FREE VERSE POETRY FREE VERSE POETRY How do we define Free Verse poetry Free verse is a type of poetry that doesnt rhyme or have a syllable count It usually doesnt follow traditional poetry rules ID: 438102
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Objective: To be able to understand and write free verse poetry
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FREE VERSE POETRY
How do we define Free Verse poetry?
Free verse is a type of poetry that doesn’t rhyme or have a syllable count.
It usually doesn’t follow traditional poetry rules!
You can write about whatever you want in an artistic way, usually using
figurative language
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I now delight
In spite
Of the might
And the right
Of classic tradition,
In writing And reciting Straight ahead, Without let or omission, Just any little rhymeIn any little time That runs in my head; Because, I’ve said, My rhymes no longer shall stand arrayedLike Prussian soldiers on paradeThat march, Stiff as starch, Foot to foot, Boot to boot, Blade to blade,Button to button, Cheeks and chops and chins like mutton.No! No! My rhymes must go Turn ’ee, twist ’ee,Twinkling, frosty, Will-o’-the-wisp-like, misty
Free Verse
by Robert GravesSlide4
Fog
by Carl Sandburg
The
fog
comes
on little cat feet. It sits lookingover harbor and cityon silent haunchesand then moves on.Slide5
Remember, free verse poetry doesn’t have to follow any rules!Slide6
There are different types of Free Verse!
Rap Songs
Spoken Word
“
Touchscreen
” by Marshall Davis Jones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAx845QaOck#t=17Slide7Slide8
When looking at the beach picture, what do you think of? What do you feel? What experiences do you have at this location?Slide9
Class Poem!
Long walks
Endless possibilities
Free
Warmth of the sun
Irritated with the sandLittle cousins getting lostFear of getting dragged underUnder the SeaInsecureCalmMysteries of the DeepSlide10
8th Graders Poem!
Why isn’t anyone in the water
I feel like jumping in
Pouring a thousand
kool-aid mixesMilk and coconutsPalm-treesSlide11
8th Graders Poem!
At the beach I get so wet
The ocean blue gave me a flu
Down in the horizon
Getting eaten by sharks
Buried in sandGetting tannedEating ice creamSlide12
A Broken Family Tree by Lori McBride
I am one of many
Small branches of a broken tree
Always looking to the ones above
For guidance, strength and security.
One little branch tryingTo keep the others from breaking awayWho will fall?And who will stay?Now I stand aloneLooking at the earth through the rainAnd I see the broken branches I knewScattered about me in pain.There are those who have taken an axeTo the root of our very foundationAnd who have passed this destructionDown to every new generation.If I could take that axeI would toss it deep into the seaNever to return againTo harm the generations that follow me.I am one of manyBut alone I will goAnd plant the new seedsWhere a beautiful tree will grow.Slide13
Time to write your own Free Verse Poem!