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Limerick
The Limerick is a short humorous form of poetry. The first, second and fifth lines each
have eight syllables and rhyme with each other.
The middle lines have only six syllables and a separate rhyme. (Lines may be expanded
to nine syllables if place-name / end of first line is longer than one syllable).
Think of some words which rhyme with end of first line (rhymes may be silly). Next,
think of a problem for your character, and present it in your two short lines.
Finish with an ending (resolution) to the limerick, which should make the reader laugh.
Free Verse
A Free Verse poem does not follow a set pattern. It does
not rhyme.
It expresses feelings, emotions, and ideas. Topic of poem is
generally serious, though sometimes humorous.
Rainy Day
On a rainy day
I sit and think
And wonder
What I would be doing
If today weren't rainy.
List Poems
Lists can be either rhyming or not. The writer decides style used. They can be humorous
or far - fetched. Often, there is a serious turn in the final line.
Haiku Poems
Haiku poems are characterised by content, language and form. Form is the least
important. Content deals primarily with Nature. There are no similes or metaphors, and
few adjectives. Most common form has three lines, and a 5/7/5 syllabic structure.
Sense Poems
Stage 1: Think of your special place. Imagine it in your mind. Then complete the
following statements:
I see .. I smell ... I hear . I feel .. I taste . I think ..
The Dove
Cinquain Poetry
A cinquain poem is a simple five-line poem that a follows a pattern,
such as:
Line 1: one word (subject or noun)
Line 2: two words (adjectives) that describe line 1
Line 3: three words (action verbs) that relate to line 1
Line 4: four words (feelings/complete sentence) that relate to line 1
Line 5: one-word synonym of line 1/ word that sums it up)
November
cold, damp
frightens, saddens, closes
feeling death and hope
winter
Diamante Poems
The name comes from the French word for diamond: diamont. A Diamante is a seven-line
poem that gradually changes from one idea to a completely opposite idea. When it is
completed, its total appearance is diamond shaped. A common structure is:
Line 1: one word (subject / noun) contrasting with line 7
Line 2: two words (adjectives) that describe line 1
Line 3: three words (action verbs) that relate to line 1
Line 4: four words (nouns) first 2 relate to line 1, last 2 to line 7
Line 5: three words (action verbs) that relate to line 7
Line 6: two words (adjectives) that describe line 7
Line 7: one word (subject / noun) contrasting with line 1
Mars
Red, small
Orbiting, rotating, floating
Rocks, lightness, flames, star
Sparkling, flaring, burning
Orange, yellow
Sun
I Am Poems
The following is a commonly used template for I Am poems. Template can be amended
as required.
I Am Poem
By Elisa
September 9, 2004
I am a fun, hard working, and helpful friend that loves to learn and have fun.
I wonder if we will have a wonderful and fun year.
I hear the ocean when I am with my family walking down the beach.
I see all my cousins playing in the creek at family reunion and having lots of fun.
I want the whole world to live in peace.
I am a fun, hard working, and helpful friend that loves to learn and have fun.
I pretend I am a world fames gymnast that just did a perfect ten in the Olympics.
I feel the wind blowing through my hair as I play with my friends all day long.
I touch my Teddy and we snuggle at night before we go to sleep.
I worry that I will not be able to get to sleep at night.
I cry when I leave camp at the end of the summer and I cant wait for next summer.
I am a fun, hard working, and helpful friend that loves to learn and have fun.