What is Hyperpoetry?
- This genre is
also called cyberpoetry.
- Hyperpoetry
works on the web.
- It is basically
just traditional work uploaded.
- Hypertext poetry is the new genre of literature that use the computer screen as medium, rather than the printed page.
- This literary work relies on the qualities unique to a digital environment, such as linked World Wide Web pages or effects such as sound and movement.
Highlight of the Poetic Types
Each type of poetry is characterized by its own style. By understanding the various styles, you are better able to learn the variances between each of the different types.
Haiku Poems
Matshuo BashoIn the twilight rain
These brilliant-hued hibiscus -
A lovely sunset.
Yosa Buson
In the moonlight,
The color and scent of the wisteria
Seems far away.
Lewis Borja
Shutting people out
Makes me more comfortable
For i feel secured
Free Verse Poems
Li-Young Lee
Excerpt from Little Father
I buried my father in my heart.
Now he grows in me, my strange son,
My little root who won't drink milk,
Little pale foot sunk in unheard-of night,
Little clock spring newly wet
in the fire, little grape, parent to the future
Wine, a son the fruit of his own son,
Little father I ransom with my life.
Lewis Borja
A Love That Lasts
My heart sinks
as I watch the sun
being eaten by the sea/
Another day will come,
Everything could change
My love for you will never be.
Sonnets
William ShakespeareSonnet 116
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments.
Love is not love
Which alterswhen it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on the tempests and is never shaken;
Name Poems
A Poem for Alexis
"Alexis seems quite shy and somewhat frail,
Leaning, like a tree averse to light,
Evasively away from here delight.
X-rays, though, reveal a sylvan sprite,
Intense as bright bird behind her veil,
Singing to the moon throughout the night."
A Poem for Lewis
Loving child of God,
Endless laughter he has.
With his look and smile,
In his greatness bears much, yet,
So loving and tender.
Different Types of Poetry
There are over 50 types of poetry and it is categorized by the number of lines in the poem, the words in the poem whether it rhymes or not, and what it is about.
- Haikus are one category of poems. The haiku originated from Japan. It is the shortest type of poem. It consists of three lines that generally do not rhyme. The lines should have five, seven, and five syllables in them.
- Free Verse Poems are another type of poetry. A free verse is the loosest type of poem. It can consist of as many lines as the writer wants. It can either rhyme or not, and it does not require any fixed metrical pattern. Free verse is commonly used among writers because it allows for maximum flexibility.
- Sonnets are another classification of poetry. A sonnet is best described as a lyric poem that consists of fourteen lines. Sonnet’s have at least one or two conventional rhyme schemes.
- Name Poems are popular among children and are often used in schools. The name of the person becomes the poem. Each letter in the name is the first letter in the line of the poem.
