Poetry Flashcards
What is a limerick poem?
Limericks follow a pattern. In a limerick the first, second and fifth lines have the same rhythm and rhyme. The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other too.
A limerick is a five-line poem that consists of a single stanza, an AABBA rhyme scheme, and whose subject is a short, pithy tale or description.
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What are stanzas?
A stanza is a group of lines gathered together by rhythmical pattern and meter. A stanza with four or more lines can be referred to as a verse. The length and pattern of a stanza decides what type of poem it is. Stanzas are made by leaving a blank space before and after it.
What is a nonsense poem?
Nonsense poems don’t always make sense, they often use made up words, mixed up with real words.
What are free verse poems?
This poem is written in free verse. Try writing your own free verse poem. It doesn’t have to rhyme or use a structure like other poems.
What is a rhyme scheme?
You can work out the rhyme scheme of a poem by labelling the words that rhyme with each other. It will help you see the pattern of the poem.
For example, if a poem’s first and third lines rhyme you should label those ‘A’. If the second and fourth lines of the poem rhyme, label these ‘B’. Then you can see your four line poem has an ‘A B A B’ rhyme scheme.
If all four lines rhyme with each other, this is an ‘A A A A’ rhyme scheme.
What is a riddle?
A riddle is a type of poem that works like a puzzle.
Riddles describe something and sometimes use words with a double meaning. Try writing your own riddle, a friend can try to guess what it describes!
What are narrative poems?
A narrative poem is a type of poem that tells a story.
Narrative poems tend to be quite long. They tell a story like in a novel and also use rhythm and rhyme, like in a poem.
What are acrostic poems?
In an acrostic poem, the first letter of each line spells a word. The word is the subject of the poem.
What are rhyming poems?
1) Words that rhyme have the same end sound.
Sometimes they have the same ending letters which helps us know they rhyme.
For example: cat and mat, loud and proud, dress and mess
Sometimes they have different ending letters, but are still rhyming words as they make the same sound.
For example: cheese and peas, fly and eye, whale and snail
2) You can work out the rhyme scheme of a poem by labelling the words that rhyme with each other. This will help you see the pattern of the poem.
For example: If a poem’s first and third lines rhyme you should label those A.
If the second and fourth lines of the poem rhyme, label these B.
Then you can see your four line poem has an A B A B rhyme scheme.
If all four lines rhyme with each other, this would be an A A A A rhyme scheme.
You could also have an A A B B rhyme scheme, or A B B A. There are lots of possibilities!
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