Transcript Poetry Collection

Acrostic
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Formed by writing a word vertically down the page
One letter per line
All capital letters
Each line of poetry must begin with the letter on that line and
must pertain to the word
 May use one word or a phrase
 Does not have to rhyme
 Use adjectives and phrases that describe the word
Acrostic
Example:
Students learning lively lessons
Clever teachers explaining tricky subjects
Having unbelievable experiences each day
One by one the buses roll in to start the day
Only hard workers achieve excellence
Lots of knowledge waiting for students each day
Diamante Poem
 Seven line poem with specific requirements for each line. The final
poem has a diamond shape.
Line 1: one word, subject of poem
Line 2: two words, adjectives describing subject
Line 3: three words, participles (-ing verbs)
Line 4: four words related to subject
(For lines 5-7, describe opposite/antonym of subject)
Line 5: three words, participles (-ing verbs)
Line 6: two words, adjectives describing opposite of subject
Line 7: one word, opposite/antonym of subject in Line 1
Diamante Poem
Example
Love
Happy, secure
Dreaming, talking, hugging
Husband, wife, enemy, foe
Quarreling, loathing, degrading
Angry, mad
Hate
Cinquain Poem
 Five line poem with specific requirements for each line that is often used to
express emotions. There are two types of cinquains.
 One counts words and specific parts of speech for each line.
Line 1: one word, subject of poem (noun)
Line 2: two words, description of subject (adjectives)
Line 3: three words, participles or actions (-ing verbs)
Line 4: four words, simile phrase describing feelings about subject
Line 5: one word, synonym or relates to subject
 One counts syllables and parts of speech for each line.
Line 1: two syllables (noun)
Line 2: four syllables (adjectives)
Line 3: six syllables (verbs or action)
Line 4: eight syllables (short phrase or simile to describe)
Line 5: two syllables (synonym or noun to relate to subject)
Cinquain Poem
Example
Wind
Rough, strong
Yelling, howling, destroying
Knocks down the trees
Tornado
Mia
Smart, playful, short
Barking, jumping, leaping
Chases Jordan every Friday
Corgi
Bio Poem
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Poem written about yourself
Contains 20 lines
Follows a certain pattern
Contains several (at least 4) examples
of figurative language
Bio Poem
Example:
Corey
Cool
capable
kind
Who wishes to play basketball
Who dreams of being as rich as Bill Gates
Who wants a job in the big city
Who wonders what it’s like in heaven
Who fears death
Who is afraid of spiders as big as frogs
Who likes hanging with friends and family
Who believes in God
Who loves my family
Who loves my meowing cat
Who loves my barking dogs
Who loves playing video games
Who plans to graduate from college
Who plans to one day have a family
Who plans to be happy as a lark in life
Who’s called Corey
Haiku
 A haiku has three lines.
 Typically, the topic is nature.
 Line 1 should have five syllables
 Line 2 should have seven syllables
 Line 3 should have five syllables
 (5-7-5) pattern
Haiku
Example:
A stairway of light
The sun’s bright, flaming footsteps
Halting my journey.
Magnificent oak
Reaching up to the blue sky
One lonely giant
Limericks
 A limerick is a 5-line poem meant to be
humorous.
 The rhyme pattern is A-A-B-B-A
 Lines 1, 2, and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyme
 Lines 3 and 4 have two beats and rhyme.
Limericks
Example:
A flea and a fly in a flue
Were 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.
There once was a fellow named Tim
Whose dad never taught him to swim
He fell off a dock
And sunk like a rock
And that was the end of him.
Limericks
Quick Practice:
There once was a pauper named Meg
Who accidentally broke her______.
She slipped on the _____.
Not one time, but thrice
Take no pity on her, I _______.
(Can you guess which words go in the blanks?)