Types of Poetry

Lesson EQ:How do I create different types of

poetry?

Haiku• Haiku is a type of poem which comes from the Japanese

culture.• Many themes include nature, feelings, or experiences. • The most common form for Haiku is three short lines. • The first line usually contains five (5) syllables, • the second line contains seven (7) syllables, • and the third line contains five (5) syllables. • Haiku doesn't rhyme. • A Haiku must "paint" a mental image in the reader's mind.

This is the challenge of Haiku - to put the poem's meaning and imagery in the reader's mind in ONLY 17 syllables over just three (3) lines of poetry

Haiku

The RoseDonna Brock

The red blossom bends

and drips its dew to the ground.

Like a tear it falls

Haiku

A RainbowDonna Brock

Curving up, then down.

Meeting blue sky and green earth

Melding sun and rain.

Limerick• A limerick is a five-line poem written with one couplet and one

triplet. • If a couplet is a two-line pattern is a a b b rhymed poem, then a

triplet would be a three-line rhymed poem. • The rhyme a with lines 1, 2 and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming,

and • lines 3 and 4 having two beats and rhyming. • Some people say that the limerick was invented by soldiers

returning from France to the Irish town of Limerick in the 1700's.• Limericks are meant to be funny. • They often contain hyperbole, onomatopoeia, idioms, puns, and

other figurative devices. The last line of a good limerick contains the PUNCH LINE or "heart of the joke." As you work with limericks, remember to have pun, I mean FUN!

Limerick

• Say the following limericks out loud and clap to the rhythm.

A flea and a fly in a flueWere caught, so what could they do?

Said the fly, "Let us flee.""Let us fly," said the flea.

So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

-Anonymous

Limerick• You will soon hear the distinctive beat pattern of all

limericks. The rhythm is just as important in a limerick as the rhyme. Try completing this limerick.

There once was a pauper named MegWho accidentally broke her _______.

She slipped on the ______.Not once, but thrice

Take no pity on her, I __________.

Lyrical Lesson: Limericks

1. Practice the rhythm of limericks by clapping you

hands or snapping your fingers.2. Think of some funny names, places, or situations.3. Using the a a b b a 5-line form, write an original

limerick.4. How would you illustrate the page if your poem

was published in a bookof limericks? What types of art would you use?

CinquainA cinquain is a five line poem.

Line 1: one word

(subject or noun) Line 2:

two words(adjectives) that describe line 1

Line 3: three words “ing” words

(action verbs) that relate to line 1 Line 4:

four words(feelings or a complete sentence) that relates to line 1

Line 5: one word

(synonym of line 1 or a word that sums it up)

Cinquain

trianglespointy edges

revolving, rotating, anglingTriangles are all different.

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Cinquain

• Cinquain poems can have three different patterns

Cinquain Pattern #1

Line1: One wordLine2: Two wordsLine 3: Three wordsLine 4: Four wordsLine 5: One word

Examples

DinosaursLived once,

Long ago, butOnly dust and dreams

Remain

Cinquain Pattern #2

• Line1: A noun• Line2: Two adjectives• Line 3: Three -ing

words• Line 4: A phrase• Line 5: Another word

for the noun

SpaghettiMessy, spicy

Slurping, sliding, fallingBetween my plate and

mouthDelicious

Cinquain Pattern #3

• Line1: Two syllables• Line2: Four syllables• Line 3: Six syllables• Line 4: Eight syllables• Line 5: Two syllables

BaseballBat cracks against

The pitch, sending it outOver the back fence, I did

it!Homerun

Concrete

A concrete poem is one that takes the shape of the object

it describes.

Concrete Poetry

Concrete Poetry

• Use the following link to create a concrete poem.

• Concrete Poetry

• Print Poem and place in your group’s folder.