Poetry Styles

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Poetry Styles

• By Mrs. Hicks
• Poetry Samples by Susan Silverman
• An Apple A Day

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Couplets

• The last word of the first line and last line
  rhyme.Sweet apple, red and round So nice to
  get you Off the ground!

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Apology Poem

• Dear Apple, I'm sorry that Ipicked you off the
  treebefore you were ready to fallPlease forgive
  me

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Sensory Poem

• I was standing in the orchard When I saw a
  lovely tree (sight) I heard an apple fall,
  (sound) It smelled so very sweet (smell) I took
  a bite...yum! (taste)

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Phrase Poem

• This form of poetry states an idea with a list of
  phrases.Eating Applesyum, yum, yum,
  crunching, munching healthy, juicy apples

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Cinquain

• Apples (one word)Juicy, sweet (two words)Red,
  yellow, green (three words)Yummy, delicious,
  fantastic, healthy (four words)Apples (one word)

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Five W'S Poetry

• Each line in this type of poem answers one of the
  5 W's (who? what? when? where? why?)I Love
  eating apples In the morning In my kitchen
  Cause they are so good for me

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Diamond Poetry

• When centered this poem will take the form of a
  diamond.Apples (one word)Sweet, ripe (two
  words)Delicious, Empire, Cortland (three words)
  Pies, sauce (two words)Apples (one word)

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Acrostic Poetry

• An acrostic poem is one in which certain letters,
  often the first letter of every line, form a name
  or a theme.

Apples are yummy.Pretty and juicy.Please pick
only when ripe.Licking jelly apples are fun.Eat
them day and night.
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Now its your turn to write poetry!

• Choose an idea that you would enjoy writinga
  poem about
• Choose a style of poetry to use
• Write your poem as a rough draft
• Revise, changing or adding interesting words
• Edit your poem for spelling and punctuation
• Write your final copy after conferencing
  withyour teacher