Poetry for the Portfolios

When is a poem a poem?

A poem is a piece of writing that has the nature of both speech and song in it. A poem is rhythmical and metaphorical. It displays formal elements such as meter, rhyme, and stanzas. A poem arouses strong emotions because of its beauty.

Meter has to do with the number of syllables in each line of poetry. Rhyme is when the last syllables of the lines of a poem have the same sounds. Rhythm has to do with stressed and unstressed syllables.

There are many different types of poetry - rhyming, free verse, haiku, cinquain, limericks, couplets, sonnets.

You will find these types of poems on the internet. You might try writing a few of these poems yourself.

We will have a poetry slam at the end of the month of May.