Types of Poetry Acrostic- A poem that spells a word vertically and then uses each beginning letter as a start for that line in the poem.The poem then describes the word that goes down.
Acrostic P erfect people A lways by our side R eally helpful E specially with school N ever put us down T otally cool S o special to our hearts
Limerick 5 lines with an AABBA rhyme pattern. Lines 1,2, and 5 are longer than 3 and 4. It’s usually about a person and funny.
Limerick There once was a princess you see, Who slept all night long on a pea! When asked how she slept, the young woman then wept, “The ordeal got the best part of me!”
Haiku 3 line poem with no rhyme scheme. Lines 1 and 3 have 5 syllables and Line 2 has 7 syllables. It is usually about nature.
Haiku The autumn wind blows, Calling the leaves on the ground To join him in dance.
Clerihew 4 line poem with an AABB rhyme pattern. It combines 2 couplets. ( A couplet is 2 rhyming lines,) It is usually about a person and funny.
Clerihew Mrs. Trudell looks oh so funny She loves to eat whatever is gummy. She always gets a tummy ache So a lot of medicine she has to take!
Cinquain 5 lines No rhyme Line 1: 2 syllables Line 2: 4 syllables
BOYS, GIRLS, TEACHERS, FREEDOM FREE MY SPIRIT- SEND ME FLYING CINQUAIN PLAYGROUND A PLACE TO PLAY BOYS, GIRLS, TEACHERS, FREEDOM FREE MY SPIRIT- SEND ME FLYING HOORAY!
7 LINES NO RHYME SHAPE OF A DIAMOND COMPARES 2 THINGS DIAMANTE 7 LINES NO RHYME SHAPE OF A DIAMOND COMPARES 2 THINGS
DIAMANTE LINE 1: NOUN LINE 2: 2 ADJECTIVES FOR NOUN LINE 3: 3 VERBS ENDING IN -ING LINE 4: 2 ADJECTIVES FOR LINE 1 AND 2 FOR LINE 7 LINE 5: 3 VERBS ENDING IN -ING TO DESCRIBE LINE 7 LINE 6: 2 ADJECTIVES FOR LINE 7 LINE 7: OTHER NOUN
DIAMANTE DOG BARKS, YELPS JUMPING, GROWLING, PANTING BEST FRIEND, FETCHES, LOVES YARN, SNEAKY SLEEPING, SCRATCHING, SHARPENING MEOWS, PURRS CAT
WHIZ-BANG! BEGINS AND ENDS WITH ONOMATOPOEIA (SOUND) THE MIDDLE DESCRIBES IT WITHOUT SAYING THE WORD
I see the light across the sky. FLASH! I see the light across the sky. It’s raining hard so I know why no one is running or playing in town. I want to smile, but I only frown. CRACK!
FREE VERSE Whatever you like or are feeling. Any style or rhyme. It can have NO rhyme. It is up to YOU! Use similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, rhyme, imagery, and onomatopoeia
COUPLET A pair of lines that rhyme The artist stirred some blue and green To paint an underwater scene.
4 line poem. Its rhyme scheme may be aabb, abab, abcb, or abba. QUATRAIN 4 line poem. Its rhyme scheme may be aabb, abab, abcb, or abba.
QUATRAIN There is nothing quite so peaceful As the sound of gentle rain Pitter-pitter-patting Against my window pane.
ENJOY!