This document provides information about poetic texts and features of poems. It discusses how poetry is usually concerned with feelings and descriptions and aims to present a point of view through thought-provoking images. Poetry often uses sound patterns and rhythm. The document also outlines common poetic structures like ballads, haiku, limericks, and sonnets. Poems can use regular patterns of rhyme and rhythm or free verse forms and include literary devices like alliteration and metaphors. Grammatical features in poems include nouns, adjectives, similes, and metaphors. Examples of different forms of poems are also provided.

1. POETIC
What is POEM?
Poetry is usually concerned with feelings and vivid descriptions. Poems may tell a story or
reflect on something of importance to the poet. The purpose of a poem is to present a
description or a point of view, usually with thought-provoking images.
Poetry is often written to be read aloud. Sound patterns and rhythm are therefore
important to the overall impact of the poem.
Examples of a poetic texts include:
• ballads
• haiku
• limericks
• sonnets
• song lyrics
• cinquains

2. POETIC
Features of a POEM
Structure of a poem
Poems can be written in many different ways and have a variety of features. Some
poems use regular patterns of rhyme, rhythm and line length, while others use free verse
forms. Poems can include alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, personifications,
similes, and metaphors. The creation of imagery is always important.
Grammatical features of a poem
A wide variety of grammatical patterns are used in poetry. Common features include:
• nouns to identify specific objects, events or things
• adjectives to create better descriptions
• similes and metaphors to build images

3. POETIC
The POETRY scaffold
Line 1
One word that introduces the subject.
Line 2
Two words that describe the subject.
Line 3
Three words that describe the subject.
Line 4
Four words about the subject.
Line 5
One word that expresses a comment on the subject.

4. Lizards
Lizards
shiny, sleepy
resting in sunshine
look at him closely
prehistoric
John Anderson
POETIC
MODELS OF A poEM
CINQUAIN
NOUN IDENTIFYING
SUBJECT
ADJECTIVES
PROVIDING
DESCRIPTIONS
UNUSUAL
SENTENCE
CONSTRUCTION
Structures
Grammatical features

5. Son of Mine
(To Dennis)
My son, your troubled eyes search mine,
Puzzled and hurt by colour line.
Your black skin soft like a velvet shine,
What can I tell you, son of mine?
I could tell you of heartbreak, hatred blind,
I could tell of crimes that shape mankind,
Of brutal wrong and deed malign,
Of rape and murder, son of mine;
But I’ll tell instead of brave and fine
When lives of black and white entwine,
And men in brotherhood combine-
This would I tell you, son of mine.
Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonucal
POETIC
MODELS OF A poEM
STANZAS OF
FOUR LINES
Structures
REGULAR
RHYMING
PATTERNS
RHYTHMIC
QUALITIES
SIMILE
ADJECTIVES
CONTRACTION
Grammatical features