1. 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.

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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!”

5. 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.

6. Haiku The autumn wind blows, Calling the leaves on the ground
To join him in dance.

7. 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.

8. 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!

9. Cinquain 5 lines No rhyme Line 1: 2 syllables Line 2: 4 syllables

10. 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!

11. 7 LINES NO RHYME SHAPE OF A DIAMOND COMPARES 2 THINGS
DIAMANTE
7 LINES
NO RHYME
SHAPE OF A DIAMOND
COMPARES 2 THINGS

12. DIAMANTE LINE 1: NOUN LINE 2: 2 ADJECTIVES FOR NOUN
LINE 3: 3 VERBS ENDING IN -ING
LINE 4: 2 ADJECTIVES FOR LINE 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

13. DIAMANTE DOG BARKS, YELPS JUMPING, GROWLING, PANTING
BEST FRIEND, FETCHES, LOVES YARN, SNEAKY
SLEEPING, SCRATCHING, SHARPENING
MEOWS, PURRS
CAT

14. WHIZ-BANG! BEGINS AND ENDS WITH ONOMATOPOEIA (SOUND)
THE MIDDLE DESCRIBES IT WITHOUT SAYING THE WORD

15. 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!

16. 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

17. COUPLET A pair of lines that rhyme
The artist stirred some blue and green
To paint an underwater scene.

18. 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.

19. QUATRAIN There is nothing quite so peaceful
As the sound of gentle rain
Pitter-pitter-patting
Against my window pane.

20. ENJOY!