Poetry

This week we have explored poetry terms and devices, different forms of poetry, and voice. Poetry terms include stanza types, free verse and  rhyme scheme. Poetry forms include narratives, descriptive, haiku, concrete, lyric, and sonnets. We also spoke about the value of voice as well as some spoken word pieces.

Here are some samples to whet your pallet:

I will not let an exam result decide my fate by sulibreezy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-eVF_G_p-Y

Green eggs and ham read by Jesse Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPy2alWEZ-U

Where the wild things are read by Christopher Walken
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKNaYlzssbc

To this day by Shane Koyczan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltun92DfnPY


Here is a list of poetic devices that you should be able to recognize and use:

Symbolism. Alliteration, Consonance, Assonance, Personification, Metaphor, Simile, Imagery, Allusion, Irony, Hyperbole and Onomatopoeia


Continue to write poetry. You are to submit five of your best poems one week from today.