambic pentameter

Rhyme Scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GGSlide5

Tanka

A 31 syllable poem

Is 5 lines

totalLine 1: 5 syllablesLine 2: 7 syllablesLine 3: 5 syllables

Line 4: 7 syllables

Line 5

: 7 syllablesWas used between Japanese men and women in love to communicate with each otherSlide6

Acrostic

The topic is written down the page and each line of the poem begins with its respective letterSlide7

Free Verse

This can be rhymed or unrhymed

There is no set pattern that is followed.

Write in any way about anything however you wish.Slide8

Ballad

Often accompanied by a musical instrument when recited

It is usually a plot driven story

Often quatrain stanzasEither the 2nd and 4th lines in each stanza rhyme or every alternating line rhymesSlide9

Ballade

A poem of French

origin

Consists of three stanzas of either 7, 8 or 10 lines and ending with a refrain called an envoi. The envoi is usually half as long as the stanza.Slide10

Sestina

Usually an unrhymed poem consisting of six stanzas made up of six lines each.

The

sestina employs word repetition rather than rhyme. The last word of each line in the first stanza is repeated in a different order in the following five stanzas. This form was invented by the troubadour poet Arnaud Daniel. 1. ABCDEF

2

. FAEBDC

3. CFDABE 4. ECBFAD 5

. DEACFB

6

. BDFECA

7

. (envoi) ECA or

ACESlide11

Villanelle

A poem (normally) consisting of 19 lines - arranged as five triplets and one final quatrain.

The

intricate rhyme scheme of the villanelle is furnished by the first triplet: A(1)-B-A(2) and is then repeated twice in the form of A-B-A(1) and A-B-A(2) and then concluded with the quatrain rhymed A-B-A(1)-A(2). Slide12

Terms

Iambic

Pentameter- Five iambs (`/) in one line (Think Shakespeare)

Similes- two unlike things are compared using a word such as like, as, or resemblesMetaphors- two unlike things are compared and one is said to

be

the otherSlide13

Terms

Alliteration- repetition of the same consonant sound in several words

Assonance- repetition of vowel sounds in several words.

Imagery- a word or phrase that appeals to one or more of our five sensesSlide14

Terms

Personification- human qualities are given to something that is not human

Rhyme- the repetition of a stressed vowel sound and any sounds that follow it in words that are close together in a poem.

Rhyme Scheme-a regular pattern of end rhymes (rhymes at the end of a line in poetry)Slide15

Terms

Internal Rhyme- occurs when at least one of the rhymed words falls within a line rather than at the end.

Rhythm- a musical quality based on repetition (the beat of the poem)

Meter- a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of a poem.Slide16

Terms

Onomatopeia

- words that sound like what they mean.

Verse- Either a definite number of lines of poetry or a general term for poetic composition. Stanza- One or more lines that make up the basic units of a poem - separated from each other by spacing.Slide17

Terms

Couplets- two lines of poetry (usually rhyming)

Triplets- three lines of poetry

Quatrain- four lines of poetryEnvoi- Short stanza concluding a ballade or sestina