Prose and poetry

Why we Study About Poetry or Poem?

—  Because Poetry teaches children to listen, develop vocabulary, learn to read and write, and think creatively.

—   poetry takes the structure and beauty of language and provides a personal world to explore.

Some Reasons of Poetry is useful in acquisition of a first language:

—  It is an effective way of learning and reinforcing the sounds and structures of a second or even third, language.

—  Through listening to poetry, second language learners can reinforce target language learning in a natural way.

—  Second language students engage in poetry writing –especially pattern poem writing.

—  The uses and benefits of writing pattern poems are greater  than their apparent simplicity suggests.  

1.        ACROSTIC

v  The points:              Spelling

                                                Vocabulary

                                                Dictionary usage 

v  The acrostic can be a simple poem to write, but it can be made more challenging.

v   Spelling is emphasizing for the key word of the acrostic, but use of the dictionary can also be taught to enrich vocabulary. E.g.

                                 Funny                                     Students learn from teachers

                                Real                                         Coll stuff that will                                

                                Interesting                               Help them earn credits in 

                                Enjoyable                                Order to go to College and have 

                                Nice                                         Opportunities to better their   

                                Delightful                                Lives.     

                                (Joannie  Monroy’s class ages 15-17)

2.        ADJECTIVE POEM

The Points:   Adjective

                                Adjectives after linking verbs

                                Thesaurus usage.(dictionary)

Babies Babies are cute Babies are cute,cuddly Are cute, cuddly,curious, noisy children.

The adjective poem consist of six lines developing a series of adjectives to describe a single topic or action. E.g.:

Ricky Martin

Ricky Martin is handsome

Ricky Martin is handsome , sexy,

Is handsome , sexy, popular, Latino Singer.

Pattern

—  Line 1: Noun

—  Line 2 : same noun+ is or are +adjective 1

—  Line 3 : same noun +is or are +adjective 1 +adjective 2

—  Line 4 :is or are +adjective 1 +adjective 2 +adjective 3

—  Line 5: adjective 1 +adjective 2 +adjective 3+ adjective 4

—  Line 6: New related noun. 

Uses

—  To describe a topic within a subject area (weather phenomena, animals, mathematical concepts).

—  To describe a person or character.

EPIC

What is an epic?

ž  Epic is a long poem about the doings of one or more character from history or legend.

ž  These doings are usually war-like, and involve a large number of secondary character, as well as a background of goods and spirits who join in the action from time to time. 

LYRIC

What is Lyric?

v  Lyric is a short poem, usually divided into stanzas and directly expressing the poet’s own thoughts or sentiments .

v  In ordinary language the word means a song: the sort of song which was sung in ancient greece to the music of lyre, and which is sung in the modern world to the music of the guitar.

REFLECTIVE POEM

A reflective poem is longer, more thoughtful and more complicated than a lyric, e.g.: wordsworth’s Prelude.

There are four different of poetic methods are:

ž  a. direct

The direct type of lyric gives us the poet’s experience, and the feeling connected with it, in the shortest and simples form.

 They are always easy to read and understand, but immensely difficult to write, e.g.: Thomas Hardy’s “Are You Digging on my Grave”.

ž  b. the metaphysical poetry (intellectual) 

Has one idea to follow another in a dazzling and confusing ways, so that one has to read the poem with close attention in order to get its full meaning.

e.g.: John Donne’s A valediction : of weeping

ž   c. Formal lyric 

the only type of formal lyric we need to consider is the sonnet, the sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines arranged in a particular pattern. 

ž  It was probably invented in Italy in the early renaisssance and made famous by Petrach (1304-1374). It started a fashion and influenced poetry in Europe for several centuries: