Poetic Forms

Starter 11

1. What's your reaction to this poem (intellectual and emotional)?  You can react to the form of the poem and/or the content of the poem.
2. What kind of style or form are you interested in using for your poem?  What kind of poetry do you want to write?

Content Poem Activity

1. Read your poem out loud to your group.
2. Trade with one person in your group.
3. On their poem, write the following:
1. What is the intellectual message of this poem?
2. What is the emotional impact of this poem?
3. Underline or highlight the two strongest lines of the this poem.  What makes them so strong?
4. What are two specific things they could revise or change to make this poem even stronger?

Review Poetic Forms

See this website for more information!  Poetic Forms

Form Poems

Choose a form from the list on the board, or from the website linked above.  Write a poem on the theme of war, violence, peace, power, or truth using one of the forms.  Challenge yourself to try something new!

At the bottom of the poem, write:

1. Why did you choose this form?  What drew you to it?
2. What difficulties did you have in writing in this form?

HOMEWORK:  Finish Form Poem (see above for details).  DUE: Start of Class, Friday.  No need to print, just have it ready to pull up on your computer.