Types of Poems

Limericks

• A limerick is a five line poem whimsical poem. Lines one, two and five rhyme with each other and lines three and four rhyme.

A flee and a fly and a flueWere caught, so what could they do?Said the fly, “let us flee.”“Let us fly,” said the flee.So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Acrostic Poems

• Acrostic poems are poems in which the first letter of each line, when read vertically, spell out a word.

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Shape Poems

• A shape poem is a poem designed with words that form the shape of the object the poem is about.

Birth of a TriangleMama and Papa and Baby makes three Reaching sides of a three-sided tree Oedipal winds rustle from trees triangular shapes converting dissimilarity into peeves straight lines connect the corners turned mirrored sight un-burned buried am I

A Triangle TaleI

DoNot

KnowAt All HowI Got Stuck

Inside This PieceOf Pie And I’m Unsure

How To Begin To Get OutOf This Fix I Am In. This Triangle

Is Simply Not An Entertaining Sort OfSpot So I Can Say Without A Doubt I’d LikeTo Leave And Wow…………............I Am Out

An Angel

an angel tumbling d o w n to earth

Ode

• An Ode is a poem praising and glorifying a person, place or thing.

Ode To A Butterfly by

Lorraine Nesbit

Oh! The butterflyHe flutters all day,He roams the skiesWith some delay.

He alights on trees, fences,and roses.To whatever attracts his fancyHe will do his poses.

He’s up, he’s downHe dances with the breeze,He comes, he goesAnd does it with ease.

As I watch himIn pure delight,I begin to wonderIf he knows his own plight.

For soon spring turns into summerThen summer flies quickly by,The sun setting earlyInto a darkening sky.

The butterfly is gone nowReplaced by snow,But he will be back againTo put on his beautiful show.

Haiku

Haiku is unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three lines of 5-7-5 syllables. Haiku is written in the present tense and is about nature.

Pink cherry blossomsCast shimmering reflectionsOn seas of Japan

CinquainsA cinquain is a poem that consists of five lines.Each has a required number of syllables.

Line 1= Title, noun, 2 syllablesLine 2= Description, 4 syllablesLine 3= Action, 6 syllablesLine 4= Feelings, phrase,8 syllablesLine 5= Title, synonym for the title

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Couplets

• A couplet is a two lined poem with a fun and simple rhyming pattern. Couplets are often humorous. The last word in each line must rhyme.

My English teacher wants me to use my imaginationSo I go to math class and let my mind go on vacation!

Free Verse

• Free verse is a poem without any rules. There is no rhyme, meter, form or rhythm.

What do the oceans do at night?Do they tease and tickle the bottom of boats?Do they ripple away in fright?Or are the beaches like coats?That keep them still and quiet.And once the day breaks and it’s breakfast timeDo the oceans wish for some other diet than

fish?