Different Types of Poetry

CREATIVE WRITING

POETRY

Part 2

ACROSTIC - 

ACROSTIC - 

a type of poetry where the first,

last or other letters in a line spell out a particular word

Example – An acrostic poem using

the beginning of lines

Example - An acrostic poem using the

end of lines

Cinquain - 

Cinquain - 

a 

a 

verse

verse

 of five lines that do not

 of five lines that do not

rhyme

rhyme

.

.

•

A cinquain consists of five

A cinquain consists of five

unrhymed lines.

unrhymed lines.

•

Each line has a set number

Each line has a set number

of 

of 

syllables

syllables

 see below:

 see below:

•

Line 1: 2 syllables

Line 1: 2 syllables

Line 2: 4 syllables

Line 2: 4 syllables

Line 3: 6 syllables

Line 3: 6 syllables

Line 4: 8 syllables

Line 4: 8 syllables

Line 5: 2 syllables

Line 5: 2 syllables

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 Example

 Example

•

My mum 

My mum 

(2 syllables)

(2 syllables)

Is so caring 

Is so caring 

(4 syllables)

(4 syllables)

She is always helpful 

She is always helpful 

(6

(6

syllables)

syllables)

She is so beautiful and kind

She is so beautiful and kind

(8 syllables)

(8 syllables)

Love you. 

Love you. 

(2 syllables)

(2 syllables)

Haiku - 

a Japanese poem

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Example

Example

•

(5) 

(5) 

The sky is so

The sky is so

blue.

blue.

(7) 

(7) 

The sun is so

The sun is so

warm up high

warm up high

.

.

(5) 

(5) 

I love the

I love the

summer.

summer.

consists of 3 lines and 17

s

y

l

l

a

b

l

e

s

.

Each line has a set number of

syllables see below:

L

i

n

e

1

–

5

s

y

l

l

a

b

l

e

s

L

i

n

e

2

–

7

s

y

l

l

a

b

l

e

s

L

i

n

e

3

–

5

s

y

l

l

a

b

l

e

s

Lyric

•

A Lyric is a

A Lyric is a

poem that

poem that

expresses

expresses

personal and

personal and

emotional

emotional

feelings.

feelings.

•

An example

An example

of a Lyric

of a Lyric

poem

poem

•

No, there are no regrets since you walked

No, there are no regrets since you walked

my way

my way

No, there are no regrets since we met that

No, there are no regrets since we met that

day

day

•

Those cheesy walks along the beach still

Those cheesy walks along the beach still

fill my mind

fill my mind

Those cheesy lines you always managed

Those cheesy lines you always managed

to find

to find

Only you could get away with such things

Only you could get away with such things

But happiness and joy you seemed to

But happiness and joy you seemed to

bring

bring

A holiday in the sun went by in a dream

A holiday in the sun went by in a dream

Moving in seemed the logical thing

Moving in seemed the logical thing

•

No, there are no regrets since you walked

No, there are no regrets since you walked

my way

my way

No, there are no regrets since we met that

No, there are no regrets since we met that

day

day

Riddle – 

describes something w/o actually

naming it.

Example –

It is an animal

It is orange and black

It has stripes

It has four paws

It lives in the jungle

What is it?

A 

tiger.

Example –

Example –

I come in different styles

I come in different styles

I can help you walk for miles

I can help you walk for miles

I come in a pair

I come in a pair

I’m something you wear

I’m something you wear

With heels I am glam

With heels I am glam

Can you guess what I am …?

Can you guess what I am …?

Shoes.

Shoes.

 Shape Poem - 

 Shape Poem - 

a type of poetry that describes an object and is

a type of poetry that describes an object and is

shaped the same as the object the poem is describing.

shaped the same as the object the poem is describing.

Example -

Example -

A

A

volcano.

volcano.

a huge rock,

a huge rock,

shooting lava up into

shooting lava up into

the air!  Everyone runs for

the air!  Everyone runs for

cover.  Lots of thick, black smoke

cover.  Lots of thick, black smoke

pours out of the top, giving you a warning

pours out of the top, giving you a warning

before the explosions start.  Nothing can stand in its

before the explosions start.  Nothing can stand in its

way.  Sometimes they don’t blow up for hundreds of years.

way.  Sometimes they don’t blow up for hundreds of years.

Still thousands in the world but they don’t all work, some are even underwater.

Still thousands in the world but they don’t all work, some are even underwater.

Tanka 

Tanka 

- a Japanese poem similar to a 

- a Japanese poem similar to a 

haiku

haiku

 but has two

 but has two

additional lines.

additional lines.

•

Consists of 5 lines and

31 syllables.

•

Each line has a set

number of syllables see

below:

•

 Line 1 – 5 syllables

•

 Line 2 – 7 syllables

•

 Line 3 – 5 syllables

•

 Line 4 – 7 syllables

•

 Line 5 – 7 syllables

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Example –

Example –

•

(5) 

(5) 

I love my kitten.

I love my kitten.

(7) 

(7) 

She is so little

She is so little

and cute.

and cute.

(5) 

(5) 

She has a pink

She has a pink

tongue,

tongue,

(7) 

(7) 

And lots of long

And lots of long

whiskers too.

whiskers too.

(7) 

(7) 

She purrs when

She purrs when

I stroke her back.

I stroke her back.

Tybur

 - a six line poetic form

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The first four lines

The first four lines

consist of just a

consist of just a

single two syllabled

single two syllabled

word each that all

word each that all

rhyme.

rhyme.

•

The last two lines

The last two lines

are nine syllables

are nine syllables

where the fifth to

where the fifth to

eighth syllables are

eighth syllables are

the words from the

the words from the

first four lines.

first four lines.

Example

Example

Crashing

Crashing

Clashing

Clashing

Splashing

Splashing

Thrashing

Thrashing

Crashing, clashing sea

Crashing, clashing sea

Swims a little splashing,

Swims a little splashing,

thrashing me.

thrashing me.

Diamante

 - written in the shape of a

diamond.

Made up of 7 lines using a set

structure:

•

Line 1: Beginning subject

Line 2: Two describing words

about line 1

Line 3: Three doing words

about line 1

Line 4: A short phrase about

line 1, a short phrase about

line 7

Line 5: Three doing words

about line 7

Line 6: Two describing words

about line 7

Line 7: End subject

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Example

Example

Bike

Bike

Shiny, quiet,

Shiny, quiet,

Pedaling, spinning, weaving

Pedaling, spinning, weaving

Whizzing round corners,

Whizzing round corners,

zooming along roads

zooming along roads

Racing, roaring, speeding

Racing, roaring, speeding

Fast, loud,

Fast, loud,

Car

Car

Kenning - 

Kenning - 

a two word phrase describing an object often using a

a two word phrase describing an object often using a

metaphor

metaphor

. A Kennings poem is a 

. A Kennings poem is a 

riddle

riddle

 made up of several lines of kennings to

 made up of several lines of kennings to

describe something or someone.

describe something or someone.

•

A 

A 

riddle

riddle

 made up of

 made up of

several lines of

several lines of

kennings to describe

kennings to describe

something or

something or

someone.

someone.

•

Consists of several

Consists of several

stanzas

stanzas

 of two

 of two

describing words. It

describing words. It

can be made up of

can be made up of

any number of

any number of

Kennings.

Kennings.

My Sister

My Sister

Dummy-sucker

Dummy-sucker

Teddy-thrower

Teddy-thrower

Anything-chewer

Anything-chewer

Kiss-giver

Kiss-giver

Slave-employer

Slave-employer

Dolly-hugger

Dolly-hugger

Calm-destroyer

Calm-destroyer

Milk-drinker

Milk-drinker

Nappy-leaker

Nappy-leaker

Peace-breaker

Peace-breaker

Scream-shrieker

Scream-shrieker

Unlike any other

Unlike any other

My sister

My sister

Pantoum - 

a verse form consisting of three

stanzas. It has a set pattern within the poem of

repetitive lines.

•

The pattern in each 

The pattern in each 

stanza

stanza

 is

 is

where the second and fourth line

where the second and fourth line

of each verse is repeated as the

of each verse is repeated as the

first and third of the next.

first and third of the next.

•

The pattern changes though for

The pattern changes though for

the last stanza to the first and

the last stanza to the first and

third line are the second and

third line are the second and

fourth of the stanza above

fourth of the stanza above

(penultimate).

(penultimate).

•

The last line is a repeat of the

The last line is a repeat of the

first starting line of the poem and

first starting line of the poem and

the third line of the first is the

the third line of the first is the

second of the last.

second of the last.

Riverside

Riverside

(1) 

(1) 

As I walk by the riverside

As I walk by the riverside

(2) 

(2) 

Ripples disturb the water

Ripples disturb the water

(3) 

(3) 

Fish dart upstream

Fish dart upstream

(4) 

(4) 

Fighting against the flow

Fighting against the flow

(2) 

(2) 

Ripples disturb the water

Ripples disturb the water

(5) 

(5) 

Struggling to their destination

Struggling to their destination

(4) 

(4) 

Fighting against the flow

Fighting against the flow

(6) 

(6) 

In their underwater world

In their underwater world

(5) 

(5) 

Struggling to their destination

Struggling to their destination

(3) 

(3) 

Fish dart upstream

Fish dart upstream

(6) 

(6) 

Through the fields and vales and

Through the fields and vales and

valleys they glide

valleys they glide

(1) 

(1) 

As I walk by the riverside

As I walk by the riverside