The New Kidby Mike Makley

Lyric Poems express the thoughts and feelings of the poet. They may sometimes sound like a song.

Lyric Poetry

Poets use lyric poetryto tell a story with amusical quality. Theyoften organize thesepoems into stanzaswith meter andrhyme. These literaryelements give the

lyricpoem its song effect.

Lyric Poetry

Remember that alyric poem:• is about a

feeling or mood• usually has end

rhymes• may sound like a

song when read aloud

Literary Elements• Stanzas – groups of lines that

give the poem its form.• Line Break – the place where

the line ends.• Meter – the rhythm of stressed

and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

• Rhyme – when the word ending sounds the same or nearly the same as another word ending on a previous line.

Lyric Poetry

• Read the first stanza of The New Kid. • Identify the rhyme in this stanza.• Clap or tap the rhythm of the syllables as

you read this stanza aloud.

Our baseball team never did very much,

We had me and PeeWee and Earl and Dutch,

And the Oak Street Tigers always got beat

Until the new kid moved in our street.

Lyric Poetry1. How many stanzas does the poem The

New Kid contain (pg. 185)?2. Notice the place where the line ends.

This is the line break. How many syllables are in each line of the first stanza?

3. Read the fourth stanza. What is the is the rhyme pattern here? Tap or clap out the rhythm.

Lyric Poetry

1. Write a lyric poem about something you enjoy doing.

2. Organize the lines of your poem into stanzas with meter and rhyme.

3. Use sensory details.4. You may illustrate

your poem to share with the class.