An Introduction

to Poetry
By C. Cheong for SSHS Middle School

Gust Becos I Cud Not Spel

Gust becos I cud not spel
It did not mean I was daft
When the boys in school red my riting
Some of them laffed
But now I am the dictater
They have to rite like me
Utherwise they cannot pas
Ther GCSE
Some of the girls were ok
But those who laffed a lot
Have al bean rownded up
And hav recintly bean shot
The teecher who corrected my speling
As not been shot at al
But four the last fifteen howers
As bean standing up against a wal
He has to stand ther until he can spel
Figgymisgrugifooniyn the rite way
I think he will stand ther for ever
I just inventid it today

Lines

The way it
looks
The way it
sounds.

Stanzas

Spaces

e.g. daft, laffed

Flow

The
meaning????

Rhyme

Rhythm

Its deepor not?

It gets you to think??...
Or not

Someone
thought to
publish it

It represents
someones
thoughts

or feelings

Patten
Q:Brian
This
text is obviously a poem but .HOW DO WE
KNOW???

Is it a Poem Text 1
Watermelon
Juicy, sweet
Dripping, slurping, smacking
So messy to eat
Yummy

Why?

Why not?

Is it a Poem Text 2
"The Devil's Company, a treat for lovers of
historical fiction, sees the return of
Benjamin Weaver in his third exciting romp
through the varied and sometimes
surreal landscape of 18th-century London.

Why?

Why not?

Is it a Poem Text 3
A stitch in time
saves nine
A bird in the
hand

Why?

Why not?

Is it a Poem Text 4

Why?

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how
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ast s
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itself,
f
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u
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h
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g
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them.
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y sp
tirelessl

Why not?

Is it a Poem Text 5
Fleas
Adam Hadem

Why?

Why not?

Is it a Poem Text 6
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n
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r
f
t
s
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b
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n
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r
a
s
g
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truth, but
nionship
a
p
m
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s
o
d wh
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a
m
r
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people enjo
friend.
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s
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b
ir
e
th
is

Why?

Why not?

Is it a Poem Text 7
Watermelon
Juicy, sweet
Dripping, slurping, smacking
So messy to eat
Yummy

Why?

Why not?

Is it a Poem Text 8

Why?

think
u
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m
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today. A
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Why not?

Is it a Poem Text 9
y,
ad d ad d
s
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v
a
nce was
o
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r
e
h
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g qui t e
in
o
g
s
a
ew
g ol f g am
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s
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h
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badly.

nd right
a
t
f
le
ed
He look
h t.
as in sig
w
l
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a
b
!
No
a c ad d y
d
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e
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n
that he
I think

Why?

Why not?

Brainstorm..

Poetry is.

Definition continued
Come up with a working definition of poetry.

Definitions/Glossary
Use the web, dictionaries and discussion to arrive
at definitions of the following:
Rhyme
Rhythm
A Line A Stanza
Free Verse