shscomskills Mr. Poissant
Sprayberry High School English teacher
http://www.sprayberry.org
 
Some poetry term you should know

foot
iamb
trochee
spondee
pyrrhic
pentameter
sestet
triplet
quatrain
octave
sonnet
haiku
metaphor

Here is a haiku that I wrote

See the hippo swim
Hippos swim in cold water
Hippos are obese

                -Anthony O.  

notice how the first line has 5 syllables the second has 7 and the last has 5


*REMEMBER* vocab test on friday
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