i
saboke
mic
ah@g
mai
l.
com
POETRYMADEEAS
Y
I
NTRODUCTI
ONTOPOETRY
Def
ini
ti
onofPoet
ry
poetr
yhasnoonesetdef i
nit
ionbecausei
tcanmeansomanythi
ngst
o
di
ffer
entpeopl
e.Thef
oll
owingaresomecommondefi
nit
ions:
i
tist heartofwr i
ti
ngt hought
s,i
deas,anddreamsi ntoimaginat
ive
l
anguagewhi chmaycont ainver
se,pause,meter
,repeti
ti
on,and/or
rhyme.
writ
ingt hatformulat
esaconcent rat
edi magi
nati
veawar enessof
experienceinlanguagechosenandar r
angedt ocreateaspecific
emot i
onal r
esponsethroughmeaning,sound,
andrhythm
Apoeti
stheonewhowr
it
espoet
ry.
Apoem i
sawri
tt
enexpr
essi
onofemot
ionori
deasi
nanar
rangementofwor
dsorv
erse,
mostof
ten
r
hyt
hmical
ly
.
Di
ff
ere
ntType
sofPoe
try
Ther
eareov
er50typesofpoet
ry.
Poet
ryi
scat
egor
izedby:
a)t
henumberofl i
nesinthepoem,forexample,
sonnet
b)t
hewor dsint
hepoem,
c)whetheri
trhy
mesornot ,and
d)whatiti
sabout,f
orexample,l
ovepoetry
,deat
hpoetr
y,et
c
Bel
owar
ethecommont
ypesofpoet
ry:
Haikus
Sonnets
Namepoems
Freeversepoems
Nove
ls,
Upda
tedKAS
NEB,
ICT,
Col
leg
e,Hi
ghS
chool
Not
es&Re
vis
ionKi
ts 0714497530
, i
saboke
mic
ah@g
mai
l.
com
Hai
kus
Thehaikuoriginatedf rom Japan,.
I
t’
stheshor t
estt ypeofpoem and, of
ten,
themostdif
fi
cultt
ounderst
and.
Hai
kupoemsconsi stof3lines.
Thefi
rstandl astlinesofaHai kuhav
e5sy l
labl
esandthemiddl
eli
nehas7sy
ll
abl
es.
Theli
nesr arelyrhy me.
Lookatt
heexampl
ebel
ow:
East
erChocol
ateHai
ku
byKai
tl
ynGuent
her
Easterbunnyhides
Eastereggsareoutofsi
ght
Kidslookever
ywhere
Fr
eev
ersepoems
Af
reev
ersei
sthel
oosestt
ypeofpoem.
I
tcanconsi
stofasmanyl
i
nesast
hewr
it
erwant
s.
I
tcanei
therr
hymeornot
,andi
tdoesnotr
equi
reanyf
ixedmet
ri
cal
pat
ter
n.
Lookatt
heexampl
ebel
ow:
Fr
om Marr
iage
Mari
anneMoore
Thi
sinst
it
uti
on,
per
hapsoneshoul
dsayent
erpr
ise
outofr
espectf
orwhi
ch
onesay
soneneednotchangeone’
smi
nd
aboutat
hingonehasbel
i
evedi
n,
r
equi
ri
ngpubl
i
cpr
omi
ses
ofone’
sint
ent
ion
t
oful
fi
ll
apr
ivat
eobl
i
gat
ion:
IwonderwhatAdam andEv
e
t
hinkofi
tbyt
hist
ime,
Nove
ls,
Upda
tedKAS
NEB,
ICT,
Col
leg
e,Hi
ghS
chool
Not
es&Re
vis
ionKi
ts 0714497530
, i
saboke
mic
ah@g
mai
l.
com
t
hisf
ir
e-gi
l
tst
eel
al
i
vewi
thgol
denness;
howbr
ighti
tshows—
Sonnet
s
Asonneti
sbestdescr
ibedasal
yri
cpoem t
hatconsi
stsoff
our
teenl
i
nes.
Sonnet
’shav
eatl
eastoneort
woconv
ent
ional
rhy
meschemes.
Anexampl
eofasonneti
sthepoem bel
ow:
Fr
om Visi
ons
Fr
ancescoPetr
arch
Bei
ngonedayatmywi
ndowal
lal
one,
Somaniestrangethi
ngshappenedmet osee,
Asmuchasi tgri
evethmet othinkethereon.
Atmyr i
ghthandahy ndeappear ’
dtomee,
Sofai
reasmot ethegreatestgoddelit
e;
Twoeagerdogsdi dherpursueinchace.
Ofwhichtheonewasbl acke,theotherwhite:
Wit
hdeadlyforcesointheircruel
lrace
Theypi
nchtt
hehaunchesoft
hatgent
lebeast
,
Thatatthelast,andi nshortt
ime,Ispide,
Underar ocke,wher eshealas,oppr
est,
Fellt
othegr ound,andt her
eunt i
melydide.
Cruell
deathv anquishingsonoblebeautie
Oftmakesmeway lesohar dadesire.
Namepoems
Theyar
epopul
aramongchi
l
drenandar
eof
tenusedi
nschool
s.
Thenameoft
heper
sonbecomest
hepoem.
Eachl
ett
eri
nthenamei
sthef
ir
stl
ett
eri
nthel
i
neoft
hepoem.
St
udyDUNCANpoem bel
ow:
Drewnaught
ycucumbersfr
enet
ical
l
y
Umbil
ical
yetchubby
Noti
fi
edearl
sgenerousl
y
Cavor
tedwil
lf
ull
y
Nove
ls,
Upda
tedKAS
NEB,
ICT,
Col
leg
e,Hi
ghS
chool
Not
es&Re
vis
ionKi
ts 0714497530
, i
saboke
mic
ah@g
mai
l.
com
Apol
ogizedself
ishl
y
Nappedfrankl
ybutcour
ageousl
y
Note:
Therei
sav erywidedefi
nit
ionofwhatconst i
tut
espoetr
y,andalthoughsometypesofpoet
ry
canbegroupedt
oget heri
nspecifi
cstyl
es,creat
ivi
tyist
hekeytopoetryandanewpoetcanchoose
towri
teinanyst
y l
ehewant s,
evenifitdoesn'tf
iti
ntooneoftherecognizedt
ypes.
PERSONA
PERSONA
Aper sonaisacharactertakenonbyapoett ospeakinapoem.
Dramat i
cmonologuescr eateaper sona;
howev er
,asapoem usi
ngaper
sonaneednott
ell
a
readeranythi
ngaboutt hesituat
ionofthespeaker,t
henarr
ati
ve,
ort
hepersont
hatt
hepoem i
s
spokent o,
apersona-poem neednotbeadr amaticmonol
ogue.
AFr
eedomS
ong
Ati
enowashesdi shes,
Ati
enoplucksthechicken,
Ati
enogetsupear l
y,
Bedshersacksdowni ntheki
tchen,
Ati
enoeightyear
sol d,
Ati
enoyo.
Si
nceshei smysister
’schi
ld
Ati
enoneedsnopay .
Whil
eshewor ksmywi fecansi
t
Sewingeverysunnyday:
Wit
hherear ni
ngsIsupport
Ati
enoyo.
Ati
eno’slyandjealous,
Badexampl etotheki ds
Si
nceshemi ndsthem, l
ikeaschool
gir
l
Wantstheirdresses,shoesandbeads,
Ati
enoteny earsold,
Ati
enoy o.
Nowmywi fehasgonet ostudy
Ati
enoi slessf r
ee.
Don’tIkeepher ,schoolmyownones,
Paythepar ty,unionfee,
Al
lforpr ogress!Aren’ty
ougrat
eful
Ati
enoy o?
Vi
si
tor
sneedmuchat
tent
ion,
Nove
ls,
Upda
tedKAS
NEB,
ICT,
Col
leg
e,Hi
ghS
chool
Not
es&Re
vis
ionKi
ts 0714497530
saboke
mic
ah@g
mai
l.
com
POETRYMADEEAS
Y
I
NTRODUCTI
ONTOPOETRY
Def
ini
ti
onofPoet
ry
poetr
yhasnoonesetdef i
nit
ionbecausei
tcanmeansomanythi
ngst
o
di
ffer
entpeopl
e.Thef
oll
owingaresomecommondefi
nit
ions:
i
tist heartofwr i
ti
ngt hought
s,i
deas,anddreamsi ntoimaginat
ive
l
anguagewhi chmaycont ainver
se,pause,meter
,repeti
ti
on,and/or
rhyme.
writ
ingt hatformulat
esaconcent rat
edi magi
nati
veawar enessof
experienceinlanguagechosenandar r
angedt ocreateaspecific
emot i
onal r
esponsethroughmeaning,sound,
andrhythm
Apoeti
stheonewhowr
it
espoet
ry.
Apoem i
sawri
tt
enexpr
essi
onofemot
ionori
deasi
nanar
rangementofwor
dsorv
erse,
mostof
ten
r
hyt
hmical
ly
.
Di
ff
ere
ntType
sofPoe
try
Ther
eareov
er50typesofpoet
ry.
Poet
ryi
scat
egor
izedby:
a)t
henumberofl i
nesinthepoem,forexample,
sonnet
b)t
hewor dsint
hepoem,
c)whetheri
trhy
mesornot ,and
d)whatiti
sabout,f
orexample,l
ovepoetry
,deat
hpoetr
y,et
c
Bel
owar
ethecommont
ypesofpoet
ry:
Haikus
Sonnets
Namepoems
Freeversepoems
Nove
ls,
Upda
tedKAS
NEB,
ICT,
Col
leg
e,Hi
ghS
chool
Not
es&Re
vis
ionKi
ts 0714497530
, i
saboke
mic
ah@g
mai
l.
com
Hai
kus
Thehaikuoriginatedf rom Japan,.
I
t’
stheshor t
estt ypeofpoem and, of
ten,
themostdif
fi
cultt
ounderst
and.
Hai
kupoemsconsi stof3lines.
Thefi
rstandl astlinesofaHai kuhav
e5sy l
labl
esandthemiddl
eli
nehas7sy
ll
abl
es.
Theli
nesr arelyrhy me.
Lookatt
heexampl
ebel
ow:
East
erChocol
ateHai
ku
byKai
tl
ynGuent
her
Easterbunnyhides
Eastereggsareoutofsi
ght
Kidslookever
ywhere
Fr
eev
ersepoems
Af
reev
ersei
sthel
oosestt
ypeofpoem.
I
tcanconsi
stofasmanyl
i
nesast
hewr
it
erwant
s.
I
tcanei
therr
hymeornot
,andi
tdoesnotr
equi
reanyf
ixedmet
ri
cal
pat
ter
n.
Lookatt
heexampl
ebel
ow:
Fr
om Marr
iage
Mari
anneMoore
Thi
sinst
it
uti
on,
per
hapsoneshoul
dsayent
erpr
ise
outofr
espectf
orwhi
ch
onesay
soneneednotchangeone’
smi
nd
aboutat
hingonehasbel
i
evedi
n,
r
equi
ri
ngpubl
i
cpr
omi
ses
ofone’
sint
ent
ion
t
oful
fi
ll
apr
ivat
eobl
i
gat
ion:
IwonderwhatAdam andEv
e
t
hinkofi
tbyt
hist
ime,
Nove
ls,
Upda
tedKAS
NEB,
ICT,
Col
leg
e,Hi
ghS
chool
Not
es&Re
vis
ionKi
ts 0714497530
, i
saboke
mic
ah@g
mai
l.
com
t
hisf
ir
e-gi
l
tst
eel
al
i
vewi
thgol
denness;
howbr
ighti
tshows—
Sonnet
s
Asonneti
sbestdescr
ibedasal
yri
cpoem t
hatconsi
stsoff
our
teenl
i
nes.
Sonnet
’shav
eatl
eastoneort
woconv
ent
ional
rhy
meschemes.
Anexampl
eofasonneti
sthepoem bel
ow:
Fr
om Visi
ons
Fr
ancescoPetr
arch
Bei
ngonedayatmywi
ndowal
lal
one,
Somaniestrangethi
ngshappenedmet osee,
Asmuchasi tgri
evethmet othinkethereon.
Atmyr i
ghthandahy ndeappear ’
dtomee,
Sofai
reasmot ethegreatestgoddelit
e;
Twoeagerdogsdi dherpursueinchace.
Ofwhichtheonewasbl acke,theotherwhite:
Wit
hdeadlyforcesointheircruel
lrace
Theypi
nchtt
hehaunchesoft
hatgent
lebeast
,
Thatatthelast,andi nshortt
ime,Ispide,
Underar ocke,wher eshealas,oppr
est,
Fellt
othegr ound,andt her
eunt i
melydide.
Cruell
deathv anquishingsonoblebeautie
Oftmakesmeway lesohar dadesire.
Namepoems
Theyar
epopul
aramongchi
l
drenandar
eof
tenusedi
nschool
s.
Thenameoft
heper
sonbecomest
hepoem.
Eachl
ett
eri
nthenamei
sthef
ir
stl
ett
eri
nthel
i
neoft
hepoem.
St
udyDUNCANpoem bel
ow:
Drewnaught
ycucumbersfr
enet
ical
l
y
Umbil
ical
yetchubby
Noti
fi
edearl
sgenerousl
y
Cavor
tedwil
lf
ull
y
Nove
ls,
Upda
tedKAS
NEB,
ICT,
Col
leg
e,Hi
ghS
chool
Not
es&Re
vis
ionKi
ts 0714497530
, i
saboke
mic
ah@g
mai
l.
com
Apol
ogizedself
ishl
y
Nappedfrankl
ybutcour
ageousl
y
Note:
Therei
sav erywidedefi
nit
ionofwhatconst i
tut
espoetr
y,andalthoughsometypesofpoet
ry
canbegroupedt
oget heri
nspecifi
cstyl
es,creat
ivi
tyist
hekeytopoetryandanewpoetcanchoose
towri
teinanyst
y l
ehewant s,
evenifitdoesn'tf
iti
ntooneoftherecognizedt
ypes.
PERSONA
PERSONA
Aper sonaisacharactertakenonbyapoett ospeakinapoem.
Dramat i
cmonologuescr eateaper sona;
howev er
,asapoem usi
ngaper
sonaneednott
ell
a
readeranythi
ngaboutt hesituat
ionofthespeaker,t
henarr
ati
ve,
ort
hepersont
hatt
hepoem i
s
spokent o,
apersona-poem neednotbeadr amaticmonol
ogue.
AFr
eedomS
ong
Ati
enowashesdi shes,
Ati
enoplucksthechicken,
Ati
enogetsupear l
y,
Bedshersacksdowni ntheki
tchen,
Ati
enoeightyear
sol d,
Ati
enoyo.
Si
nceshei smysister
’schi
ld
Ati
enoneedsnopay .
Whil
eshewor ksmywi fecansi
t
Sewingeverysunnyday:
Wit
hherear ni
ngsIsupport
Ati
enoyo.
Ati
eno’slyandjealous,
Badexampl etotheki ds
Si
nceshemi ndsthem, l
ikeaschool
gir
l
Wantstheirdresses,shoesandbeads,
Ati
enoteny earsold,
Ati
enoy o.
Nowmywi fehasgonet ostudy
Ati
enoi slessf r
ee.
Don’tIkeepher ,schoolmyownones,
Paythepar ty,unionfee,
Al
lforpr ogress!Aren’ty
ougrat
eful
Ati
enoy o?
Vi
si
tor
sneedmuchat
tent
ion,
Nove
ls,
Upda
tedKAS
NEB,
ICT,
Col
leg
e,Hi
ghS
chool
Not
es&Re
vis
ionKi
ts 0714497530
