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Types of Poems

Types of Poems. 6 th grade poetry unit. Couplet. Poems with 2 rhyming lines Usually have a similar number of syllables in each line. (9) It filled the can, it covered the floor, (9) It cracked the window and blocked the door, (7) Pizza crusts and withered greens ,

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Types of Poems

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  1. Types of Poems 6th grade poetry unit

  2. Couplet • Poems with 2 rhyming lines • Usually have a similar number of syllables in each line (9) It filled the can, it covered the floor, (9) It cracked the window and blocked the door, (7) Pizza crusts and withered greens, (7) Soggy beans and tangerines,

  3. Triplet • Poem with 3 rhyming lines • Usually have a similar number of syllables in each line

  4. Cinquain • Poem with 5 lines and 22 syllables total (looks like a Christmas tree) • 1st line: 2 syllable • 2nd line: 4 syllables • 3rd line: 6 syllables • 4th line: 8 syllables • 5th line: 2 syllables

  5. Cinquain-special type • Line 1: Title (noun)-2 syllables • Line 2: Description-4 syllables • Line 3: Action-6 syllables • Line 4: Feeling-8 syllables • Line 5: Synonym for title-2 syllables

  6. Diamonte • Poem with 7 lines (diamond shaped) • Line 1: noun/subject • Line 2: 2 adjectives • Line 3: 3 “ing” words • Line 4: 4 words about the subject • Line 5: 3 more “ing” words • Line 6: 2 more adjectives • Line 7: synonym for the subject

  7. Haiku • Japanese poem • 17 syllables total • 3 lines long • Topic: usually nature/season • Line 1: 5 syllables • Line 2: 7 syllables • Line 3: 5 syllables

  8. Acrostic • 1st letter in each line of the poem spells the subject vertically Cats purr loudly; Active at night, Tackle my toes.

  9. Ballad • Narrative rhyming poem (tells a story) • Often put to song/music

  10. Elegy • Poem of grief and mourning

  11. Epic • Long, heroic, narrative poem (does not have to rhyme) • Example: The Odyssey

  12. Sonnet • 14 line poem • Shakespeare wrote many • Shakespearean sonnets followed the rhythm of iambic pentameter (U /) • Rhyme scheme: a,b,a,b,c,d,c,d,e,f,e,f,g,g

  13. Cleriphew • A poem made of 2 couplets that poke fun of a celebrity or known person

  14. Free Verse • A fluid form of poetry which conforms to no set rules (does not have to rhyme or follow any other poetry rules)

  15. Limerick • A light or humorous poem made of 5 lines • Lines 1,2, and 5 rhyme; lines 3 and 4 rhyme (rhyme scheme a,a,b,b,a) • Lines 1,2 and 5 have a similar number of syllables • Lines 3 and 4 have a similar number of syllables

  16. Unicorn There once was a unicorn (7) She had a lavender (7) A fox played a trick, (5) And it made her sick, (5) Recovered, she now eats warm corn. (8)

  17. The Blue Headed Girl There once was a blue headed girl (8) Who had a rainbow colored curl. (8) She dove into the sea, (6) And laughed, “Hee, hee, hee!” (5) And her curl turned into a pearl. (8)

  18. Directions Cut out a picture from a magazine Begin writing a limerick with, “There once was…”, “Once there was…”, or “there was…” Make sure lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme and are longer lines (count syllables) and that lines 3 and 4 rhyme and are shorter lines.

  19. Nursery Rhyme • A short poem for children that rhymes and is handed down in folklore

  20. Concrete • A poem that takes the shape of the topic it is about

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