Line 1- two syllables (title/subject)- if you’re having trouble, try these for each line Line 2- four syllable (description of the title) Line 3- six syllables (some action about the title) Line 4- eight syllables (feeling about the title) Line 5- two syllables (synonym for the title) Examples: Baseball Listen…. Bat cracks against with faint dry sound The sending it out Like steps of passing ghosts Over the back I did it! The leaves, frost crisp’d, break from the trees Homerun And fall ** Try using assonance or alliteration LIMERICK: a common poem that follows a certain rhythm and tends to be humorous and silly Line 1: -/--/--/ (A) Line 2: -/--/--/ (A) Line 3: -/--/ (B) Line 4: -/--/ (B) Line 5: -/--/--/ (A) Examples: once was a man with a beard There once was a man from Greece Who said, It is just as I feared.” Who was incredibly obese “ Two owl and a hen He rolled through the Four larks and a wren Crushing all boys and girls Have all built their nest in my beard. Then fell into a vat of grease. ** Try starting with once was….” Think of some ease, related words that rhyme and build your funny poem around them HAIKU: A Japanese poem that follows syllable rules and is usually about nature
Line 1- two syllables (title/subject)- if you’re having trouble, try these for each line Line 2- four syllable (description of the title) Line 3- six syllables (some action about the title) Line 4- eight syllables (feeling about the title) Line 5- two syllables (synonym for the title) Examples: Baseball Listen…. Bat cracks against with faint dry sound The sending it out Like steps of passing ghosts Over the back I did it! The leaves, frost crisp’d, break from the trees Homerun And fall ** Try using assonance or alliteration LIMERICK: a common poem that follows a certain rhythm and tends to be humorous and silly Line 1: -/--/--/ (A) Line 2: -/--/--/ (A) Line 3: -/--/ (B) Line 4: -/--/ (B) Line 5: -/--/--/ (A) Examples: once was a man with a beard There once was a man from Greece Who said, “ It is just as I feared.” Who was incredibly obese Two owl and a hen He rolled through the Four larks and a wren Crushing all boys and girls Have all built their nest in my beard. Then fell into a vat of grease. ** Try starting with once was….” Think of some ease, related words that rhyme and build your funny poem around them HAIKU: A Japanese poem that follows syllable rules and is usually about nature
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