By the time children reach year 6, they have met, read
and often written many types of poem. Here is a description
of a few.Often they vary only in the number of syllables
they have on each line. Having read the descriptions,
can you identify what types of poems the following are? |
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A
poem with a special syllable pattern. It
has 22 syllables in the sequence of 2, 4,
6, 8, 2.
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A Japanese form of poem.
It must have 3 lines and 17 syllables in
the pattern of 5, 7, 5.
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A five line comic verse
with the syllable pattern of 8, 8, 6, 6,
8, and a rhyming pattern of A, A, B, B,
A.
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A poem that uses made
up words that are often onomatopoetic (sounds
like the thing there are describing). There
is no set syllable structure.
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A question or statement,
sometimes in rhyme, which forms a puzzle
to be solved by the listener.
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A simple or sentimental
poem or song
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A method of naming something
without using its proper name. Popular with
the Saxons for name their swords e.g. Widow
Maker.
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Poetry, which doesn't
have any rhyming or rhythm patterns.
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Similar style to the Haiku
but with 2 extra lines, therefore having
the syllable pattern of 5, 7, 5, 7, 7. Traditionally,
the receiver of the Haiku would add the
two extra lines, and return it to the sender,
as a Tanka.
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A poetic form, which is
arranged by the initial letters of a keyword.
Whistling
In a
Northern
Direction.
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A poem, which is written
down in the shape of the subject that it,
is discussing.
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