Transcript Poetry Format Notes - Trimble County Schools

Poetry Format Notes
Acrostic Poem
• Letters in the lines spell a word, can be in the beginning, middle, or end,
but must be consistent.
Ballad
• tells a story, which are often used in songs because
of their rhyme. A ballad is a poetic story, often a love
story.
Concrete/ Shape Poem
• describes an object, event, or idea and is shaped as a symbol the poem is
describing.
Free Form/ Verse
• written with rhymed or unrhymed verse that has no set meter to it
Red Fox
As I slyly run down the path all you can see is a quick flash.
I have nine cubs in a litter when they're only young.
I guide their hunt.
Days go by.
Now it is their birthday.
I don't have to tear meat off the bone.
Haiku
• Consists of 3 lines and 17 syllables.
• Each line has a set number of syllables see below:
• Line 1 – 5 syllables
• Line 2 – 7 syllables
• Line 3 – 5 syllables
(5) The sky is so blue.
(7) The sun is so warm up high.
(5) I love the summer.
Lyric
• expresses personal and emotional feelings.
The snow is melting
and the village is flooded
with children.
Narrative Poem
• Tells a story
• Often has dialogue
• Example: “Jabberwocky”
Ode
• lyric poem,
usually
addressing a
particular person
or thing. Uses
similes,
metaphors, and
hyperbole.
Sonnet
• expressive thought or idea made up of 14 lines, each being 10 syllables
long.
SONNET 130
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
Dun- dull brownish-gray
If snow be white, why then her skin is dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
Damask- decorate, color
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.