Poems

Poems

Ballads

BALLAD

Definition: tells a story that often about love

Example:
Oh the ocean waves may roll,
And the stormy winds may blow,
While we poor sailors go skipping aloft
And the land lubbers lay down below, below, below
And the land lubbers lay down below.

Significance:  It's like a song that use simple words that usually a sad story of love

Free Verse

FREE VERSE

Definition: it's a term of styles of poetry that is not rhyme.

Example: Spoken--a word implicit.
To believe everything
You say--how can
I give you what I am not given?
But I do--
I would, and I will.
And I let you
Keep pieces of me
Locked, keyed to you
Secretly--only I
Can no longer
Be sure of finding them--
You will tell me,
I or you
Right or wrong.

Significance: Free verse makes it easier to write poems and it is fun to write since there are no rules.

Narrative

NARRATIVE

Definition: poetry that tells a story.

Example:

There was three kings into the east,
Three kings both great and high,
And they hae sworn a solemn oath
John Barleycorn should die.

Sinificance: narrative poem is more interesting that narrative essay. It helps children to understand the stories better and also better than reading a page that full of words.

Imagery

IMAGERY

Definition: to pull the readers' attention by make them imagine the pictures or sense it.

Example: the picture.

Significance: Imagery makes poems more interesting and it helps readers to understand the poems easier by the 5 senses.

Line

LINE

Definition: a line of words in a poem

Example:

You may not understand,
Why I do what I do.
But you never criticized,
You just helped my through.

Significance: Lines break poems into different stanza (like 4-5 lines is equal to one stanza)

Stanza

STANZA
Definition: paragraphs (usually four or more) which create a poem.

Example:
Whenever you're sad,
or feeling blue,                  ===>>>> STANZA
Just call on me.
I'll be here for you.

Whenever you're happy,
or feeling sad,
Just call on me.
You are going to be glad that you had.


Significance: Stanza makes the poem looks simple and easier to read. It also makes the poem more interesting