Term+Four+-+Poetry+Assignment


 * DUE: Week 5 - Friday November 25, 2011**


 * POETRY ASSIGNMENT**
 * 1) Cover** (plain or fancy, illustrated or not. This usually includes title, author, and illustration.)
 * 2) Table of Contents** (the titles and topics of poems in you book in the order they appear and the page number on which they appear)
 * 3) Your poems** (see below)
 * 4) About the author** (your picture and a biography, real or not-so-real)

1) **List poem:** (x2) centre a poem around things that are the same colour, cause the same emotion, or share common characteristics. 2) **Haiku:** (x5) The class Japanese from counts syllables in a concise three line poem. Also included in haiku's big brother, tanka. 3) **Diamond poem:** (x2) A very easy, short bit of writitng in a diamond shape starts with one thing and ends up with another. 4) **Couplet:** (x4)Two lines of the same length (number of beats which rhyme.) 5) **Limerick:** (x3) These fives-lines ditties are fun and are a great way to practice conventional rhythm. 6) **Cinquain:** (x3) Also a five-line poem, but usually more serious. There are several ways to do this.
 * You will need to include six poems:**