Remember to write a poem.

Room 3 Children.


On Monday we spoke about poetic features to make our poems more effective and hidden with messages. I would like your poem to include a metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, alliteration and a hyperbole.
It is about trying to use these feature in your poem. If you try and fail, then you can say I did try. If you don't do anything, then you have already lost.

Poetic Features

Rhyme
Words that have the same ending sounds

Simile
A figure of speech in which things are compared using the words "like" or "as".
- His skin was as cold as ice.
- It felt as hard as rock.
- She looked as gentle as a lamb.

MetaphorA figure of speech in which things are compared by stating that one thing is another.
- Her home was a prison.Alliteration
Repetition of words with the same beginning sounds

PersonificationA figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities

OnomatopoeiaWords that sound like the objects or actions they refer to

Hyperbole is a figure of speech that uses an exaggerated or extravagant statement to create a strong emotional response. As a figure of speech it is not intended to be taken literally. Hyperbole is frequently used for humour. Examples of hyperbole are:
- They ran like greased lightning.
- He's got tons of money.
- Her brain is the size of a pea.

Publishing Our Poems

Poetry: Limericks

Limerick:


A funny rhyming poem of five lines with the rhyming pattern aabba.
Lines 1,2 and 5 have the same rhythmic structure as each other using 7-10 syllables.
Lines 3 and 4 have the same rhythmic structure as each other using 5-7 syllables.

Examples:


There once was a hunter named Paul
Who strangled nine grizzlies one Fall.
Nine is such a good score,
So tried for one more
But he lost. Well, you can't win them all!



There was a young fellow who thought
Very little. But thought it a lot.
Then at long last he knew,
What he wanted to do,
But before he could start, he forgot.




Here is a very famous limerick. Notice both the rhyme and rhythm patterns.
1. There was an old man from Peru, (A)
    da DUM da da DUM da da DUM (3 DUMS)
2. who dreamed he was eating his shoe. (A)
    da DUM da da DUM da da DUM (3 DUMS)
3. He awoke in the night (B)
    da DUM da da DUM (2 DUMS)
4. with a terrible fright, (B)
    da da DUM da da DUM (2 DUMS)
5. and found out that it was quite true. (A)
    da DUM da da DUM da da DUM (3 DUMS)

From http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/limerickcontesthelp.html

Room 3 will publish some of their Limericks in the coming days.

Haiku - Podcast by Judith J

In class we have been learning about Haiku. Today hear some haiku written and read by Judith J on this podcast.

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Poetry: Haiku

Haiku:

• A short Japanese poem about nature of the seasons.
• Uses 17 syllables divided into three lines, 5,7,5
• Expresses the individual way we respond to things around us.

Summer

Summer sunny skies

Waves smashing along the shore

Children laughing on.

By Room 3

Lovely summers day

Diving into colling sea,

Watching crabs crawl by.

By Judith J

Birds are flying by,

Feeding their young in the trees,

Chirping happily.

By Judith J

Sweet summers day

Jumping a wave on the shore

Funny games to play

By Sophie J