CREATIVE WRITING

POETRY Part 2

ACROSTIC - a type of poetry where the first, last or other letters in a line spell out a particular word

Example – An acrostic poem using the beginning of lines

Example - An acrostic poem using the end of lines

Cinquain - a verse of five lines that do not rhyme.

• A cinquain consists of five unrhymed lines.

• Each line has a set number of syllables see below:

• Line 1: 2 syllablesLine 2: 4 syllablesLine 3: 6 syllablesLine 4: 8 syllablesLine 5: 2 syllables

• Example• My mum (2 syllables)

Is so caring (4 syllables)She is always helpful (6 syllables)She is so beautiful and kind (8 syllables)Love you. (2 syllables)

Haiku - a Japanese poem

• Example

• (5) The sky is so blue. (7) The sun is so warm up high.(5) I love the summer.

consists of 3 lines and 17 syllables.Each line has a set number of syllables see below:

Line 1 – 5 syllables Line 2 – 7 syllables Line 3 – 5 syllables

Lyric

• A Lyric is a poem that expresses personal and emotional feelings.

• An example of a Lyric poem

• No, there are no regrets since you walked my wayNo, there are no regrets since we met that day

• Those cheesy walks along the beach still fill my mindThose cheesy lines you always managed to findOnly you could get away with such thingsBut happiness and joy you seemed to bringA holiday in the sun went by in a dreamMoving in seemed the logical thing

• No, there are no regrets since you walked my wayNo, there are no regrets since we met that day

Riddle – describes something w/o actually naming it.

Example –

It is an animalIt is orange and blackIt has stripesIt has four pawsIt lives in the jungleWhat is it?A tiger.

Example –

I come in different stylesI can help you walk for milesI come in a pairI’m something you wearWith heels I am glamCan you guess what I am …?Shoes.

Shape Poem - a type of poetry that describes an

object and is shaped the same as the object the poem is describing.

Example -

A volcano.

a huge rock,shooting lava up into

the air! Everyone runs forcover. Lots of thick, black smoke

pours out of the top, giving you a warningbefore the explosions start. Nothing can stand in itsway. Sometimes they don’t blow up for hundreds of

years.Still thousands in the world but they don’t all work,

some are even underwater.

Tanka - a Japanese poem similar to a haiku but has two additional lines.

• Consists of 5 lines and 31 syllables.

• Each line has a set number of syllables see below:

• Line 1 – 5 syllables • Line 2 – 7 syllables • Line 3 – 5 syllables • Line 4 – 7 syllables • Line 5 – 7 syllables

• Example –

• (5) I love my kitten. (7) She is so little and cute. (5) She has a pink tongue, (7) And lots of long whiskers too.

(7) She purrs when I stroke her back.

Tybur - a six line poetic form

• The first four lines consist of just a single two syllabled word each that all rhyme.

• The last two lines are nine syllables where the fifth to eighth syllables are the words from the first four lines.

Example

CrashingClashingSplashingThrashingCrashing, clashing seaSwims a little splashing, thrashing me.

Diamante - written in the shape of a diamond.

Made up of 7 lines using a set structure:

• Line 1: Beginning subjectLine 2: Two describing words about line 1Line 3: Three doing words about line 1Line 4: A short phrase about line 1, a short phrase about line 7Line 5: Three doing words about line 7Line 6: Two describing words about line 7Line 7: End subject

• Example

BikeShiny, quiet,

Pedaling, spinning, weaving

Whizzing round corners, zooming

along roadsRacing, roaring,

speedingFast, loud,

Car

Kenning - a two word phrase describing an object often

using a metaphor. A Kennings poem is a riddle made up of several lines of kennings to describe something or someone.

• A riddle made up of several lines of kennings to describe something or someone.

• Consists of several stanzas of two describing words. It can be made up of any number of Kennings.

My Sister

Dummy-suckerTeddy-throwerAnything-chewer

Kiss-giverSlave-employerDolly-huggerCalm-destroyer

Milk-drinkerNappy-leakerPeace-breakerScream-shrieker

Unlike any otherMy sister

Pantoum - a verse form consisting of three stanzas. It has a set pattern within the poem of repetitive lines.

• The pattern in each stanza is where the second and fourth line of each verse is repeated as the first and third of the next.

• The pattern changes though for the last stanza to the first and third line are the second and fourth of the stanza above (penultimate).

• The last line is a repeat of the first starting line of the poem and the third line of the first is the second of the last.

Riverside

(1) As I walk by the riverside(2) Ripples disturb the water(3) Fish dart upstream(4) Fighting against the flow

(2) Ripples disturb the water (5) Struggling to their destination(4) Fighting against the flow (6) In their underwater world

(5) Struggling to their destination(3) Fish dart upstream (6) Through the fields and vales and valleys they glide(1) As I walk by the riverside