Poems 2

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• Leerjaar 2

Poems - Stylistic choices

Types of poems

Recap

Haiku - three lines, 5/7/5 rule

Sonnet - 14 lines, 5 unstressed followed by one stressed syllable, rhythm

Free verse - No rules, leaves the reader to figure out the rhythm

Acrostic - Name poems, the first letter of each line spells out a word

Love that dog - Sharon Creech

I don't want to 

because boys 

don't write poetry.

Girls do.

I tried.

Can't do it.

Brain's empty.

Love that dog - Sharon Creech

Why do you want 

to type up what I wrote

about reading 

the         poems?

It's not a poem.

Is it?

I guess you can

put it on the board

if you want to

but don't put

my name

on it

in case

other people

think

it's not a poem.

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Gedichten van de broer van Roos - Tim Hofman

Cucumbersap

Mom, what will bekom-

kommer of me?

Son, whatever u juice

to be.

Blauwtje walken

Smurfin,

my gevoel

says I want verkering,

'cause you're bluetiful.

Well darling,

you're really durfin',

but by mij comes there

al eenother smurf in.

Milk and honey - Rupi Kaur

your art

is not about how many people

like your work

your art

is about

if your heart likes your work

if your soul likes your work

it's about how honest

you are with yourself

and you

must never

trade honesty

for relatability

-to all you young poets

The princess saves herself in this one - Amanda Lovelace

everyone i love leaves.

                  VS

everyone, i love leaves.

Adultolescence - Gabbie Hanna

SAD

isfied

Rounding off

- What did we learn about today?

- Could you give some examples?