What is Poetry? Millcrest Academy©1999
Table of Contents

SubProject No. 1
What is Poetry?

SubProject No. 2
Poetry Vocabulary

SubProject No. 3
Poetry Devices

SubProject No. 4
The Rhyme Scheme

SubProject No. 5
Kinds of Poetry

SubProject No. 6
Practice Activities

SubProject No. 7
Versakids

SubProject No. 8
Local Poets in GFW

SubProject No. 9
Newfoundland Poets

SubProject No. 10
Poet Biography Page

SubProject No. 11
Kidz Poetry Page

SubProject No. 12
Fun Poetry Activities

Opening Page

 

Poetry is important...  It reaches inside people and heals their wounds like nothing else can.  It is an escape from reality and a method of coping with reality.  It's a certain feeling inside."                  

Anonymous

 

"Why, Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not.  We all know what light is; but it is not easy to telll what it is."

Samuel Johnson

"original combination of words, distinctive sound, and emotional impact"

Anonymous

 

According to geocities.com, poetry is ...

A form of expression

written seeking approval from no one

but read and intrepreted

by anyone and everyone

It reveals your most inner thoughts

that may never be spoken

forming a deep communication to others

and for you, a cherished token

that you will always remember.

 

What is poetry?, you say 

As you fix my eyes with yours of blue. 

What is poetry! .... You  ask me that? 

Poetry... It is you! 

Gustavo Adolfo Becquer

 

 

 

 

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