Poetry & Art

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Poetry Art

• Couplet, Haiku, Tanka Poems, Abstract Art

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Poetry

• Poetry is an imaginative awareness of experience
  expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic
  language choices so as to evoke an emotional
  response. Poetry has been known to employ meter
  and rhyme, but this is by no means necessary.
  Poetry is an ancient form that has gone through
  numerous and drastic reinvention over time. The
  very nature of poetry as an authentic and
  individual mode of expression makes it nearly
  impossible to define.

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Couplet

• Two-lined poems with a fun and simple rhyming
  pattern. Each line has the same number of
  syllables and their endings must rhyme with one
  another. Humor is often used in couplets.

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Examples

• Little Daddy Longlegs played in the sun,Climbing
  up the front steps just for fun.
• Tomorrow's my birthday and I'll be fourAnd I
  won't have to stay home anymore.
• Nature puts on little showsEvery time it rains
  or snows.
• Look at all the pumpkin facesLighting up so many
  places.

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Haiku

• Haiku is a Japanese poem with no rhyme. Haiku
  poems have only three lines, each with a certain
  number of syllables. Here is the pattern
• Line 1 5 syllables Line 2 7 syllables Line
  3 5 syllables

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Examples

• Nature HaikuGreen grass in AprilBirds begin to
  sing in treesChildren playing outsideBy Sean
• Butterflies hatch.Bees drink the juice from
  flowers.Bees fly everywhere.By Andrea

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Tanka Poem

• A form of Japanese poetry that depends on the
  number of lines and syllables instead of rhyme.
  The pattern is
• Line 1 5 syllables Line 2 7 syllables Line
  3 5 syllables Line 4 7 syllables Line 5 7
  syllables

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Examples

• Saying Goodbye
• Carefully I walkTrying so hard to be braveThey
  all see my fearDark glasses cover their eyesAs
  mine flow over with tears

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Cont

• The moonlight's shiningOn the gardenia bushBut
  all blossoms goneYet in my mind's eye
  appearThe ravishing white visions.

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Abstract Art

• abstract art- is a work of art where the image
  is "not an accurate representation of the subject

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Now it is your turn.

• Go out into the school grounds and experience
  nature.
• Find some things that inspire you to create 2 of
  the poem reviewed today.
• Create an abstract picture for each poem.
• Work with your partners to complete this task.
• Have Fun!!!!!!!!

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• Abstract Art is similar to the way poetry better
  describes thoughts or the way music helps to
  convey an emotion.

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• It develops from an original source.