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Poem Styles*Definitions and Examples*
By: Ms. RedmondFor: 5th Grade English Class
What is a Poem??
Creative expression
Not always the same
May rhyme
Expression of ideas or emotions
Written or spoken
*What is a poem to you?*
Some Poem Styles
Found
Free style
Limerick
Haiku
Concrete
Found Poem
From words or phrases found from text
Can be from part or whole text
Has 8 or less words/ phrases
Read selected words/ phrases out loud
Found Poem Example
7 dwarfs
Poison apple
Mirror mirror on the wall
Animal friends
Witch
About Snow White
Free Style Poem
No set pattern
Normally rhyme
Doesn’t have to make sense
Can be humorous
Free Style Poem Example
I see the rain
The rain can see me
It falls all the way down
Right off a tree
It can still see me…
OUCH! That was wet!
The rain hit me!,
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Limerick Poem
Can be funny
Simple and short
Only has 5 lines
Has specific number of syllables in each line
Limerick Poem Example
“There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a Bee;
When they said, 'Does it buzz?'
He replied, 'Yes, it does!'
'It's a regular brute of a Bee!' “
Famous Online Poetry. (n.d.). Limericks by Edward Lear from A Book of Nonsense. In Famous Online Poetry.
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Haiku Poem
Very short
17 syllables divided into 3 clumps
Connects 2 unrelated things
Haiku Poem Example
Green and speckled legs,
Hop on logs and lily pads
Splash in cool water.
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DLTK's Sites. (2009). What am I? Haikus:. In KidZone poetry. Retrieved from http://www.kidzone.ws/ poetry/haiku.htm database. Clipart from Microsoft.
Concrete Poem
Also called pattern, shape or visual poetry
Shaped as the object described
Doesn’t have to rhyme
Can be words or sentences
Concrete Poem Example
Sky Night
BrightShooting Yellow
Light
Lucky
FlagSpace
Wish Moon
Falling
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What style am I?
Egg
Soldiers
Fall
Cracked
Couldn’t put back
*Found Poem*
What style am I?
“Orange leaves, almost pink
Sheet of muddy glass puddle
Orange leaves, almost pink”
AuthorsDen, Inc. (n.d.). Autumn Haiku by Jennifer Jacobs. In AuthorsDen. Retrieved from http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?id=127028
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*Haiku Poem*
What Style?
What poetry style could go with this picture?
*Concrete Poem*
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Now what?
Now that you know different poem styles, you can;
- Write them
- Pick them out
- Read them
- And most of all
- ENJOY THEM!