{{PoetryPoetry

A type of literature that A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and (usually using lines and stanzas)stanzas)

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Types of PoemsTypes of Poems

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LimerickLimerick

AA humorous poem of usually 5 lines

There once was a man from Peru, Who dreamed of eating his shoe, He awoke with a fright,In the middle of the night, And found that his dream had come true

{{Narrative PoemNarrative Poem

AA poem that tells a story

Narrative Narrative PoemPoem

Why doth a pussy cat prefer, When dozing, drowsy, on the sill, To purr and purr and purr and purr     Instead of merely keeping still? With nodding head and folded paws, She keeps it up without a cause.

Why doth she flaunt her lofty tail In such a stiff right-angled pose? If lax and limp she let it trail

'Twould seem more restful, Goodness knows! When strolling 'neath the chairs or bed, She lets it bump above her head.

Haiku PoemHaiku Poem A Japanese poem A Japanese poem written in three written in three lineslines

Five SyllablesFive Syllables

Seven SyllablesSeven Syllables

Five SyllablesFive Syllables

An old silent pond . . .An old silent pond . . .

A frog jumps into the pond.A frog jumps into the pond.

Splash! Silence again.Splash! Silence again.

Haiku PoemHaiku PoemWhat is a syllable?

A syllable is a part A syllable is a part of a word of a word pronounced as a pronounced as a unit.  It is usually unit.  It is usually made up of a vowel made up of a vowel alone or a vowel alone or a vowel with one or more with one or more consonants.  The consonants.  The word "Haiku" has word "Haiku" has two syllablestwo syllables

An old silent pond . . .An old silent pond . . .

A frog jumps into the pond.A frog jumps into the pond.

Splash! Silence again.Splash! Silence again.

Shape PoemShape PoemIn concrete poems, In concrete poems, the words are the words are arranged to create a arranged to create a picture that relates picture that relates to the content of the to the content of the poem.poem.

PoetryIs like

Flames,Which are

Swift and elusiveDodging realization

Sparks, like words on thePaper, leap and dance in theFlickering firelight. The fiery

Tongues, formless and shiftingShapes, tease the imagination.

Yet for those who see,Through their mind’s

Eye, they burnUp the page.

Cinquain PoemCinquain Poem

A five line poem A five line poem

How frailAbove the bulk

Of crashing water hangsAutumnal, evanescent, wan

The moon.