Types of Poetry

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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.

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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

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Limerick

• 5 lines with an AABBA rhyme pattern. Lines 1,2,
  and 5 are longer than 3 and 4. Its usually about
  a person and funny.

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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!

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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.

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Haiku

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

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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.

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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!

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Cinquain
5 lines No rhyme Line 1 2 syllables Line 2 4
syllables Line 3 6 syllables Line 4 8
syllables Line 5 2 syllables
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CINQUAIN

• PLAYGROUND
• A PLACE TO PLAY
• BOYS, GIRLS, TEACHERS, FREEDOM
• FREE MY SPIRIT- SEND ME FLYING
• HOORAY!

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DIAMANTE

• 7 LINES
• NO RHYME
• SHAPE OF A DIAMOND
• COMPARES 2 THINGS

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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

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DIAMANTE

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

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WHIZ-BANG!

• BEGINS AND ENDS WITH ONOMATOPOEIA (SOUND)
• THE MIDDLE DESCRIBES IT WITHOUT SAYING THE WORD

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• FLASH!
• I see the light across the sky.
• Its raining hard so I know why no one is running
  or playing in town. I want to smile, but I only
  frown.
• CRACK!

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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

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COUPLET

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

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QUATRAIN

• 4 line poem.
• Its rhyme scheme may be aabb, abab, abcb, or
  abba.

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QUATRAIN

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

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ENJOY!