right now that we've learned some things that are in poems it's time to learn some types of poems so that's what we're gonna get into right now different types of poems and even how to write them for this activity you're just gonna need scissors and a glue stick these are the three handouts I'm using in this video if you don't have them you can click the link in the description box below and go grab yourself a copy or you can just stay tuned and see what you learn if you do have them go ahead and get these cut out you're gonna cut out two boxes for each type of poetry so you'll see right here this one is the example and it says free verse very lightly and gray and it goes with this one that tells you what free verses so you're gonna cut out around each of these bold boxes you are not going to cut this apart because that's how it's going to open and be glued down and in the end you're gonna end up with six sets that have the name of a type of poetry and then an example for that type of poetry go ahead and pause the video so you can get this cut out alright now that you've got all your pieces cut out we're gonna learn about the first form of poetry let's take a look at limericks now you've got one that's gonna go on top and then one that's going to be tucked underneath for each tight so what we're gonna do is we're gonna fold this one so that we can see the black line and then fold it forward and this is the only thing that's going to be glued down and then this one is going to tuck underneath it it's going to be glued down there now since this is going to take several pages I'm going to start on the left side here and I'm going to put glue just on that flap okay I've got that glued down okay so for this one we're gonna do the same thing we're gonna fold and then fold forward tuck it under there you want it to come right up to the edge so that you can see this I'm gonna fold this over and put glue right on that strip and then fold it back and glue it down okay so we've got Limerick here and if you'll look up the example says Limerick - so once you've cut them all out make sure you're gluing the correct example under the correct one so taking a look at this we're just gonna see what a limerick is it's a really fun form of poetry that usually tells about a person or animal it has five lines and follows this pattern of line lengths and rhymes and I'll go ahead and say it's usually silly limericks are usually pretty cute and silly so you'll have a longer line it's usually gonna be about eight syllables and the letter A over here this goes back to when we talked about rhyme the scheme so the first line the second line and the fifth line rhyme and then the third line and fourth line rhymes so it's going to have an a a b b a pattern limericks always do so you're gonna have a long line of about eight syllables another long line of about eight syllables then you're gonna have a short two short lines with five syllables each and then you're gonna have another long line sounds really complicated it really isn't it's just long long short short long so let's look at an example there once was a kitty named boo who cried when he went to the zoo he met a big lion who sat down beside him and tried to eat his left shoe pretty silly right I actually had a cat named boo that's what inspired me to write this but these other things did not happen so if we look at it we've got long long short short long and we've got a a b b a now mine aren't all exactly eight syllables i think it's eight eight and this one is seven and these aren't five I think this was I think these were both six so it doesn't have to be exactly like it is here but it has to follow that pattern or it doesn't sound like a limb right alright so the next one we're gonna do is free verse go ahead and get that one glued down right below Limerick and then we'll get started okay this next one is free verse now this is the the form of poetry that is probably the least like what you typically think of when you think of poetry it says it's a form of poetry that does not follow patterns of rhythm and rhyme and that's really what we think of when we think of typical poetry so taking the rhythm and rhyme out of it when we read free verse it tends to seem a little unusual and a lot of times you may think this isn't a poem but it still is it doesn't hat there's no like law that says the poetry has to have rhythm or rhyme so poets can do whatever they want so I like some free verse poems I tend to kind of like the ones more that do have the rhythm and rhyme but there's very good free verse ones as well let's take a look at our example snow falls from frozen clouds white blankets the land the bears sleep quietly the birds have Souths because it's winter there's no rhyme and there's no rhythm because none of these lines really have this done - done - done there's not a similar line length so you don't ever get that pattern and there's no rhyme and there's also not any real alliteration or any other sound devices like onomatopoeias or there's no repetition so you're missing most of the things that you would hear whenever you're whenever you're reading a poem so that's what makes free-verse different but it's still considered a poem free verse can be pretty cool because you don't have to be able to come up with the best rhymes and you don't have to be able to write poems that have really good rhythm which is kind of hard to do sometimes so free verse is a good option when you're writing a poem and you're not really sure how to follow all of those rules of other poems okay the next one we're going to look at is quatrain and we are going to fold this one down and put it in there just like we did the other ones so once you do that we will talk about it okay now that you've got that glued in there we're gonna go ahead and talk about a quatrain now this is probably one of my favorite types and it's probably the one that I usually tend to write because I feel like it's easier so it has a four line stanza that rhymes and a quatrain poem can contain any number of stanzas it could be one stanza or it could be multiple stanzas but there they're gonna all have four lines so let's look at the example Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty together again it's probably one that you've heard before we've got four lines here and wall and fall rhyme and men and again rhyme and so we've got four lines and they rhyme and so it's it's a pretty simple little poem it's just a rhyming poem usually a quatrain is going to have rhythm and you could add a literation the other figurative language and thing and there things in there too so it's just kind of up to you but I do think quatrains are fun to write but you do have to put the rhymes in there all right we're ready for our next one it's a cinquain and we are going to fold this and glue it down just like we did the other ones and then we'll talk about it so pause the video if you need to okay so a cinquain is a form of poetry that has five lines then it follows this pattern now this is a very specific pattern unlike unlike a quatrain the first line is going to be one thing it's going to be talking about a noun then you're going to have two describing words so those are adjectives then you're going to have three verbs so three action words then you're going to have one thought this is just a phrase it doesn't have to be a complete sentence but it's one thought maybe about this nail and that you're talking about and then one thing it's going to be a synonym for whatever you used in line one so it sounds a little complicated but it's probably one of the easiest ones to write so let's take a look at an example oranges that's my one thing sweet juicy those are my two describing words peeling squeezing squirting those are my action words my verbs drinking liquid sunshine that's my phrase so it says one thought it's just a phrase drinking liquid sunshine obviously oranges aren't liquid sunshine but I'm using some figurative language in there and then my synonym for oranges is citrus that's the type of fruit that it is lemons limes oranges all belong in the citrus family so it looks a lot easier once you see an example than it did when you just saw this but it's actually probably one of the easiest ones to write and it doesn't rhyme and it doesn't have rhythm because all of these lines are different syllables but it does follow this cool pattern and it makes it kind of formulaic so you can write one pretty easily all right we are moving on I'm on a new page so we're gonna do haiku now kind of a funny word and the way that it's spelled just make sure you've got the right example that goes along with it fold it and get it glued down just the way that we've done the other ones pause the video if you need to and then we'll get started okay so we're going to talk about haiku it's actually a Japanese form of poetry so this originated in Japan it has three lines and it follows this very specific pattern five syllables seven syllables five syllables and it can be whatever you want they usually do not rhyme they usually just sound pretty simplistic so let's look at an example apples crisp and sweet juices dripping down my chin yummy fall delight five syllables seven syllables five syllables pretty simple but it's all about apples so and haiku once again is a pretty easy one to write because it doesn't have to rhyme it doesn't have to have a rhythm you just have to follow the pattern of syllables it's kind of funny coming up with it because you are very much valent to this very specific syllable pattern but haikus can be pretty cool and they're actually like I said pretty easy to write okay we are on to our last one this is called an acrostic go ahead and get it glued down and then we'll talk about it alright now we're gonna take a look at an acrostic it's a form of poetry where the first letter of each line spells out a word so if we look at this we can see the first letter of each line is spelling a word vertically this way see a nd why is smelling candy you may have even written one like this maybe with your name each line started with the next letter in your name I know when I was in elementary school for Mother's Day one year I made one for my mom and it was mother and then each line told about my mom well in this poem each line tells about candy so let's read it chewy bites assorted flavors never enough pieces delicious and yummy treats so the acrostic doesn't have rhythm it doesn't rhyme it could but it doesn't have to all it has to do is spell a word going down this way and then the lines will be describing whatever word you've chosen here and that's the topic alright I hope you enjoyed these videos if you want to try to write some of these poems you can actually flip up underneath the example and take a stab at writing it yourself writing a little quick example like I said some of them are easier than others especially the ones that don't have to rhyme but follow a little pattern so go ahead and give it a shot thanks so much for joining me for this lesson don't forget to check out all my other videos on poetry and be sure to subscribe so you can stay updated when I post new videos