Question

Write a poem in a particular persona – which could be that of another person, animal or thing, or an event in which you are involved. (Even if you are football sock, you will have to be ‘alive’ in order to have a ‘voice!) Include at least one good image; appeal to at least two of the senses; and use the best possible words.

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CS 211 730

Padgett, Ron, Ed.

Handbook of Poetic Forms.

Teachers and Writers Collaborative, New York, N.Y.

ISBN-0-915924-23-4

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241p.

Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 5 Union Square

West, New York, NY 10003 ($11.95, paperback).

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*Creative Writing; Literary Devices; Literary Genres;

Literary Styles; *Poetry; Secondary Education;

Teaching Methods; Writing Instruction

*Poetic Forms

Intended for secondary teachers and student writers

but useful for anyone interested in poetic forms, this book defines

74 basic poetic forms, summarizes their histories, quotes examples

from noted poets, and offers professional tricks of the trade on how

to use each form. The book covers the following poetic forms:

abstract poem, acrostic, allegory, alliteration, alphabet poem,

assonance, ballad, ballade, blank verse, blues poem, bout-rimes,

calligram, canto, canzone, cento, chant, cinquain, collaboration,

concrete poem, couplet, eclogue, elegy, epic, epigram, epistle,

epithalamium, event poem, the foot, found poem, free verse, ghazal,

haiku, imitation, insult poem, light verse, limerick, the line, list

poem, lune, lyric, macaronis, madrigal, metaphor, nonsense poem,

occasional poem, ode, ottava rima, pantoum, parody, pastoral poem,

performance poem, projective verse, prose poem, quatrain, rap, renga,

rhyme, rhythm, ritual poem, rondeau, satire, senryu, sestina,

Skeltonic verse, sonnet, spoonerism, the stanza, syllabic verse,

tanka, tercet, terza rima, triolet, villanelle, and word play.

Entries are cross-referenced, and a bibliography and list of cited

authors are included. (MM)