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Anthology of Poems English Literature
For
Naquie Barrett (ID#SW20175272)
Rosemary Palmer Early Childhood
Poems about Animals
Shortwood Teachers’ College
Introduction to Children’s for children
4-8 years
Literature (LA400PRB/ECB)
Renée Latchman, Ph.D. Illustrated and compiled by
August 6, 2021 Naquie Barrett

Rosemarie Palmer
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Table of Contents Free verse………………………………. 11-12

Introduction…………………………… 1-2 Title: My little pup
Poems and overviews Original : Curry in a Hurry …………… 13-14

NursPeoryemrhsymfoer…3…-4……ye…a…r …o…ld…s …. Poems for 7-8 year olds

Nursery Rhyme……………………… 3-6 Ballad………………………………….. 15-16
Title: Old MacDonald had a farm
Title: Space cows and green cheese
Nonsense verse …………………… 7-8
Title: Hey diddle,diddle Narrative…………………………... 17-18

Poems for 5-6 year olds Title: My puppy punched me
Haiku …………………………………. 19-20
Limerick……………………………… 9-10 Title: Birds taking a bath
Title: There was an old man Reference…………………………....... 21-22

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Introduction Poetry is important at the Early
childhood Level because, children who
Children's literature is any literature that is know nursery rhymes develop a strong
enjoyed by children. More specifically, children's sense of well-being.it makes them feel
literature comprises those books written and good and happy with themselves.
published for young people who are not yet Children who know nursery rhymes
interested in adult literature or who may not usually are full of self-confidence and
possess the reading skills or developmental self-esteem. Poetry appeals to their
understandings necessary for its perusal. In powers of imagination, they also love to
addition to books, children's literature also includes
magazines intended for pre-adult audiences. ………….
(education.stateuniversity.com,n.d)
show off their ability to recite or sing a
The theme being illustrated within this rhyme from memory. Through them,
anthology of poems “animals” .All of these poetry comes alive with the creative use
poems about animals are chosen to suit of their voices, eyes, facial expression
the children at the Early Childhood level. and body language. It is believed that
children who have nursery rhymes read
For each entry, the characteristics of the or sung to them become effective
specific type of poem, the criteria used for communicators.
selection and a model of the poetic form
will be highlighted. Among these poem one
will be an original poem
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Nursery Rhyme Old MacDonald had a Farm
by Thomas D’Urfey
A Nursery Rhyme as defined by the Oxford
Old MacDonald had a farm
dictionary is a simple or traditional song or Ee i ee i o
And on his farm he had some cows
Nursery Rhyme : Ee i ee i oh
A NurseproyemRhfoyr mchieldraens. defined by the Oxford With a moo-moo here
dictionaCryhairsacatersisimticspolfeNourrsetrryaRdhiytmioeninacllusdoe;ng or And a moo-moo there
poem for children. Here a moo, there a moo
Everywhere a moo-moo
a. They include a lot of repetitions.

Characteristics of Nursery Rhyme include;
They incbl.udeThaeylhoavteoafstrroenpgerhtyimtieo. ns.
They hacv.e aTshetyrousnegmerlhodyicmcoen.tours in phrases
They use melodic contours in phrases after

after a series of arch shapes, called

a series of arch shapes, called anacrusis
these phrasaensachruasivs etheasespcheransetsbhaavleaanscceentd by a
descent; apbpallyanicnegd btyhaedecsocenntc; eapppltyiongf tuhep and
down.

concept of up and down.

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Nursery Rhyme : And on his farm he had some pigs
A Nursery Rhyme as defined by the Oxford Ee i ee i o
dictionary is a simple or traditional song or With an oink-oink here
poem for children. And an oink-oink there
Characteristics of Nursery Rhyme include; Here an oink, there an oink
They incluOdeldaMloatcoDforneapledthitaiodnas.farm Everywhere an oink-oink
They haveEaesiteroenigorhyme. Old MacDonald had a farm
They use mOeldloMdiacccDoonntoauldrshiandpahfraarsmes after Ee i ee i o
a series ofEaerciheeshiaopes, called anacrusis
these phraAsneds hoanvheisasfcaermnthbealhaandcesdombyea
descent; acphpilcykisng the concept of up and
down. Ee i ee i o

With a cluck-cluck here
And a cluck-cluck there
Here a cluck, there a cluck
Everywhere a cluck-cluck
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Nonsense Verse Hey Diddle Diddle
Anonymous
Nonsense verse is a form of light
Hey, diddle, diddle,
verse, usually for children, depicting The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
imaginative characters in amusing The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
situations of fantasy, whimsical in And the dish ran away with the spoon.

tone and with a rhythmic appeal,

often employing fanciful phrases and

meaningless made-up words.

Characteristics
a) A humorous poem with silly

characters and actions.
b) It is meant to be fun.
c) At least 14 lines long

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Limerick Poem There was an old man
for 5 year olds By Edward Lear

A limerick is a form of poetry or There was an old man in a tree ,
patterned verses often used in Who was horribly bored by a bee
children's literature. However, a When they said “ does it buzz
limerick sometimes provides the He replied “ Yes, I does!”
framework for a vulgar and risqué It ‘s a regular brute of a bee!”
message conveyed by adults.
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Characteristics include:
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a) The limerick consists of five
structured lines of comical, often
nonsensical content.

b) Its content includes obvious
rhyming.

c) Each line on its own is usually
limited in substance. However,
the totality of the five verses
together shapes a humorous,
clever message.
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Free verse Poem My little pup
for 5 year olds Anonymous

Free verse is the name given to poetry My little pup,
that doesn’t use any My labradoole,
strict meter or rhyme scheme Because With its curly yellow hair
it has no set meter, poems written in Is the sweetest dog
free verse can have lines of any length, The best companion,
from a single word to much longer. The kindest friend,
William Carlos Williams’s short poem I could ever have.
“The Red Wheelbarrow” is written in
free verse. It reads: “so much depends / ……………………………………….
upon / a red wheel / barrow / glazed
with rain / water / beside the white /
chickens.”

Characteristics include:
No set rhythm’
No set rhyming pattern
Poems express ideas and feelings
Words helps readers form a picture in
his or her mind
Words are carefully selected to support
the meaning
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Original Poem Curry in a Hurry
by Rosemary Palmer
The title of my original poem is My daughter loves to eat curry
Curry in a Hurry by Rosemary This she does in a hurry
Palmer. It is a Limerick Poem Whether she’s sitting or standing
A limerick is defined as a five-line With her lack of understanding
poem that consists of a single . That mummy can’t cook curry in a hurry
stanza, an AABBA rhyme scheme,
and whose subject is a short, pithy
tale or description. Most limericks
are comedic, some are downright
crude, and nearly all are trivial in
nature.
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Ballad Space Cows and Green Cheese
By Denise Rodgers
A Ballad poem is a poem with
short stanzas, which are like the Oliver wanted to go on a trip
paragraphs of a poem, that usually all the way to the moon on his own
has four lines but not always. While rocket ship.
not all poems rhyme, ballad poems He gathered up wood scraps, some
do, and they use a simple rhyming paint and some glue,
structure, like a song. Usually, the some Plexiglas pieces, his dad’s wood
second and fourth lines rhyme. canoe,
Sometimes there's a refrain, or a line,
section, or stanza that repeats. A plastic transistor, a surfboard for
wings,
The Characteristics include: Some twine and some twist ties and all
a) The use of Simple Language: they sorts of things,
like his mom’s set of tools and his dad’s
feature language that people can one-inch socket,
understand without specialist determined to build his own moon-
training or repeated readings. mission rocket.
b) Ballads tend to be narrative poems
that tell stories.
c) A ballad stanza consists of four
lines, rhymed abcb (or
sometimes abab--the key is that
the second and fourth lines rhyme).
The first and third lines have four
stresses, while the second and
fourth have three.
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Narrative Poem My puppy punched me in the eye
by Kevin Nesbitt
A Narrative Poem is defined as a poem which
tells a story. It has a full storyline with all the My puppy punched me in the eye.
elements of a traditional story. These elements My rabbit whacked my ear.
include Characters, plot, conflict and resolution My ferret gave a frightful cry
, setting and action. A Narrative poem is a and roundhouse kicked my rear.
metered poem that meets a specific audience. My lizard flipped me upside down.
The Characteristics of a Narrative Poem My kitten kicked my head.
include; My hamster slammed me to the
a) It is a poem that tells a story. ground
b) They have several characters like a short and left me nearly dead.
So my advice? Avoid regrets;
story. no matter what you do,
c) They describe a conflict. don’t ever let your family pets
d) They have a resolution to the problem or take lessons in kung fu.

conflict.
e) They are often longer than other poems.
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Haiku Poem Birds taking dust bath
for 7-8 year olds By Ashi Akira

Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry Birds taking dust bath
made of short, unrhymed lines that Looks like a good for summer’s heat.
evoke natural imagery. Haiku can come I might try as well.
in a variety of different formats of short
verses, though the most common is a ……………………………………………………….
three-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable
pattern.
Characteristics include:
a) Focus on a brief seasonal moment
b) Written in present tense
c) It contains a pause at the end of

the 1st or 2nd line

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Reference List Nesbitt,K.(2009). My hippo has the hiccups an d other
Adams, K. (2002).Help Your 3-5 Year Old Learn poems.petfoundation.org/learnglossary

Through Rhymes, Riddles and Songs How to
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collinsdictionary.com (n.d) .definition of animal.
https.//www.collinsdictionary.com
D’urfey,T.(1706). Old McDonald had a farm

Education.stateuniversity.com (n.d). Children's
Literature , History, literature in the lives of

children .https.//education.statesuniversity.com

Prahat, S. (2018).Illustrated Nonsense
verses..https://www.behance.net/gallery/667431
69/Illustrated-Nonsense-Verse
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