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Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by youngcrysta(f): 9:40pm On Dec 18, 2014
leki10:

The same no of syllables....yes

alrightie
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by herald9: 9:41pm On Dec 18, 2014
Ghostlady:
Am present sir
Herald9,rozzay,veeey,where art everyone? cool

mehn.. I ran into traffic jam..I had to drop and switch to trekking mode...I'm here nowshocked
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by leki10(m): 9:42pm On Dec 18, 2014
Beennkumar:
Leki10, I'm sorry, I didn't get the first type.
pls, chk d previous page
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:44pm On Dec 18, 2014
herald9:


mehn.. I ran into traffic jam..I had to drop and switch to trekking mode...I'm here nowshocked
welcome dear,you r just abt time...we r moving on to the fifth type of poetry though,,,,you have to chk back d pages u missed
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by leki10(m): 9:45pm On Dec 18, 2014
laykorn:

Umm, Sir Leki. I notice you're just trying to make us know the different styles that exist. I hope that you will still take some other classes to tech us how they are written. Are you going to do that sir?
Our teachers are going to take different types and give detailed explanations as time goes on.
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by leki10(m): 9:47pm On Dec 18, 2014


FREE VERSE
A Free Verse is poetry written with rhymed or unrhymed verse that has no specific rhythm to it. No specific no of lines or syllables. I believe this should be the favorite for beginners

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Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:48pm On Dec 18, 2014
leki10:

Our teachers are going to take different types and give detailed explanations as time goes on.
Thank you sir.
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by franklyn009(m): 9:48pm On Dec 18, 2014
leki10:

Please let us endeavour to ask questions no matter how ridiculous it may sound
sorry sir, I don't know whether am getting ahead of the lesson, but are you going to talk about rhymes in poems cos I notice some have rhymes while some don't and some have at intervals, some maybe d first n second line and so on
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by leki10(m): 9:49pm On Dec 18, 2014
Example of free verse

As i was walking down the road,
Thinking at the sight of a toad,
As it hopped over a pool of water,
Wondering if life was so easy,
That one can hop over any challenge,
Without pain,
Without strain,
With just aim,
With just ease.
But life itself,
Is not a bed of roses,
But oneself,
Must find his path like moses.


Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by harrysterol(m): 9:50pm On Dec 18, 2014
leki10:
did we get that?.....any questions before we move to the next type?
so that to say in acrostic no two words of same meaning can be found in a particular line?
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by harrysterol(m): 9:51pm On Dec 18, 2014
Elantracey:



you couldn't invite me undecided
late comer grin
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by leki10(m): 9:52pm On Dec 18, 2014
franklyn009:

sorry sir, I don't know whether am getting ahead of the lesson, but are you going to talk about rhymes in poems cos I notice some have rhymes while some don't and some have at intervals, some maybe d first n second line and so on

you are free to ask. we are still going to talk abt rhymes in subsequent classes. Meanwhile, d rhyme in a poem still depends on d types of poetry. Each type has its own method and rules.
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:52pm On Dec 18, 2014
leki10:


FREE VERSE
A Free Verse is poetry written with rhymed or unrhymed verse that has no specific rhythm to it. No specific no of lines or syllables. I believe this should be the favorite for beginners
That's right. Also like the ballad too. Good job Leki10 grin.
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:53pm On Dec 18, 2014
harrysterol:
late comer grin
undecided. Omo stop scoping girls and concentrate on your lessons tongue.
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by leki10(m): 9:55pm On Dec 18, 2014
harrysterol:
so that to say in acrostic no two words of same meaning can be found in a particular line?
it does not matter. What matters is the acronymic value of the poem. The first leta of each line makes up the acronym.
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:56pm On Dec 18, 2014
Ghostlady:
cheesy welcome mr back bench.....where were u since
Thank you mrs. Front-bencher tongue.

iBin @ the back seat listening attentively and quietly. cheesy
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by harrysterol(m): 9:56pm On Dec 18, 2014
Ghostlady:
am so falling in love with ballad
we are on the same page grin
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by herald9: 9:56pm On Dec 18, 2014
Ghostlady:
welcome dear,you r just abt time...we r moving on to the fifth type of poetry though,,,,you have to chk back d pages u missed

thanks lady...I just Did that...now I'm ready to join you guys heresmiley
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:58pm On Dec 18, 2014
harrysterol:
late comer grin

just like you tongue
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by leki10(m): 9:58pm On Dec 18, 2014

HAIKU
An haiku is a japanese poem. A Haiku consists of 3 lines and 17 syllables . Using rhymes is not compulsory.
Each line has a set number of syllables see below:
Line 1 – 5 syllables
Line 2 – 7 syllables
Line 3 – 5 syllables

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Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by herald9: 9:59pm On Dec 18, 2014
I love the shape of that diamond...but writing it...lipsrsealed
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by leki10(m): 10:00pm On Dec 18, 2014

Example of haiku

The fingers typing,
The eyes clamouring to learn,
The heart yearns for more.

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Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by leki10(m): 10:02pm On Dec 18, 2014

I hope we are all gaining something in this class?
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by harrysterol(m): 10:02pm On Dec 18, 2014
Veeey:
undecided. Omo stop scoping girls and concentrate on your lessons tongue.
cheesy and what are you doing? Am the class captain you know wink so immunity covers me grin
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by leki10(m): 10:04pm On Dec 18, 2014

FINALLY FOR TODAY

RENGA
Renga, means 'linked poem'. Poets work in pairs or small groups, taking turns composing the alternating three-line and two-line stanzas.
To create a Renga, one poet writes the first stanza ,
which is three lines long with a total of seventeen
syllables – the same structure as a haiku.
The next
poet adds the second stanza, a couplet with seven syllables per line. The third stanza repeats the
structure of the first (another haiku) and the fourth repeats the second, alternating in this pattern until the poem is completed.
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by herald9: 10:04pm On Dec 18, 2014
leki10:

I hope we are all gaining something in this class?

yes sir...especially the balladcheesy
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by harrysterol(m): 10:04pm On Dec 18, 2014
leki10:


FREE VERSE
A Free Verse is poetry written with rhymed or unrhymed verse that has no specific rhythm to it. No specific no of lines or syllables. I believe this should be the favorite for beginners
I will start from here grin #team free Verse
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 10:05pm On Dec 18, 2014
Mr leki10 I have a question
Please anytime we write a poem,since we are just learners..can you let us know what type of poetry it is? Sometimes we just write without knowing the type,it should help us improve...
Thank you. smiley
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by leki10(m): 10:06pm On Dec 18, 2014

Example of Renga

The final leaf falls, (5)
The tree branches are so bare, (7)
Autumn has arrived. (5)
Remember Summer's warm kiss, (7)
So gentle, it will be missed. (7)
As the leaves rustle,
And the feet also cracks them,
As we surged forward,
The tornado blew very strong,
As we all scurried along.


Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by cisse7575(m): 10:07pm On Dec 18, 2014
leki10:

I hope we are all gaining something in this class?
a lot sir
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by harrysterol(m): 10:08pm On Dec 18, 2014
Veeey:
That's right. Also like the ballad too. Good job Leki10 grin.
I know is only romance part that is on your mind about the ballad undecided tongue
Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by herald9: 10:09pm On Dec 18, 2014
harrysterol:
I will start from here grin #team free Verse

Raise your game man...you not gonna write free verse forevercheesy

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