ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
MS. FIELDEN IS EXCITED FOR SUMMER.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
Fielden 2016
Poetry Project
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You are going to create your own mini collection of
poetry
You will write 4 poems using different structures and
formats and on different topics
You need to brainstorm and/or draft each poem
before you begin writing your final draft
One needs to be on nice, unlined paper and
illustrated
Poetry Options
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Echo Verse Poem
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Diamante Poem
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Terza Rima Poem
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Horatian Ode Poem
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Lyric Poem
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Pantoum Poem
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Free Verse Poem
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Renga Poem OR Two-
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Ottava Rima Poem
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Shape Poem
Vocie Poem
Echo Verse Poem
An Echo Verse is when
the last word or
syllable in a line is
repeated or echoed
underneath to form a
rhyming line, normally
ending as the last line
being the title to the
poem.
Example:
What is this that falls from the sky?
Echo - I
Do you live above the thunder?
Echo - Under
Are you cold white snow?
Echo - No
You don’t fall quietly from the cloud
Echo - Loud
You hit the ground with a spatter
Echo - Patter
You journey from the sky to the drain
Echo - Rain
Terza Rima Poem
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What is a Terza Rima Poem?
A terza rima consists of stanzas of
three lines (or tercets). It follows an
interlocking rhyming scheme, or
chain rhyme. This is where the
middle of each stanza rhymes with
the first and last line of the
following stanza. There is no set
length to this form, as long as it
follows the pattern as follows:
ABA
BCB
CDC
DED
EE
With the last stanza as a couplet
rhyming with the middle line of the
previous stanza. In this case, EE.
(A) New life begins to spring to life in spring
(B) Green shoots appear in the April showers
(A) Birds migrate back home and rest tired wings
(B) Summer brings green fields full of bright
flowers
(C) Paddling pools and ice creams all around
(B) The sun shines fiercely with all its powers
(C) Autumn sends leaves tumbling to the ground
(D) The sun sinks lower leaving longer nights
(C) Conkers and acorns waiting to be found
(D) Winter is a time for Halloween frights
(E) Snow on the ground and Jack Frost's ache
(D) Celebrations filled with festive delights
(E) As winter ends the new year starts to make
(E) New life begins to spring to life and awake.
Lyric Poem
A Lyric is a poem
that expresses
personal and
emotional feelings.
It can rhyme, but it
does not have to.
You can use songs as
inspiration for this.
Usually some
repeating or similar
verse between some
stanzas.
It was in June you passed me by
It was in June you caught my eye
Soon we were meeting both day and night
The days suddenly seemed filled with light
It was all so sudden, a short tryst I thought
But your heart and soul it seemed I had caught
No, there are no regrets since you walked my way
No, there are no regrets since we met that day
Those cheesy walks along the beach still fill my mind
Those cheesy lines you always managed to find
Only you could get away with such things
But happiness and joy you seemed to bring
A holiday in the sun went by in a dream
Moving in seemed the logical thing
No, there are no regrets since you walked my way
No, there are no regrets since we met that day
Who would have known what lay behind the door
Who would have thought we would soon be no more
When you departed you left a hole too big to fill
Even after these many years I miss you still
Although I have moved on, I still feel you near
Sending me your best, and filling me with cheer
No, there are no regrets since you walked my way
No, there are no regrets since we met that day
Free Verse
Rhyme or unrhymed
No specific structure
Cannot be nonsense- there needs to be a message, story, or theme/subject.
In Flight
Wake up to a bright sapphire morning
Cloudless skies
This can only mean one thing
It’s a go!
At the launch site
Teeth chit-chattering
And not just from the c-cold
What if a bird confuses my head for a
perch?
Will my glasses be fogged up by the
clouds?
If I fall out of the basket
And land in a field of cows
Up we go!
Far below
Idyllic fields of patchwork green
Glittering lakes - a treasure trove
beneath the surface
Click!
I am as elegant as a swan
Soaring higher than the Earth
Oh
I’m not a bird
I’m not as elegant as a swan
I’m about as elegant as a rhino on roller
skates
I’m just a schoolgirl
On a balloon flight
I can’t believe I’m so high
Feeling like a queen
I stretch my arms out to the sides
And we just crash-landed
Now I’m a bird
In a field
So high
With cows.
I close my eyes and take flight
I feel the wind in my wings
Up with the clouds
My hair, now feathers, sweeps behind me
Ottava Rima Poem
An Ottava Rima is an Italian
poem made up of eight lines
that rhyme. Each line consists
of eleven syllables.
An Ottava Rima poem is
made up of an octave
with the rhyme pattern:
 ab
ab
ab
cc
Example:
Quickly did the tiger begin his fast run
Over hilly ground you see him fly and
leap
The passive prey laying grazing in the
sun
Suddenly its life that it wanted to keep
Tiger pounces, quickly getting the job
done
The prey collapsing in a really big heap
Tiger sleeps as night takes over from the
day
Will we ever see the hunter become
prey?
Shape Poem
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A Shape Poem is a type of poetry that describes an object
and is shaped the same as the object the poem is describing.
You could write your shape poem on anything.
Diamante Poem
When this poem is written, it
takes on the shape of a
diamond.
It has 7 lines using a set
structure:
Line 1: Beginning subject
Line 2: Two describing words about line 1
Line 3: Three doing words about line 1
Line 4: A short phrase about line 1, a short
phrase about line 7
Line 5: Three doing words about line 7
Line 6: Two describing words about line 7
Line 7: End subject
Bike
Shiny, quiet,
Pedaling, spinning, weaving
Whizzing round corners, zooming along roads
Racing, roaring, speeding
Fast, loud,
Car
Horatian Ode Poem
A Horatian Ode
poem has rhyme
and is usually
devoted to
praising a person,
animal, or object.
Rhyme Scheme:
abab cdecde
Ode to Mrs. Bailey
If you thought being principal was all fun and games,
You would be oh so very wrong
You’re often the one everybody blames,
And you have to work the whole day long.
Though the job can be kinda hard and tough
It is filled with humor, joy, and lots of love
So here’s to our great principal, Mrs. Bailey
Who loves us even when we’re rowdy and rough.
You really are a principal we can all be proud of
Thanks for all that you do for your students daily
Pantoum Poem
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A Pantoum is a type of poem with
a verse form consisting of three
stanzas. It has a set pattern within
the poem of repetitive lines.
The pattern in each stanza is
where the second and fourth line of
each verse is repeated as the first
and third of the next. The pattern
changes though for the last stanza
to the first and third line are the
second and fourth of the stanza
above (penultimate). The last line is
a repeat of the first starting line of
the poem and the third line of the
first is the second of the last.
Confused? Look below at our
example.
'World War II Pantoum'
A Remember those who died for us (1)
B They did not die in vain (2)
A They gave their lives and their trust (3)
B So atrocities of war are never again (4)
A They did not die in vain (2)
B Wear a poppy each November (5)
A So atrocities of war are never again (4)
B We must never forget, but remember (6)
A Wear a poppy each November (5)
B Honour those so brave (7)
A We must never forget, but remember (6)
B Our freedom they did pave(8)
A Honour those so brave (7)
B They gave their lives and their trust (3)
A Our freedom they did pave (8)
B Remember those who died for us. (1)
Renga Poem
Renga, means 'linked poem'. Poets
worked in pairs or small groups, taking
turns composing the alternating threeline and two-line stanzas.
To create a Renga, one poet writes the
first stanza, which is three lines long with
a total of seventeen syllables – the
same structure as a haiku. The next poet
adds the second stanza, a couplet with
seven syllables per line. The third stanza
repeats the structure of the first (another
haiku) and the fourth repeats the
second, alternating in this pattern until
the poem is completed.
The final leaf falls (5)
The tree branches are so bare (7)
Autumn has arrived (5)
Remember Summer's warm kiss (7)
So gentle, it will be missed. (7)
OR Two Voice Poem
This type of poem is meant to be preformed by two people.
Each person has their own lines and they take turn reading
those. However, some lines are preformed by both speakers at
the same time.