POETRY UNIT

LESSON 2: HAIKU

What is Haiku?

What is the format of Haiku?

Examples

WHAT IS HAIKU?

Japanese poem

Present tense

Usually focuses on

nature

Does NOT rhyme

FORMAT OF HAIKU

Three lines long

First line five syllables

Second line seven

syllables

Third line five syllables

An old silent pond...(Five syllables)

A frog jumps into the pond,(Seven syllables)

Splash! Silence again.(Five syllables)

EXAMPLES

Beautiful, crisp fall

Colorful leaves fall from trees

Best time of the year

Tasty, red apples

Are juicy and delicious

Picked from the branches

LESSON 3: CINQUAIN

What is Cinquain?

What is the format of Cinquain?

Examples

WHAT IS CINQUAIN?

Short

DOES NOT rhyme

Japanese style

Originated in 1909

FORMAT OF CINQUAIN

Five Lines

Line one: Title (noun), 2 syllables

Line two: Description, 4 syllables

Line three: Action, 6 syllables

Line four: Feeling (phrase), 8 syllables

Line Five: Title (Synonym for title), 2 syllables

EXAMPLESHockey (2 syllables)

Sticks, pucks, helmets (4 syllables)

Hitting, passing, scoring (6 syllables)

The greatest game in the whole world (8 Syllables)

Action (2 syllables)

EXAMPLES

Ice cream

Cold and yummy

Licking its sweet richness

It makes me feel so much cooler

Refreshed

EXAMPLES

Penguin

Black, white

Waddling, swimming, leaping

A tuxedo in the cold water

Frozen

LESSON 4: LIMERICK

What is a Limerick?

What is the format of a Limerick?

Examples

WHAT IS A LIMERICK?

Distinctive rhythm and rhyme pattern

Funny

Short

Rhyming

FORMAT OF A LIMERICK

Five lines

First, second, and fifth rhyme

Third and fourth lines rhyme

• Pattern of stressed and

unstressed syllables

Line 1: U S U U S U U S

Line 2: U S U U S U U S

Line 3: U S U U S

Line 4: U S U U S

Line 5: U S U U S U U S

FORMAT OF LIMERICK

There once was a fellow named TimU S U U S U U U S

Whose dad never taught him to swim.

U S U U S U U U S

He fell off a dockU S U U S

and sunk like a rock.U S U U S

And that was the end of him.U S U U S U U S

EXAMPLE

There was an old man from Peru

Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.

He awoke in a fright

In the middle of the night

And found it was perfectly true.

LESSON 5: ACROSTIC

What is an Acrostic?

What is the format of an Acrostic?

Examples

WHAT IS AN ACROSTIC?

A poem created from a word or phrase

All lines must relate the original word/phrase

FORMAT OF AN ACROSTIC

First, last or other

letters in each line

spell a word

Does NOT have to

rhyme

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLES

LESSON 6: CONCRETE

What is a Concrete Poem?

What is the format of a Concrete poem?

Examples

WHAT IS A CONCRETE POEM, AND WHAT

IS ITS FORMAT?

Describes something concrete

The words form what is being described

Can be written on any topic

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLES

LESSON 7: COLOUR

What is a Colour Poem?

What is the format of a Colourpoem?

Examples

WHAT IS A COLOUR POEM?

About your favorite color

Uses analogies or similes

Uses five senses

WHAT IS THE FORMAT OF A COLOURPOEM?

Every line starts with (your

color) is…

Each describes one of the

five senses

LESSON 8: FREE VERSE

What is a Free Verse Poem?

Examples

WHAT IS A FREE VERSE POEM?

•Can be about ANYTHING

•May or may not rhyme

•No set meter

(Timing/Syllables/etc.)

EXAMPLES