POETRY

LIMERICKS

LIMERICKS

• made up of five lines
• first, second, and fifth rhyme
• third and fourth rhyme(forms couplet)
• lines 1,2,5 have 7-10 syllables
• lines 3&4 have 5-7 syllables

EXAMPLE

A flea and a fly in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the fly, "let us flee!"
"Let us fly!" said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

MY EXAMPLE:

There once was a guy named Ted
He was taking drivers Ed
He began freaking out
The teacher started to shout
Now there both in a hospital bed

HAIKU'S

HAIKU'S

• three lines
• doesn't have to rhyme
• lines 1&3 have five syllables
• line 2 has seven syllables
• must be about nature

EXAMPLE

Foamy tides erase
My legacy of footprints.
Was I ever here?

MY EXAMPLE:

The wind blows the seeds
Aimlessly they float aloft
Here they'll start new lives