1. Types of Poems
6th grade poetry unit

2. Couplet Poems with 2 rhyming lines
Usually have a similar number of syllables in each line
(9) It filled the can, it covered the floor,
(9) It cracked the window and blocked the door,
(7) Pizza crusts and withered greens,
(7) Soggy beans and tangerines,

3. Triplet Poem with 3 rhyming lines
Usually have a similar number of syllables in each line

4. Cinquain
Poem with 5 lines and 22 syllables total (looks like a Christmas tree)
1st line: 2 syllable
2nd line: 4 syllables
3rd line: 6 syllables
4th line: 8 syllables
5th line: 2 syllables

5. Cinquain-special type
Line 1: Title (noun)-2 syllables
Line 2: Description-4 syllables
Line 3: Action-6 syllables
Line 4: Feeling-8 syllables
Line 5: Synonym for title-2 syllables

6. Diamonte Poem with 7 lines (diamond shaped) Line 1: noun/subject
Line 2: 2 adjectives
Line 3: 3 “ing” words
Line 4: 4 words about the subject
Line 5: 3 more “ing” words
Line 6: 2 more adjectives
Line 7: synonym for the subject

7. Haiku Japanese poem 17 syllables total 3 lines long
Topic: usually nature/season
Line 1: 5 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables

8. Cats purr loudly; Active at night, Tackle my toes. Acrostic
1st letter in each line of the poem spells the subject vertically
Cats purr loudly;
Active at night,
Tackle my toes.

9. Ballad
Narrative rhyming poem (tells a story)
Often put to song/music

10. Elegy
Poem of grief and mourning

11. Epic Long, heroic, narrative poem (does not have to rhyme)
Example: The Odyssey

12. Sonnet 14 line poem Shakespeare wrote many
Shakespearean sonnets followed the rhythm of iambic pentameter (U /)
Rhyme scheme:
a,b,a,b,c,d,c,d,e,f,e,f,g,g

13. Cleriphew
A poem made of 2 couplets that poke fun of a celebrity or known person

14. Free Verse
A fluid form of poetry which conforms to no set rules (does not have to rhyme or follow any other poetry rules)

15. Limerick A light or humorous poem made of 5 lines
Lines 1,2, and 5 rhyme; lines 3 and 4 rhyme (rhyme scheme a,a,b,b,a)
Lines 1,2 and 5 have a similar number of syllables
Lines 3 and 4 have a similar number of syllables

16. Nursery Rhyme
A short poem for children that rhymes and is handed down in folklore

17. Concrete
A poem that takes the shape of the topic it is about