Poetry Collection

Here is the order for the Poetry Collection (Due November 2nd)

Free Verse: 10 lines minimum, 6 words per line minimum.  No rhyme scheme, just write about something you love.

Haiku: Five lines.  Syllable count of 5,7,5.  No more than three lines.

Ode: A poem praising or glorifying someone or something.  Minimum 6 lines, minimum 5 words per line.  Title is Ode to...(whatever or whomever you are glorifying).

Limerick: Rhymed humorous poems.  Five lines with a syllable count of 9,9,6,6,9, and a rhyme scheme of a,a,b,b,a.  The 9s rhyme, and the 6s rhyme.

Lanturne: Five lines with a syllable count of 1,2,3,4,1.  Center it, and it should look almost like a diamond.

Tongue Twister: Minimum of 6 lines, and minimum of 5 words per line.

Minute Poetry: 12 lines of 60 syllables in the following format:

8 The 8 syllable lines can be the same, but none of the 4 syllable lines can be the same.
4
4
4
(make sure to skip a line)
8
4
4
4
(skip a line here too)
8
4
4
4

**All poems must be labeled off to the left, and have a title.  Write or type a clean final draft to turn in no later than Friday.  This is a summative grade.