Would you like to write a poem? Here are a few poems you can try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Write a Clerihew.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A clerihew is a funny poem about a specific person. Here is an example of a Clerihew I wrote about a teacher I know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Miss Harris<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n My teacher Miss Harris Write a Limerick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A limerick is a funny or unusual poem that consists of five lines. There once was a da<\/em> from dadah, <\/em> If that doesn\u2019t make sense, read this example I wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Poetry Teacher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There once was a poet from West Beach A diamante is a\u00a07 line, diamond shaped poem that includes a set number of nouns, adjectives and verbs about a topic. noun<\/p>\n\n\n\n adjective, adjective,<\/p>\n\n\n\n verb, verb, verb<\/p>\n\n\n\n noun, noun, noun, noun<\/p>\n\n\n\n verb, verb, verb<\/p>\n\n\n\n adjective, adjective<\/p>\n\n\n\n noun<\/p>\n\n\n\n The following poem is a diamante about my pet bearded dragon called Ash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n lizard<\/p>\n\n\n\n spiky, lazy<\/p>\n\n\n\n sleeps, eats, basks<\/p>\n\n\n\n claw, tooth, tail, belly<\/p>\n\n\n\n climbs, stretches, dozes<\/p>\n\n\n\n cute, prickly<\/p>\n\n\n\n dragon\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are four lines long.
They have 2 rhyming couplets: line 1 and line 2 rhyme with each other, and line 3 and line 4 rhyme with each other.
Line 1 names a person, and line 2 ends with something that rhymes with the name of the person.
Line 3 has a new rhyme, and line 4 rhymes with it.
A clerihew should be funny, but not rude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
would love to go to Paris,
but she can’t leave school
because that would break a rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme.
Lines 3 and 4 rhyme.
Lines 1, 2 and 5 should have 7 to 10 syllables
Lines 3 and 4 are shorter and should have 5 to 7 syllables.
Limericks have a very distinct rhythm when you read them aloud.
Limericks often follow this pattern:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
who dada da dada da dah. <\/em>
She dada da dah <\/em>
and dada da dah. <\/em>
Da dada da dada da dah. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
who didn\u2019t know what poems to teach.
She taught a bad rhyme
but thought it a crime,
then hid all her poems out of reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWrite a Diamante<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
The first noun is a synonym of the last noun.
They do not rhyme.
Diamante poems look like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n