POETRY IN MOTION

POETRY IN MOTION

POETRY COUPLETS
The last word of the first line and last line rhyme
Sweet apple, red and round
So nice to get you
Off the ground!

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Apple Apology Poem
Apologize to an object.
Dear Apple,
I'm sorry that I
picked you off the tree
before you were ready to fall
Please forgive me

Apple Sensory Poem
Appeal to the five senses
I was standing in the orchard
When I saw a lovely tree (sight)
I heard an apple fall, (sound)
It smelled so very sweet (smell)
I took a bite...yum! (taste)

Apple Phrase Poem
This form of poetry states an idea with a list of phrases.
Eating Apples
yum, yum, yum,
crunching, munching
healthy, juicy apples

Apple Cinquain
Cinquain means five.
Apples (one word)
Juicy, sweet (two words)
Red, yellow, green (three words)
Yummy, delicious, fantastic, healthy (four words)
Apples (one word)
Hobbes
Five W'S Apple Poetry
Each line in this type of poem answers one of the 5 W's (who? what? when? where? why?)
I
Love eating apples
In the morning
In my kitchen
'Cause they are so good for me

Diamond Apple Poetry
When centered this poem will take the form of a diamond
Apples (one word)
Sweet, ripe (two words)
Delicious, Empire, Cortland (three words)
Pies, sauce (two words)
Apples (one word)

Acrostic Apple Poetry
An acrostic poem is one in which certain letters, often the first letter of every line, form a name or a theme.
Apples are yummy.
Pretty and juicy.
Please pick only when ripe.
Licking jelly apples are fun.
Eat them day and night.

Parody Poem
Choose a well known poem and copy its style by substituting your own words.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
What happened to you?

4 Line Reaction Poem
Name the subject: Black Cat
Describe action of the subject: Prowling
Use a simile: Like a shadow
Write your reaction: My breath stops

Haiku
...is 3 unrhymed lines of 17 syllables referring often to a season of the year
5 syllables: The falling flower
7 syllables: I saw drift back to the branch
5 syllables: Was a butterfly

Simile Poem
Name the subject: Evening rain
Simile of sight: Glittering like broken glass
Simile of sound: Rapping like crinkling foil
Simile of action: Falling like a raid of bullets
Conclusion: I'm soaked

Solve a Poem
It makes a black smear
across the countryside
Ugly but useful
Buzzing with metallic bees
Solution:...a highway

Five Line Adjective Verb Poem
Name the subject: Eel
Statement: The eel on the hook feels
Adjective: Slimy
Adjective: Scrummy
Verb: It stretches
Verb: Shrinks

Limericks

How about writing a limerick? Edward Lear invented them* and they have
five lines and they rhyme. The first line usually begins: There was a young
(or an old) man (or woman or boy or girl) of Somewhere. You then think of a
rhyme for the place and that gives you the idea for the last line. No one
knows who wrote these limericks.

There was a young man of Bengal
Who was asked to a fancy dress ball
He murmured: I'll risk it
I'll go as a biscuit
But the dog ate him up in the hall

Narrative Poems

How about writing a parody of a narrative poem?

It looked extremely dicey for the Oiler's Team that day
The score stood 2 to 4 with one period left to play
So when Salo let in another
And ...

Irony Poems
How about writing a parody of a poetry style laden with irony...Shel Silverstein for example!

Situation Irony = What happens is the opposite of what you expected:

Fagin says harshly to a boy who has picked his pocket: "Come here!" then pats him on the head and says "That's a good boy!"

Verbal Irony = You say the opposite of what you really mean:

You say to someone to someone who just had a fit! "Great going!"

Dramatic Irony= The audience knows something a character in the story doesn't.

The hero is bragging about how he can easily defeat class bully and the bully is behind him hearing everything!

Character Irony = A character has a completely erroneous self perception.

Cliff Claven in Cheers thinks he's really super cool and smart when in reality he's a real nerd!

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SOUND REPETITION DEVICES IN POETRY

ALLITERATION:
Repeated consonant sounds :
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
ASSONANCE:
Repeated vowel sounds :
"The June moon loomed over the horizon"
CONSONANCE:
Repeated consonant sounds, not necessarily at the beginning of words :
"It was like growing eggs in ginger luggage "
ONOMATOPOEIA:
words imitate real sounds in nature:
"The fire crackled and the popcorn popped."

ANAPHORA:
repeating first words in succeeding lines:
"Still no promises to keep today
Still no reason to wake today."

EPISTROPHE:
repeating last words in succeeding lines:
"we know they walked alike
And we know they talked alike."

PARALLELISM:
repeating sentence structure in succeeding lines:
"Marcia's faucet needs a plumber
Joyce's sorrow needs a man."

ANTITHESIS:
repeating sentence structures with opposite ideas in succeeding lines:
"The wicked flee when no man pursues
The righteous are bold as a lion."

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN POETRY
IMAGERY:
Creating pictures for the senses to savor :
"Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth"
METAPHORS:
Various kinds of comparison not necessarily using "like" or "as" :
"A black cat dropped soundlessly from a high wall, a spoonful of dark treacle which melted under the gate."
SIMILE:
A comparison using "like" or "as" :
"nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof."
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HYPERBOLE:
An exaggeration :
"He ate a mountain of spaghetti."
PERSONIFICATION:
Making an inanimate object act like a person or animal :
"The fog crept in on little cat feet."
ALLUSION:
A cross reference to another work of art :
"Her boyfriend dances like King Kong."

SYNECDOCHE:
Using part of the object to stand for the whole thing :
"Have you got your wheels, man?"
CONCEIT:
An extended metaphor that doesn't make sense at first :
"My compass love for you is true."
(This John Donne conceit makes sense only when we realize he is talking about a :
drawing compass and he means his love is the center of his universe.)
PARADOX:
Something that at first seems to contradict itself :
"A little learning is a dangerous thing."
(This line from Alexander Pope requires a bit of thought to realise the key
word is "little". Pope wants us to learn all we can.)
SYMBOLISM:
Something represents a completely different thing or idea :
(The sneetches symbolize various prejudice in people.)
ANTITHESIS:
Saying the opposite of what you really mean, for effect :
"That was a smooth move, man."
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SOUND REPETITION DEVICES IN POETRY