Type of Poems
slow moving river
flash of iridescent blue
a kingfisher strikes
Haiku
I have a cat.
I have a mouse.
I have a hat.
I have a house.
ABAB
Janie read a book by the babbling brook.
Alliteration
a humorous poem five lines long in which the first, second, and fifth lines have one rhyme and the third and fourth another.
Limerick
How old am I?
27
These be
Three silent things:
The falling snow. . the hour
Before the dawn. . the mouth of one
Just dead.
Cinquain
Jack and Jill went up a hill
To fetch a pail of water
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after
ABCB
I wish you would mash potatoes in this dish.
Consonance
a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
Haiku
How many children do I have?
3
There was an Old Man with a beard
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren
Have all built their nests in my beard!'
Limerick
The fallen leaves are cornflakes
That fill the lawn's wide dish
And night and noon
The wind's a spoon
That stirs them with a swish
ABCCB
My Cadillac was completely crushed in a car crash
Alliteration
a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.
Acrostic
Which color do I least like?
Pink
Cuddly
Acrobatic
Tenacious and terrifying
Softly purring
Acrostic
I do not like green eggs and ham
I do not like them Sam I am
I do not like them in a boat
I do not like them with a goat
I do not like them in a house
I do not like them with a mouse
AABBCC
Go slow over the road
Assonance
also known as a quintain or quintet, is a poem or stanza composed of five lines.
Cinquain
What kind of pet do I have?
A dog
I have eaten
the plums
that were
in the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Free Verse
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high over vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
ABABCC
He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
Consonance
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
Free Verse
What was the last grade I taught?
1st