[Surnetkids] Types of Poetry

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Today’s topic is in honor of National Poetry Month, which was created in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets who were inspired by the success of Black History Month (February) and Women’s History Month (March) in raising public awareness.

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Poetic form refers to rules followed by different types of poems. The rules may describe the rhythm of the poem, the length of a poem, its rhyming scheme, the use of alliteration, or the poem’s shape on a page. Don’t know your cento from your cinquain? The following sites explain all.

Infoplease.com: Glossary of Poetry Terms

From “accent” to “verse,” Infoplease defines nearly a hundred poetry terms and forms. If you visit in April, you’ll find a link in the left-hand column to National Poetry Month. There you’ll find an eclectic assortment of poetry features, including Notable Poets, Quizzes, Poetry Collections organized by poet, and lists of Poetry Awards and Poet Laureates. Don’t miss the Meter, Rhyme Scheme and Forms of Poetry Quiz.

Kathi Mitchell: Types of Poems for Kids

Kathi Mitchell, a language arts teacher from New Hampshire, shares a list of nineteen poetic forms for elementary students. Each form includes a fun sample, and many also include links to more examples. In addition to the usual forms, such as limericks and haiku, Mitchell describes Monster Poems (“Describe an imaginary monster. Try to have a theme …”) and Third Eye Poems (“The Third Eye poem tells about things that might go unnoticed and are improbable or impossible to see with regular eyesight. The Third Eye knows what is really happening.”)

Poetry4Kids: Poetry Writing Lessons for Kids

Poet Kenn Nesbitt offers dozens of “How to Write” guides to poetic forms. Forms covered include free verse, tongue twister, funny list, clerihew, haiku, playing with your food, and tanka. “Tanka, which means ‘short song,’ has been an important literary form in Japanese culture for nearly a thousand years. The original Japanese form of tanka had only one line of poetry containing 31 speech sounds – what we would call syllables. However, most tanka poems that are written in English today are broken into five poetic lines with a certain number of syllables in each line.”

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“With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.” ~~ Edgar Allan Poe ~~ (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) American writer, poet, editor and literary critic. You can find more quotes from Poe here: https://www.lightafire.com/quotations/authors/edgar-allan-poe/.

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