Poetry
person. Instead, show all the details (the "evidence") that will let readers figure this out on their own.
(Safety tip: if the fight was with someone you are currently living with, you might not want to leave the poem lying around the house. Just thought I 'd mention this).
A ballad
A ballad is a rhyming narrative poem written in a form that can be sung to music. Ballads most often use the rhyme scheme abcb. This means that in a group of four lines, the second line rhymes with the fourth one. The first and third line do not rhyme.
Here 's part of a ballad by William Blake (1757-1827). I have written the letters a, b, and c to mark the end rhymes.
The Maiden caught me in the Wild,(a)
Where I was dancing merrily;(b)
She put me into her Cabinet,(c)
And Lockd me up with a golden key.(b)
Poem types - write a ballad!
Topic ideas:
A time you fell in love at first sight... or thought you did.
A car accident.
A time you received bad news. Don 't tell the reader how you felt about the news. Instead, show the details of the place and situation where you heard the news, doing this in a way that expresses your feelings. Think of how, in movies, the camera zooms in on objects to create a mood. See if you can do the same thing in the poem.
A Definition Of Poetry
What is poetry?
The question "What is poetry" used to be easier to answer. If it rhymed and had a regular meter (a type of rhythm), it probably was a poem. As they say,
"If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck.”
These days, not all poems rhyme or fit into standard forms. And if you look for a response to the question, "What is poetry?" you 'll find lots of musings about how extremely important and meaningful poetry is, how it 's the true essence of our world, the oxygen that keeps us alive, etc. Some of this is interesting, but most of it isn 't very helpful if
(Safety tip: if the fight was with someone you are currently living with, you might not want to leave the poem lying around the house. Just thought I 'd mention this).
A ballad
A ballad is a rhyming narrative poem written in a form that can be sung to music. Ballads most often use the rhyme scheme abcb. This means that in a group of four lines, the second line rhymes with the fourth one. The first and third line do not rhyme.
Here 's part of a ballad by William Blake (1757-1827). I have written the letters a, b, and c to mark the end rhymes.
The Maiden caught me in the Wild,(a)
Where I was dancing merrily;(b)
She put me into her Cabinet,(c)
And Lockd me up with a golden key.(b)
Poem types - write a ballad!
Topic ideas:
A time you fell in love at first sight... or thought you did.
A car accident.
A time you received bad news. Don 't tell the reader how you felt about the news. Instead, show the details of the place and situation where you heard the news, doing this in a way that expresses your feelings. Think of how, in movies, the camera zooms in on objects to create a mood. See if you can do the same thing in the poem.
A Definition Of Poetry
What is poetry?
The question "What is poetry" used to be easier to answer. If it rhymed and had a regular meter (a type of rhythm), it probably was a poem. As they say,
"If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck.”
These days, not all poems rhyme or fit into standard forms. And if you look for a response to the question, "What is poetry?" you 'll find lots of musings about how extremely important and meaningful poetry is, how it 's the true essence of our world, the oxygen that keeps us alive, etc. Some of this is interesting, but most of it isn 't very helpful if