PoetryLet’s talk about how authors build

their poetic masterpieces.

A three lined Japanese verse, usually about nature.

A giant firefly: that way, this way, that way, this -

and it passes by.

Haiku

Issa (1762-1826)

Poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter.

The fog comeson little cat feet.It sits lookingover harbor and cityon silent haunchesand then moves on.

Carl Sandburg

Free Verse

Limerick

Everyone laughs at limericks. They are an unusual form of poem or poetry consisting of 5 rhyming lines. The term for this type of poem or rhyme originates in Ireland and its name is taken from the Irish County of Limerick in Ireland.

-usually humorous

There was an Old Derry down Derry, who loved to see little folks merry;

So he made them a Book, and with laughter they shook

At the fun of that Derry down Derry.

BalladA songlike narrative poem, usually featuring

Rhyme, Rhythm, and Refrain

Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (1863–1944). The Oxford Book of Ballads. 1910.

Lord Randal

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Couplet a pair of rhyming lines

Clear blue skies, not a single cloud Hear me yell, whoop whoop out loud

A brand new day filled with fun

With friends galore enjoying the sun

Not a single thing can bring me down Flying so high above the ground

Whoop whoop I yell, feel like singing Along with the larks as they go winging

This can't be real, must be a dream This euphoric feeling, ecstasy extreme

How lucky I am to feel such joy Not felt like this since I was a boy

Whoop whoop I yell, kick up your heels Always think positive, you'll love how it feels!

Jack Ellison

QuatrainA stanza containing 4 or more lines

By Emily Dickson

A fuzzy fellow without feetYet doth exceeding run!

Of velvet is his countenanceAnd his complexion dun.

Sometimes he dwelleth in the grass,Sometime upon a bough

From which he doth descend in pushUpon the passer-by.