Poetry. What is it?

Lesson by: Hannah Johns

 Different Types

Limericks Haiku Free Verse Acrostic

Limericks

◦ Rules!
◦ It must only have five lines.
◦ The 1st,2nd, and 5th line must rhyme!
◦ The 3rd and 4th must rhyme!
◦ It must have a comical nature to it
◦ In other words, it’s funny
◦ Example:

A woman who once heard a mouse

Ran screaming all throughout her house
She sent in the cat
To dispose of the rat
Only to find it was her spouse.

Rhyme Scheme:
AABBA

Limericks
Analysis:

Does the first and second line rhyme?

A woman who once heard a mouse

Ran screaming all throughout her house

Limericks
Analysis:

Does the third- and fourth-line rhyme?

She sent in the cat

To dispose of the rat

Limericks
Analysis:

Does the fifth line rhyme with the first

and second line?

A woman who once heard a mouse

Ran screaming all throughout her house
She sent in the cat
To dispose of the rat
Only to find it was her spouse

Limericks
Analysis:

Is it comical?
Click me when
done!
A woman who once heard a mouse
Ran screaming all throughout her house
She sent in the cat
To dispose of the rat
Only to find it was her spouse

Limericks
Haiku

◦ Rules!
◦ There’s only three lines
◦ The first line must have 5 syllables
◦ The second line must have 7 syllables
◦ The third line must have 5 syllables
◦ Usually has beautifully descriptive words
Example:

A mountain village
under the piled-up snow
the sound of water

Haiku
Analysis:

Does the first line have five syllables?

Does the second line have seven syllables?
Does the third line have five syllables? Click me when
you’re done!

A mountain village
under the piled-up snow
the sound of water

Haiku
Free verse

◦ Rules:
◦ There’s basically none!
◦ Does not confirm to regular poetry rules!
Example:

The water feels cool to the touch

The warm breeze falls nicely around my shoulder
and greets me like an old friend
The blues of seasons pass melt away
Spring is here.
Spring is here.

Free verse
Example:

The water feels cool to the touch

The warm breeze falls nicely around my shoulder
and greets me like an old friend
The blues of seasons pass melt away
Click one me
Spring is here. when done!
Spring is here.

Is there any rhyme scheme?

Does there have to be one?

Free verse
Acrostic

◦ Rules:
◦ Think of a word
◦ Write it vertical
◦ Begin every sentence with the letter you wrote out
◦ Relate them back
 Example:

S hines brightly
U p in the sky
NIce and warm on my skin

Acrostic
 Analysis:

S hines brightly
U p in the sky
NIce and warm on my skin

Does the first letter of every line spell the word that the poem is about?
Does each sentence in the poem relate to the topic?

Acrostic