Poetry Reflection

     Before we started to do the poetry unit in class, everyone had a negative mood to it. They say it is confusing and boring. Now that we put our toes in the water, people just jumped in and enjoyed swimming. They love to write deep poem or even a hysterical poem! We have written tons of different types of poems, which brought out different emotions they normally do not present. We could even learn a thing or two by these poems and another side of someone's personality. To be honest, a poetry unit can really have an affect on you.

     Poetry is one of the things you can not forget as a child. It would bring back memories on how school went, or even how your childhood was spent. Poetry is different for other people. Their past memories can change the poem overall! If you have good memories and a great childhood, most likely your poems would have a positive attitude on. For me, I have great memories with friends and families. For that, I create an up-beat tone in my poems. Right now, I can not forget the poems I created in the 6th Grade, 5th Grade, and more. Once I get older, I will remember the poems I created in Middle and Elementary School and what is in them. Reflecting on the poems, you can tell if your childhood was perfect, okay, or even horrible. For that reason, Poetry does play an important role in my life, and even to everyone!

     As I said before, Poetry is affected by life experiences. If you just went to a Water-park and came home, you poem would most likely be happy. As you can see, poems are affected, but not always the good kind. If someone broke up with you or a different tragedy that occurred could cause the poem to be a gloomy, dark, and a deep tone to it. So, life experiences have a huge impact on poetry.

     Structure could be one of the most important part in a poem. Maybe you want to make a poem about a bear in a shape if a bear, or pretty much anything! I chose a poem called, "Gingerbread Man" by an anonymous poet. If you read it, it is about a gingerbread man. If you step back and look at it for the second time, you see a gingerbread man shape full of words. This type of poetry is called Shape Poetry. The shape the poem takes should have a connection with the meaning. Also, the use of personification in this poem makes the poem more humorous and enjoyable to read.

An alternative to the Shape poem is a Letter Poem, which is what I created. I made a poem about French Toast shaped like an F. This shows clear respect and love to French Toast, which is the meaning to the poem. Also, just like the Gingerbread poem, giving it rhyme and personification adds more character and humor into the poem.

Poems I Created 

Nonfiction Poem
Bio-Poem of a Literary Character
Where I'm From Poem
Spine Poem
Found Poem
Nonsense Poem