1. Characteristics Form Nursery Rhymes Haiku List Poems Cinquain
They have strong rhyme and a lot of repetition.
Nursery Rhymes
They are made up of 17 syllables, and give a picture and a special feeling.
Haiku
They repeated phrases and some rhyme, and easy to write.
List Poems
They are made up of 5 lines, and convey a strong picture, and easy to write.
Cinquain
Their translations have a free form.
Tang Poems

2. Simple Forms of Poems
Nursery rhymes are the first poems that children will hear. They are often sung. Children love to move & dance to nursery rhymes & songs because they have strong regular rhythms. They enjoy the rhymes & the way the nursery rhyme plays with sounds.
A list poem is a list of things. It can have as many lines as the writer likes. Sometimes they have repetition in them & sometimes they have words that rhyme. When a list poem has rhyming words, it also has a regular rhythm.

3. Life is Beauty List poems
Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is Beauty
List poems
Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious珍贵, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.

4. A cinquain is made up of five lines & has the following structure:
Line1: a noun that names the subject of the poem
Line2: two adjectives that describe the subject
Line3: three verbs ending with –ing that describe the subject’s action
Line4: four words that give the writer’s opinion or feelings about the subject
Line5: a word that gives another name for the subject
Students can write cinquain poems about any subject that inspires them but some subjects could be a season, something in nature, a friend or pet.

5. A cinquain students Naughty(淘气), lovely Studying, playing, helping
Three years in school
happily
---one word (topic)
---two adjs
---three verbs with –ing
---four words
---one word

6. The haiku is a centuries-old form of Japanese poetry
The haiku is a centuries-old form of Japanese poetry. It is made up 17 syllables and has the following structure:
Line1: 5 syllables
Line2: 7 syllables
Line3: 5 syllables
A haiku poem is almost like a photo or painting as it creates a strong image in very few words. It is often an observation of nature or of the changing seasons. It is a good idea to collect observations of nature for haiku. For example, leaves blowing in the wind, bees buzzing around flowers, ducks swimming in a pond, snow piling up against a door.
Snow having melted,
The whole village is brimful
of happy children
(by Issa)

7. Tang poems:
When translated into English, Tang poems have a free form( that is , without a regular rhythm) and do not rhyme. They have strong imagery and are often about the bringing together of opposites, for example, the small is contrasted with the large, and the temporary with the eternal.
You came by on bamboo(竹) stilts,
playing horse（马）; You walked about my seat,
playing with blue plums（青梅）. And we went on living in the village of Chokan: Two small people（两小）, without dislike or suspicion（猜疑） —— Li Bai

8. Songs
Poems are often put to music or are written to be sung. When a poem is to be sung, it is written with a strong rhythm, use rhyme, in simple language, and the theme is often an emotion, such as, love, anger, or despair.

9. Adverb poem
In this form of the students pick an adverb to start each line. The lines are in rhyming pairs, such as:
Slowly the dog crosses the road,
Slowly the old man carries his load.

10. There are various reasons ____ people write poetry
There are various reasons ____ people write poetry. ______ poems tell a story or describe something in a way ____ will give the reader a strong impression. Others try to _______ certain emotions. Poets use many different forms of ______ to express themselves. In this text,_______, we will look at a few of the simpler forms.
why
Some
that
convey
poetry
however

11. Some of the first poetry a young child learns in English is ________ rhymes. These rhymes like the one on the right (A) are still a common type of children's poetry. The language is ________ but imaginative, and they delight small children because they_______, have strong _______ and a lot of_________ . The poems may not make sense and even seem_____________ , but they are easy to learn and recite. By playing with the words ____ nursery rhymes, children learn about language.
nursery
concrete
rhyme
rhythm
repetition
contradictory in

12. I saw a house bow to a squire, flexible repeated
List poems have a _______ line length and _________ phrases which give both a pattern and a rhythm to the poem. Some rhyme (like B)______ others do not (like C).
I saw a house bow to a squire,
I saw a person twelve-feet high,
I saw a balloon made of lead,
I saw two horses making lace,
And said though strange they all were true.
We would have won , if we hadn't run out of energy.
flexible
repeated
while

13. Another simple form of poem that students can easily write is the cinquain, a poem made up of five lines. With these, students can convey a strong picture in just a few words.
It is not a _________ form of English poetry, but is very popular with English writers. It is easy to write and, like the cinquain , can give a clear picture and _______ a special feeling using the ________ of words.
traditional
create
minimum

14. With so many different forms of poetry________________ , students may __________ want to write poems of their own. It is easier than you might think and certainly worth a try!
to choose from
eventually