PoeticTypes ODEPoem PoeticTypes ListPoem •F ocusofthepoemisonasinglepersonorobject thatisprecioustothespeaker. •A listofitemsthatallrelatetothetitleofthe poem. •E nthusiasticoremotionaltone;passionate attitudeaboutthesubject. •E verythinginthelistrelatestoonecentralidea ortheme. •I softenwrittenintwo-linestanzas. •U sesfigurativelanguagetoexpressthespeaker’s •E achitemiswrittenasadeclarativestatement. •T hefinalitemofthelististhemostimportant attitudetoward,andoftenadmirationof,the andrevealssomethingaboutthespeaker. subject. •W rittenasareflection(ratherthanactioninthe •R epresentsareflectivemode;thespeakerdeeply considersthesubject. moment),withthespeakerconsideringdifferent aspectsoftheideaorsituation. •T helistmayormaynotbenumbered. Example:F iveReasonsIHaveLocks(14) Example:O deToMyHair(33) G8M1WitandWisdom G8M1WitandWisdom PoeticTypes DefinitionPoem •U sesawordseparatedbysyllablesasthetitle. •S ubtitlehasphoneticspellingandwordtype. PoeticTypes FoundMaterials •R eframeswritingfromafoundsourceasapoem. •T itleindicatesthesourcematerial. •H asfourstanzas. •T hefirststanzaisthe“dictionarydefinition”of theword. •T henextthreestanzasareexamplesoftheword incontextanddemonstratethethemesofthe poem. •T henextthreestanzasallstartwith“Asin:”• Representsareflectivemode;thespeakerdeeply •T ypicallyusesasourcethatisnotoriginalpoetry. •S electivechoiceoflanguagefromthesource material. •E xplanatoryanddescriptive,presents informationorunderstandingfromthesource materialinanewway. Example:A rticle#1InTheDailyNews(155) considersthesubject. Example:C a-lam-i-ty(39) G8M1WitandWisdom