Nirvanas Gate Poetry
More than Poetry, More than Words
Poetic Definitions
1. Ballad - A ballad is a poem that tells a story. They are usually written in four line stanzas called quatrains.
2. Blank Verse - Blank verse is unrhymed poetry with meter. The lines in blank verse are 10 syllables in length.
3. Cinquain - These poems are five lines in length. There are syllable and word cinquain poems
such as listed here
Syllable Cinquain
2. Blank Verse - Blank verse is unrhymed poetry with meter. The lines in blank verse are 10 syllables in length.
3. Cinquain - These poems are five lines in length. There are syllable and word cinquain poems
such as listed here
Syllable Cinquain
Line 1: Title............................... two syllables
Line 2: Description of title...........................four syllables
Line 3: Action about the title.........................six syllables
Line 4: Feeling about the title........................eight syllables
Live 5: Synonym for title..............................two syllables
Word Cinquain
Line 1: Title..........................................one word
Line 2: Description of title...........................two words
Line 3: Action about the title.........................three words
Line 4: Feeling about the title........................four words
Line 5: Synonym for title..............................one word
(this one to me seems easier)
4. Couplet: A couplet is two lines of verse that usually rhyme and state one complete idea.
5. Elegy: An Elegy is a poem that states a poet's sadness about the death of an important person.
6. Epic: An Epic is a long story poem that describes the adventure of a hero. "The Odyssey" by Homer is a famous epic
7: Free Verse: Free verse is poetry that does not require meter or a rhyme scheme.
8: Haiku: Haiku is a type of Japanese poetry that presents a picture of nature: A haiku poem is three lines in length. The first line is
five syllables, the second, seven and the third, five.
9: Limerick: A limerick is a humorous verse of five lines. Lines one, two, and five rhyme, as do lines three and four. Lines one, two,
and five have three stressed syllables, lines three and four have tow the rhyming scheme is this (a a b b a)
10: Lyric: A lyric is a short poem that expresses personal feeling
11: Ode: An ode is a long lyric that is deep in feeling and rich in poetic devices and imagery.
12: Sonnet: A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem that states a poet's personal feelings. The Shakespearean sonnet follows the abab/cdcd/efef/gg rhyme scheme. Each line in a sonnet is 10 syllables in length, and every other syllable is stressed,
beginning with the second syllable.
Line 2: Description of title...........................four syllables
Line 3: Action about the title.........................six syllables
Line 4: Feeling about the title........................eight syllables
Live 5: Synonym for title..............................two syllables
Word Cinquain
Line 1: Title..........................................one word
Line 2: Description of title...........................two words
Line 3: Action about the title.........................three words
Line 4: Feeling about the title........................four words
Line 5: Synonym for title..............................one word
(this one to me seems easier)
4. Couplet: A couplet is two lines of verse that usually rhyme and state one complete idea.
5. Elegy: An Elegy is a poem that states a poet's sadness about the death of an important person.
6. Epic: An Epic is a long story poem that describes the adventure of a hero. "The Odyssey" by Homer is a famous epic
7: Free Verse: Free verse is poetry that does not require meter or a rhyme scheme.
8: Haiku: Haiku is a type of Japanese poetry that presents a picture of nature: A haiku poem is three lines in length. The first line is
five syllables, the second, seven and the third, five.
9: Limerick: A limerick is a humorous verse of five lines. Lines one, two, and five rhyme, as do lines three and four. Lines one, two,
and five have three stressed syllables, lines three and four have tow the rhyming scheme is this (a a b b a)
10: Lyric: A lyric is a short poem that expresses personal feeling
11: Ode: An ode is a long lyric that is deep in feeling and rich in poetic devices and imagery.
12: Sonnet: A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem that states a poet's personal feelings. The Shakespearean sonnet follows the abab/cdcd/efef/gg rhyme scheme. Each line in a sonnet is 10 syllables in length, and every other syllable is stressed,
beginning with the second syllable.
Hi poets again I have found some more forms of Poetry that may be fun
to experiment with in expanding your fields and styles of writing.
Alphabet Poetry: A form of poetry that states a creative or humorous idea using part of the alphabet
Example
A bird likes to fly
Because he can soar
Casting his shadows
During sunny days
Ever the jokester
you notice that with each new line the next letter in the alphabet begins that line and so forth.
Clerihew Poetry: A form of humorous or light verse created by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. A Clerihew poem consist of two rhyming couplets.
Concrete Poetry: A form of Poetry in which the shape or design helps express the meaning or feeling of the poem. ( I have tried this and found I quite enjoy creating unique styles to add to the meaning of my poems )
Contrast Couplet: A couplet in which the first line includes two words that are opposites. The second line makes a comment about the first.
Example:
Some hours are to short, and some are too long.
I wonder who it was that made the clocks all wrong.
L.Winfred Smith
Definition Poetry: Poetry that defines a word or an idea creatively
Name Poetry: Poetry where the letters of a name are used to begin each line in the poem.
Phrase Poetry: A form of poetry that states an idea with a list of phrases
Example:
On a turn
On a jump
Into the air
Down again
For the win
With a radiant smile
Allison Bannerman (poet)
Many of these points I have taken from the book Write Source 2000 by Patrick Sebranek, Dave Kemper, and Verne Meyer, this book contains so many helpful tips not only for poetry but for writing as well.
Alphabet Poetry: A form of poetry that states a creative or humorous idea using part of the alphabet
Example
A bird likes to fly
Because he can soar
Casting his shadows
During sunny days
Ever the jokester
you notice that with each new line the next letter in the alphabet begins that line and so forth.
Clerihew Poetry: A form of humorous or light verse created by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. A Clerihew poem consist of two rhyming couplets.
Concrete Poetry: A form of Poetry in which the shape or design helps express the meaning or feeling of the poem. ( I have tried this and found I quite enjoy creating unique styles to add to the meaning of my poems )
Contrast Couplet: A couplet in which the first line includes two words that are opposites. The second line makes a comment about the first.
Example:
Some hours are to short, and some are too long.
I wonder who it was that made the clocks all wrong.
L.Winfred Smith
Definition Poetry: Poetry that defines a word or an idea creatively
Name Poetry: Poetry where the letters of a name are used to begin each line in the poem.
Phrase Poetry: A form of poetry that states an idea with a list of phrases
Example:
On a turn
On a jump
Into the air
Down again
For the win
With a radiant smile
Allison Bannerman (poet)
Many of these points I have taken from the book Write Source 2000 by Patrick Sebranek, Dave Kemper, and Verne Meyer, this book contains so many helpful tips not only for poetry but for writing as well.
Alliteration: The repeating of beginning consonant sounds.
Example: dreamy and dreary
Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds, as in the following lines from "The Hayloft" by R.L. Stevenson.
Example: Till the shIning scYthes went far and wIde and cut it down to drY.
Consonance: The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within words, not just at the beginning.
Example: The Sailor SingS of ropeS and thingS in shipS upon the SeaS.
End Rhyme: The rhyming of words at the ends of lines of poetry, as in the following lines from "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" by Adrienne Rich.
Example: Aunt Jennifer's Tigers prance across a (screen),
Bright topaz denizens of a world of (green).
Foot: One unit of meter. There are five basic feet. listed now as follows,
Iambic: An unaccented syllable followed by an accented one like r(e)-p(e)at
Anapestic: Two unaccented syllables before on accented like i(n)-t(e)r-r(u)pt
Trochaic: An accented syllable followed by an unaccented like ol(d)-e(r)
Dactylic: An accented syllable followed by two unaccented like(o)-p(e)n-l(y)
Spondaic: Two accented syllables like hea(r)t Bre(a)k
Internal Rhyme: The rhyming of words within one line of poetry
Onomatopoeia: The use of a word whose sound makes you think of its meaning
Examples: buzz, gunk, gushy, swish, slam, zigzag, smack
Quatrain: A four-line stanza. Common rhyme schemes in quatrains are aabb, aaba, and abab.
Repetition: The repeating of a word or phrase to add rhythm or to focus on an idea, as in the following lines from Poe's "The Raven"
Example: While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
as of someone gently RAPPING, RAPPING at my chamber door-
Stanza: A division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains.
Examples: Couplet - two-line stanza
Triplet - three-line stanza
Quatrain - four-line stanza
Sestet - six-line stanza
Septet - seven-line stanza
Octave - eight-line stanza
Verse: A name for a line of poetry written in meter. Verse is named according to the number of feet per line. Here are eight types.
Monometer: one foot
Dimeter: two feet
Trimeter: three feet
Tetrameter: four feet
Pentameter: five feet
Hexameter: six feet
Heptameter: seven feet
Octometer: eight feet
RHYME and METE:
In most traditional poetry, the RHYME is organized in patterns called rhyme schemes.
Example: aaba/bbcb/ccdc/dddd
METER is the rhythm or "pattern of accented (') and unaccented (~) syllables in the line of a poem.
Example from Frost poem: Wh(o)se wo(o)ds th(e)se (a)re (I) th(i)nk (I) kno(w)
*I took this info from the book Writing Source 2000 in part or in whole*
Example: dreamy and dreary
Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds, as in the following lines from "The Hayloft" by R.L. Stevenson.
Example: Till the shIning scYthes went far and wIde and cut it down to drY.
Consonance: The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within words, not just at the beginning.
Example: The Sailor SingS of ropeS and thingS in shipS upon the SeaS.
End Rhyme: The rhyming of words at the ends of lines of poetry, as in the following lines from "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" by Adrienne Rich.
Example: Aunt Jennifer's Tigers prance across a (screen),
Bright topaz denizens of a world of (green).
Foot: One unit of meter. There are five basic feet. listed now as follows,
Iambic: An unaccented syllable followed by an accented one like r(e)-p(e)at
Anapestic: Two unaccented syllables before on accented like i(n)-t(e)r-r(u)pt
Trochaic: An accented syllable followed by an unaccented like ol(d)-e(r)
Dactylic: An accented syllable followed by two unaccented like(o)-p(e)n-l(y)
Spondaic: Two accented syllables like hea(r)t Bre(a)k
Internal Rhyme: The rhyming of words within one line of poetry
Onomatopoeia: The use of a word whose sound makes you think of its meaning
Examples: buzz, gunk, gushy, swish, slam, zigzag, smack
Quatrain: A four-line stanza. Common rhyme schemes in quatrains are aabb, aaba, and abab.
Repetition: The repeating of a word or phrase to add rhythm or to focus on an idea, as in the following lines from Poe's "The Raven"
Example: While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
as of someone gently RAPPING, RAPPING at my chamber door-
Stanza: A division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains.
Examples: Couplet - two-line stanza
Triplet - three-line stanza
Quatrain - four-line stanza
Sestet - six-line stanza
Septet - seven-line stanza
Octave - eight-line stanza
Verse: A name for a line of poetry written in meter. Verse is named according to the number of feet per line. Here are eight types.
Monometer: one foot
Dimeter: two feet
Trimeter: three feet
Tetrameter: four feet
Pentameter: five feet
Hexameter: six feet
Heptameter: seven feet
Octometer: eight feet
RHYME and METE:
In most traditional poetry, the RHYME is organized in patterns called rhyme schemes.
Example: aaba/bbcb/ccdc/dddd
METER is the rhythm or "pattern of accented (') and unaccented (~) syllables in the line of a poem.
Example from Frost poem: Wh(o)se wo(o)ds th(e)se (a)re (I) th(i)nk (I) kno(w)
*I took this info from the book Writing Source 2000 in part or in whole*
