Types
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Poems
of
Poems
A poem that contains two lines that rhyme.
Couplet
A poem is made up of these.
Stanzas
Nature puts on little shows
Every time it rains or snows
Couplet
I like candy.
I think it's dandy.
It's good to eat.
It's just too sweet!
AABB
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
A form of Japanese poetry, usually about nature and having only three lines. The first line has five syllables, the second has seven syllables, and the last line has five syllables.
Haiku
Stanzas are made up of these.
Lines
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there's some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
Quatrain
Wind, gently blowing
Up, around, and through the trees,
Plays tag with my kite
None - Haiku
I do not like ____ _____ and ____
I do not like them Sam I am
Green Eggs and Ham
This is a type of poetry that has no rhyme or rhythm, but does contain figurative language and imagery
Free Verse
The feeling a reader gets after reading a poem.
Mood
Curving up, then down.
Meeting blue sky and green earth
Melding sun and rain
Haiku
Tom, he was a piper's son,
He learned to play when he was young,
But all the tune that he could play
Was "Over the hills and far away."
AABB
Hey diddle diddle,
The Cat and the fiddle,
The Cow jumped over the moon,
The little Dog laughed to see such sport,
And the Dish ran away with the Spoon.
Hey Diddle Diddle
a poem that has four lines and has a rhyme scheme such as A-A-B-B or A-B-A-B
Quatrain
two or more words with the same or similar sound
Rhyme
I walked into the shelter and looked around.
Out of all the homeless kitties, you stood out like a beacon.
I picked you up, and you purred and snuggled sweetly in my arms.
Free Verse
There once was a poor boy named Sid
Who thought he knew more than he did.
He thought that a shark
Would turn tail if you bark,
So he swam out to try it - poor kid!
AABBA
There was an old woman who lived ___ __ ____,
She had so many children she didn’t know what to do;
She gave them some broth without any bread,
Kissed them all soundly and sent them to bed.
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
a FIVE line poem with a definite rhyme scheme of a-a-b-b-a. It is usually written to be humorous.
Limerick
Repeated patterns of sound in a poem that can be counted like beats in music.
Rhythm
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!"
Limerick
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
None - Free Verse
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November,
February has twenty-eight alone.
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting leap-year—that’s the time
When February’s days are twenty-nine.
The Days of the Month