Beginning Poetry

Try each of theses activities below.  After you have completed these, take a look at the work you have done and create at least two poems to send to my e mail.

Imagery

Construct a five line poem, consisting of at least three different types of sensory details(ie- sight, sound, touch, smell, taste) from a moment from your experience, in the space below.

Simile

Select a simile that is an appropriate comparison for any type of emotion and continue to define that emotion in a five line poem below.

Extended Metaphor/ Metaphor

Take the abstract idea of Nature or Spirituality and construct an apt metaphor for the idea.  Be sure that this metaphor makes use of the principle of comparison in such a way that defines the abstract idea specifically.

Personification

Create a monster for any emotion of your choosing.  Explain what it looks like, how it moves, what it sounds like, smells etc.  Be sure that this emotion is described and depicted fully.  You may use any form you choose.

Literary Form- Cinquain

Construct a Cinquain about any subject of your choosing.  Apply the form:

1.      Title noun

2.      Description of the noun

3.      Action

4.      Feeling or effect

5.      Synonym of the initial noun

Theme Poem Combination

Take one of the following themes of: Politics, Media, Society, Technology or War and decide specifically what comment you would like to make on the subject. Then, use ,at least, three literary techniques from above to express this comment in a poem below.  The poem must consist of at least 10 lines.