Poetry ELA 1.4

Poetry day 2

ELA 1.4

Poetry is a Genre

It also has Sub-genres.

We will be learning about some types of poetry sub-genres.​

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• ​Haiku

• ​Free Verse

• ​Sonnet

• ​Epic

• Lyric​

​The haiku (or hokku) is an ancient form of Japanese poetry that has become very popular all over the world.

Renowned for its small size, haikus consist of just three lines (tercet); the first and third lines have five syllables, whereas the second has seven.

Haikus don’t have to rhyme and are usually written to evoke a particular mood or instance.​

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Haiku

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​Haiku Example:

Free verse is a popular style of modern poetry, and as its name suggests there is a fair amount of freedom when it comes to writing a poem like this. Free verse can rhyme or not, it can have as many lines or stanzas as the poet wants, and it can be about anything you like! So, while free verse may sound simple enough, the lack of rules makes this form of poetry tricky to master! 

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Free Verse

​This very old form of poetry was made famous by none other than William Shakespeare, but the sonnet actually originated in 13^th century Italy where it was perfected by the poet Petrarch. The word ‘sonnet’ is derived from the Italian word ‘sonnetto’ which means ‘little song’.

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Traditionally, sonnets are made up of 14 lines and usually deal with love.

As a rule, Petrarchan (Italian) sonnets follow an ABBA ABBA CDE CDE rhyme scheme, whereas Shakespearean (English) sonnets are typically ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

But of course, rules are made to be broken!​

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Sonnet

Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person.

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​This is where songs come from.

Lyric

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An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.​

Epic

On Tuesday, I asked you to define poetry.

Today we will be working with our definitions of poetry.

First, I want to share with you a video excerpt from one of my favorite Robin Williams films... where he explains poetry perfectly.​

Poetry Assignment #1

​Get the definition you used for poetry, and today you are going to turn it into a poem.

​Your poem type will be Free verse.

​To learn more about free verse poetry, watch this video:​

Parts of a Poem

To write a poem, you still need to learn the basic structure of a poem

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Directions:

Use the notebook paper to write a rough draft of your poem, play with it, erase, change it up until you feel you have your poetry definition poem.

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Once you are ready, go to Canvas & type in your poetry definition poem to the assignment by clicking submit & typing into the text box provided.​