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