Types of poems

1. Types of poems

2. Haiku • Japanese style poetry about nature • No rhyme • First line has 5 syllables • Second line has 7 syllables • Last line has 5 syllables

3. Examples Drooping green branches Weighted down with heavy snow Waiting for the spring. The hand of a leaf Waves to each passerby With carefree abandon.

4. More examples Wise king of the night From his perch in the treetops Quietly watches. The wintry wind blows The blueness of its sharp breath Chilling the earth’s bones.

5. Cinquain • A 5 line poem • First line is a noun or a subject of the poem • The second line consists of 2 words that describe the first line • The third line is 2 action words • Line four is 4 words that give a feeling • Line five is 1 word that refers back to the subject

6. Pattern 1 • Line 1: 2 syllables • Line 2: 4 syllables • Line 3: 6 syllables • Line 4: 8 syllables • Line 5: 2 syllables

7. Example Listen… With faint dry sound Like steps of passing ghosts, The leaves, frost-crisp’d, break from the trees And fall.

8. Pattern 2 • Line 1: one word • Line 2: two words • Line 3: three words • Line 4: four words • Line 5: one word

9. Example Mules Stubborn, unmoving Braying, kicking, resisting Not wanting to listen People

10. Pattern 3 • Noun • Two adjectives (describing words) • Three words ending in –ing • A phrase • Another word for the noun

11. Example Clouds Fluffy cotton Billowing, gliding, creeping Soft pillows of rain Thunderheads

12. Acrostics Starting in September Children gather to learn Hours of play and learning Open books and desks Outside fun for all Lasting knowledge.

13. Samples Cunning Digs under the fence And Often licks my face Tricky Gets mud on my clothes T errific O rnery N eat Y oung A rtistic

14. Butterfly Balancing on the wind Utterly graceful and free Totally aware of the currents Tightrope walking a delicate stem Every flower a beacon Reaching deep to the sweetness Flying on to the next one Leaving no sign of its visit Yellow pollen now carried along

15. Your next task is to make an acrostic with the name of a character in a book. GreedyOpens doors without knockingLooks in every roomDines on porridgeIdentifies objects as too hard, too soft, or just rightLies down for a napOpens her eyesCries out in frightKicks off the coversSlips out the window

16. Diamante • 7 lines • Written about 2 contrasting subjects and makes a comparison between them • Moves from one subject to the other

17. Structure • Line 1:one noun that names subject 1 • Line 2:two adjectives describing it • Line 3:three -ing words about subject 1 • Line 4:four nouns, the first two about subject 1 and the second two about subject two • Line 5:three –ing words about subject 2 • Line 6:two adjectives that describe subject 2 • Line 7:one noun that names the second subject

18. Example Egg Tiny, blue Rocking, cracking, exploding Nest, shell, beak, foot Squawking, gazing, shivering Wide-eyed, feathery Bird

19. Limerick • A 5 line poem • Lines 1, 2, and 5 have 8-10 syllables • Lines 3 and 4 have 5 syllables • Rhyme scheme = a, a, b, b, a • Often names a place at the end of line 1

20. Example 1 There once was lady in Spain. a Who said she had nothing to gain. a She gave it a try, b And said she could fly, b But crashed when she flew in the rain. a

21. Example 2 There was an Old Man with a beard a Who said, “It is just as I feared! a Two Owls and a Hen b Four Larks and a Wren, b Have all built their nests in my beard!” a