POEM TYPES

Haiku:

  • doesn't rhyme

  • 3 lines

  • line one has 5 syllables

  • line two has 7 syllables

  • line three has 5 syllables

 

 Beautiful sunset
Sky glowing with bright colors
How lovely it is
Limerick:

 

  • 5 lines
  • lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme with each other
  • lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other
 A poem can be a simple rhyme
You can do it any old time
You see?  It's been done
You can have lots of fun
Writing poems is simply sublime!
Cinquain:
  • 5 lines
  • doesn't rhyme
  • line 1 = one word (subject of the poem)
  • line 2 = two words (describing subject)
  • line 3 = three words (showing action of subject)
  • line 4 = 4 words (expressing feeling about subject)
  • line 5 = 1 word (another word for subject)

 

 Horse
White, Graceful
Leaping, Running, Galloping
Roaming wherever it pleases
Stallion
Alphabet Poem:
  • 26 lines
  • doesn't rhyme
  • each line starts with a letter of the alphabet
 Accomplished musician
Brave
Compassionate toward animals
Dedicated friend
Environmentally aware
F
G
H
I...and so on