Types of poeTry

by: elexuseya moTley

L yr ic

A rhyming poem thatis short and sometimesfunny.

I heard a fly buzz when I died;The sti l lness round my formW as l ik e the sti l lness in the airB etween the heaves of storm.

ConCreTe

• a poem ThaT forms a shape like a:• hearT• DiamonD• CirCle

Haiku

•A Japanese poem with 5 or 7 lines

None is travellingHere along this way but I This autumn evening.The first day of the yearthoughts come – and there is loneliness;the autumn dusk is here.

Limerick

• A funny poem that is rhyming in the 1st, 2nd, 5th line:There was an Old Man with a gong,Who bumped at it all day long;But they called out, 'O law!You're a horrid old bore!'So they smashed that Old Man with a gong