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Cinquain
A Cinquain is a five- lined poem. Here is
an example:
Spider
Furry, black
Climbing, spinning, weaving
They make an intricate web
Tarantula
The form is as
follows:
Line 1: Subject
Line 2: two describing words
Line 3: -ing words about what the subject does
Line 4: a sentence about the subject
Line 5: another name for the subject
Diamonte
The
most common form of a Diamonte poem is the seven lined
version. This form
is written about two opposite subjects and makes a comparison between them by
moving from one to the other. Subjects might include war-peace, fire-ice,
hot-cold, etc. Here is the model for writing such a poem:
Line 1: one noun that
names the first subject of the diamante
Line 2: two adjectives that describe the first subject
Line 3: three -ing words that are related to the first subject
Line 4: four nouns: the first two related to the first subject (named in line
1) and the second two related to the second subject (named in line 7)
Line 5: three -ing words that are related to the second subject
Line 6: two adjectives that describe the second subject
Line 7: one noun that names the second subject of the diamante
Here is an example:
Dogs,
playful, active
running, playing, growing
fast, fun, soft, nice
sleeping, meowing, eating
furry, whiskery
Cats
by Andrew
Haiku
Haiku
is an unrhymed
Japanese poem with three lines and a specific syllable pattern. Haiku's theme
is usually nature.
Line 1: 5 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables
Here is an example:
An old silent pond
From leaf to leaf hops a frog
Looking for a meal
Triplet
A Triplet is a poem of three lines. Most
often the three lines rhyme. Some triplets have only two rhymed lines with
different patterns.
Example: 3 rhyming lines
Golf is the game for me
The course is a great place to be
Pars are what I like to see.
Example: 2 rhyming lines
Down
by the lake,
Grandpa and I drop a line
We have lots of fish to take.
Limerick
A Limerick
is a very
short but funny poem. There is a rhyme and rhythm pattern that makes it flow
smoothly. Here is an example:
There once was a tycoon from New York
Who thought he could eat all foods with a fork;
Ice cream gave him some trouble
His problem seemed to double
When he tried sipping champagne from the cork!
The form is as
follows:
Lines 1, 2, and 5:
rhyme and have eight to ten syllables
Lines 3 and 4: rhyme and have
five to seven syllables
