A Limerick has 5 lines and it has rhyming words. The first, second and fifth lines rhyme with each other. 3rd and 4th lines rhyme with each other (line 3) fog (line 4) bog. Limericks have a bouncy and fun rhythm which is caused by the rhyming. Limericks have line schemes (AABBA) which show that the lines with A rhyme and the line with B rhyme.
Month: October 2024
Acrostic Poetry
There are 5 types of acrostic poems. Golden shovel poem, Telestich, Double acrostic, The Mesotic, and Abecedarian poem. In the most common types of acrostic poems, the first letters of each sentence spells a word that you choose vertically. Some acrostic poems have the letters in the middle capitalised and some of them have them at the end only and a double acrostic has them on the start and the end of the poem.
Here are some of the acrostic poems I have done.
Fantastic fires filling the sky with smoke and lights,
Incredible colours fusing together to create a rainbow,
Remembering great times with friends or family,
Every spark flys high and explodes like a shooting star,
Wishing for things you most desire,
Rings of fire bloom in the sky,
Kaleidoscopes dazzling year after year,
Swelling smokes with different shapes explode into outer space!
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Rays of sunlight shine so bright,
All colours in full flight,
In the sky they stretch and play,
Never ending colours lead the way,
Bright and bold they can always stay,
Over hills, rivers and trees,
Waves of colours drift with ease
Cinquain Poetry
A cinquain poem has 2 different types. Syllables and Just words. There are 5 phrases in a cinquain poem. Each line has the same amount of words as the sentence ex: (line 1) Unicorn (line 2) white, majestic and so on. The first line of a cinquain poem is the topic you’re creating about, the second line describes the topic using adjectives, the third line has 3 words that are verbs that the topic does and they usually end with a -ing, the fourth line has four words that show emotion about the topic of the poem, and the last line has one word that is a synonym of the topic. Here is a cinquain poem I have created:
(Line 1) Nature, (line 2) Greenery, flowers (line 3) drizzling,hiking,camping, (line 4), flowers flourishing in wild, (line 5) Forest