forms of poetry the various types of poetry. concrete poem concrete poetrysometimes also called...
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FORMS OF POETRY
THE VARIOUS TYPES OF POETRY
CONCRETE POEM•CONCRETE POETRY—SOMETIMES ALSO CALLED ‘SHAPE
POETRY’—IS POETRY WHOSE VISUAL APPEARANCE MATCHES THE TOPIC OF THE POEM.
•THE WORDS FORM SHAPES WHICH ILLUSTRATE THE POEM’S SUBJECT AS A PICTURE
REVERSE POEMREVERSE POETRY IS A POEM THAT CAN BE READ FORWARDS ONE WAY AND HAVE A MEANING, BUT ALSO BE READ BACKWARDS AND HAVE ANOTHER DIFFERENT MEANING.
•AS I WAS PASSING NEAR THE JAILI MET A MAN, BUT HURRIED BY.HIS FACE WAS GHASTLY, GRIMLY PALE.HE HAD A GUN. I WONDERED WHYHE HAD. A GUN? I WONDERED... WHY,HIS FACE WAS *GHASTLY*! GRIMLY PALEI MET A MAN, BUT HURRIED BY,AS I WAS PASSING NEAR THE JAIL.
•HTTP://WIKIDAVE.WIKISPACES.COM/REVERSE+POETRY
SLAM POETRY•A POETRY SLAM IS A COMPETITION AT WHICH POETS READ OR RECITE ORIGINAL WORK. THESE PERFORMANCES ARE THEN JUDGED ON A NUMERIC SCALE BY PREVIOUSLY SELECTED MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
HAIKU•A HAIKU IS A SHORT POEM WHICH USES
IMAGISTIC LANGUAGE TO CONVEY THE ESSENCE OF AN EXPERIENCE OF NATURE OR THE SEASON•FORMAT:•USE OF THREE LINES OF UP TO 17 SYLLABLES
TRADITIONALLY IN "5–7–5" FORM•ALLUSION TO NATURE OR THE SEASONS•WRITTEN IN THREE LINES
MY HAIKUTHE BIRDS ARE CHIRPING
IN THE AIR I SMELL THE MUDSPRING IS AROUND US
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