Poet Study

Poet Study.

WALT: Find out about famous Poets.

List 3 New Zealand poets

1. Alan Bagnall.

2. Roger Telenius.

3. Pauline Cartwright.

List 3 famous poets around the world

1. Maya Angelou.

2. Emily Dickson.

3. Shel Silverstein.

Who is William Shakespeare? William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright.

Where was he born? He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom.

When was he born? He was born in 1564.

When did he die? He died in 1616.

What famous stories did he write? I know that he wrote Romeo and Juliet.

Read one of William Shakespeare’s poems and write what you think of it. I think that his poems has a lot of rhythm and rhyme.

Are poems fun or boring to you? I think that poems are sometimes funny.

Why? 

Explain your answer.

Because sometimes the rhymes in a poem are funny.

What does the term ‘rhyme’ mean? Words that rhyme, means that they have the same sound, for example, balloon rhymes with moon.

What does the term rhythm mean? Rhythm means a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound.

What does the term ‘imagery’ mean? It means that its descriptive or figurative language, used especially in literary work.   

What is a haiku? A haiku is a Japanese poem, of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven and five, traditionally evoking images of nature.