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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. It’s 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 funnyShe loves to eat whatever is
gummy.She always gets a tummy acheSo 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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DIAMANTEDOG
BARKS, YELPSJUMPING, GROWLING,
PANTINGBEST FRIEND, FETCHES, LOVES
YARN, SNEAKYSLEEPING, SCRATCHING,
SHARPENINGMEOWS, 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.
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!
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FREE VERSEWhatever 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-pattingAgainst my window
pane.
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ENJOY!