"Hope" is the thing with feathers

A| Hope is the thing with feathers
B| That perches in the soul,
A| And sings the tune--without the words,
B| And never stops at all,


C| And sweetest in the gale is heard;
D| And sore must be the storm
C| That could abash the little bird
D| That kept so many warm.


    I've heard it in the chillest land,
E| And on the strangest sea;
E| Yet, never, in extremity,
E| It asked a crumb of me.


~ Emily Dickinson

Legend:

Rhyme Pattern

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Metaphor

The Eagle

A| He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
A| Close to the sun in lonely lands,
A| Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.


B| The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
B| He watches from his mountain walls,
B| And like a thunderbolt he falls.


~Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Legend:

Rhyme Pattern
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Simile

Group Limerick

There was a cow who yelled moo.

He fell into his own poo.

A magician with spells,

had saved him from hell,

Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo.

Credits to Mark Wu

Waters

In the distant sea.

Marine life seems to glisten.

Waves of pure allure.

The swift silence of water.

Blends good tidings of the heart.

Tanka.

1. Five lines
2. 5-7-5-7-7 syllable pattern
3. Written about nature/emotion/personification

Rain

Drip, drop, here they come.

Splish, splosh, their melodies hum.

The beauty of rain.

Haiku.

1. Three lines
2. 5-7-5 pattern
3. Written about nature
4. Seventeen syllables in total.

Attitude

Some days I feel so sad,
some days I cannot last.
Some days there is no glad,
some days I have a blast.


When life seems to get hard,
Take a look at the world.
The anger, the pain, barred,
Weeps will wither and whirl.


What means a lot to all,
is attitude! that's all!

The One and The Only

I am the one and the only.

I wonder if I can fly.

I hear the flutter of freedom.

I see an angel cry.

I want to write a column.

I am the one and the only.

I pretend to travel remotely.

I feel the wind blow through me.

I touch the decaying bone.

I worry most about ye.

I cry when I'm forever alone.

I am the one and the only.

I understand if you're lonely.

I say nothing is impossible.

I dream of no pain, but a game.

I try avoiding the hospital.

I hope I am not the blame.

I am the one and the only.

Waiting For The Bus

1. While I wait for the bus, play Angry Birds I must.
2. Take caution of the road, It's called my cautious mode.
3. I look up in the sky, I see birds flying high.
4. Though the bus is very fast, my patience does not last.
5. I talk to Angela, all she hears is my blahs.
6. I sit down on the chairs, can't wait for the flight of stairs.
7. After the Angry Birds, I start playing Tetris.
8. Beating my high scores, that is what I do best.
9. My eyes start to feel sore, I'm trying to ignore.
10. How can this big fast bus, ever make such a fuss?
11. Why can't they see, that I'm already zee.
12. I check the time, for the tenth time.
13. People stop waiting, the can't take the weight.
14. I try counting cars, but there aren't any cars.
15. I look to the side, and I see a red light.
16. The cars were lined up, along with the bus.
17. That's where they've been, they're waiting for the green.
18. I raise out my hand, to signal the man.
19. The one who was driving, the one with the bus key.
20. It finally arrives, and luckily, I survived.

Nine of A Kind: Pieces of Poetry (3/3)

Foot

1. A foot is one unit of a meter; it includes stressed and unstressed syllables. Stressed syllables are marked with "/" and unstressed "u". It is not a line, it is within a line
2. Ex. HELlo // EVERy // BOdy

                 /  u //   /   u //   /  u
Stanza

1. A stanza is a group of lines within a poem. There are no rules that limits the number of lines, but in some poems, there are specific numbers of lines that need to be in a stanza.

     2. Ex. Overnight, very 
         Whitely, discreetly,
         Very quietly

        Our toes, our noses
        Take hold on the loam,
        Acquire the air. (Mushrooms, Sylvia Plath /first two stanzas)

Refrain

1. A refrain is one part of a poem that is repeated, especially repeated at the end of a stanza or between one or two stanzas. Refrains can be loose and direct, which means the repeated part of the poem can be exactly the same, or can be slightly different. The example shows a loose refrain.

    2. Ex. Don't talk to me of love. I've had an earful

              And I get tearful when I've downed a drink or two.
              I'm one of your talking wounded.
              I'm a hostage. I'm maroonded.
        But I'm in Paris with you.

             Yes I'm angry at the way I've been bamboozled
             And resentful at the mess I've been through.
             I admit I'm on the rebound
             And I don't care where are we bound.
       I'm in Paris with you. (In Paris With You, James Fenton /first two stanzas)

Nine of A Kind: Pieces of Poetry (2/3)

Meter

1. The beat, or the rhythm in which the poem is being written in or recited in. In other words, the tempo of an instrument, or the click of a metronome. The beat continues throughout the entire rhyme.
2. Ex. Would you like them here or there? I don't like them here or there,  I don't like them anywhere. (Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss)

Stressed Syllable

1. A stressed syllable is a word with one of its syllables that is said with a stress, or a change in the intonation. Stressed syllables are usually said in a strong, heavy, or rough way.
2. Ex. STRESsed; reBEL and REbel.

Unstressed Syllable

1. An unstressed syllable is the opposite of a stressed syllable. The remaining syllables for a word will be said in an unstressed way, relaxed, more quiet, and is not said in a strong way.
2. Ex. StresSED; quiET.

Nine of A Kind: Pieces of Poetry (1/3)

Rhyme

1. A Rhyme is a sentence or a phrase usually in poetry that sounds similar, not in context, but in the sound of the words that are being said or read. The last word of each line in the rhyme are usually the words that sound the same.
2. Ex. Although the farmer could not read, he gave up and said, "I have no leads."

True Rhyme

1. Two or more of the last words in a line in a rhyme are spelled with the same suffix, making the rhyme rhyme. If not, then the rhyme either becomes a slant rhyme, or is not a rhyme.
2. Ex. Moan and groan; choke and broke; etc.

Slant Rhyme

1. A Rhyme in which the last words of a line sounds alike, but not exactly the same. Usually spelled with different suffixes.
2. Ex. Lover and brother; pad and said; etc.