| Poetry is made up of so many specific patters and | | | | - How to write Pantoum poetry |
| language. There are as many forms of poetry as | | | | -What is Palindrome Poetry ? |
| there are writers who pen it. Here I have gather | | | | - Forms of Poetry for Children |
| some resources to specific patterns of poetry and I | | | | - Diamonte Poetry |
| have attempted to describe for you the figurative | | | | - What is an acrostic poem? |
| language found in poetry. | | | | - Acrostic Poetry |
| Specific Patterns of Poetry | | | | - How to Write a Clerihew Poem |
| - What is Traditional Poetry?traditional" poetry is the | | | | - The Art of Haiku Poetry |
| kind of poetry we hear most often. Traditional | | | | - How to Write Limerick Poetry |
| poetry has a certain formex: Humpty-Dumpty sat on | | | | - How to write Cinquain Poetry |
| a wall, Humpty-Dumpty had a great fall; | | | | What is a metaphor?a figure of speech in which an |
| - What is Free Verse Poetry? | | | | expression is used to refer to something that it does |
| Free verse is poetry that is written without proper | | | | not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity |
| rules about form, rhyme, rhythm, meter, etc. | | | | Understanding metaphors |
| The greatest American writer of free verse is | | | | What is a simile?a figure of speech that expresses a |
| probably Walt Whitman | | | | resemblance between things of different kinds |
| With free verse the poem can tell a story, describe a | | | | (usually formed with `like' or `as') |
| person, animal, feeling or object. They can serious, | | | | - The Simile Satellite Activities This site explores the |
| sad, funny or educational. There are no limits | | | | function, form and effect of simile in poetry. |
| - What is a tongue twister?an expression that is | | | | What is alliteration ?the repetition of consonant |
| difficult to articulate clearly; "`Peter Piper picked a | | | | sounds - usually at the beginning of words |
| peck of pickled peppers. ' is a tongue twister" | | | | What is onomatopoeia?a word that sounds like the |
| -What is ode poetry? | | | | thing it describes |
| An Ode is a poem praising and glorifying a person, | | | | Example: splash, wow, gush, kerplunk |
| place or thing. | | | | What is a trope? |
| - What is Monorhyme Poetry? | | | | The intentional use of a word or expression |
| A poem in which all the lines have the same end | | | | figuratively, i.e., used in a different sense from its |
| rhyme. | | | | original significance in order to give vividness or |
| Ex: | | | | emphasis to an idea. Some important types of trope |
| Late for school I'm looking like a big fool My brother | | | | are: antonomasia, irony, metaphor, metonymy and |
| thinks he rules While I'm loosing my cool | | | | synecdoche. Sidelight: Strictly speaking, a trope is the |
| - What is monody Poetry? | | | | figurative use of a word or expression, while figure |
| A monody is a poem in which one person laments | | | | of speech refers to a phrase or sentence used in a |
| another's death, as in Tennyson's Break, Break, | | | | figurative sense. The two terms, however, are often |
| Break, or Wordsworth's She Dwelt Among the | | | | confused and used interchangeably |
| Untrodden Ways. | | | | Examples: Metaphor, simile, oxymoron, and hyperbole |
| - What is Concrete Poetry?poetry in which the poet's | | | | are all kinds of figurative language. |
| intent is conveyed by the shape formed by the | | | | What is personification?a person who represents an |
| letters, words, or symbols that make up the poem | | | | abstract quality; "she is the personification of |
| rather than by the conventional arrangement of | | | | optimism" |
| words | | | | What is Synonyms?words or phrases which have |
| Here is a good example of a concrete poem | | | | similar meaning. |
| - What is Quatrain Poetry? | | | | What is a stanza?a fixed number of lines of verse |
| A Quatrain is a poem consisting of four lines of verse | | | | forming a unit of a poem |
| with a specific rhyming scheme. | | | | What is imagery? |
| A few examples of a quatrain rhyming scheme's are | | | | Image is language that evokes one or all of the five |
| as follows: | | | | senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching. |
| #1) abab #2) abba -- envelope rhyme #3) aabb #4) | | | | What is a muse? |
| aaba, bbcb, ccdc, dddd -- chain rhyme | | | | |