Poetry and Limericks

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Goals

After this class you can:

• Name different kinds of poems
• Name some characteristics 
• Know how to write a limerick using the correct rhyming scheme

What is a poem?

“a piece of writing in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by attention to rhythm, and imagery (and sometimes rhyme)”

What kind of poems do you know?

Kinds of poems

Acrostic poem

Haiku

Fairy poem (Elfje)

Limerick

and many more

Acrostic poem

An acrostic poem is a poem where the first letter of each line (or the last letter of each line) spells out a specific word.

This is also an Acrostic poem

Haiku

Haiku: 5 – 7 – 5  

3 lines (regels)

1st line: 5 syllables (lettergrepen)

2nd line: 7 syllables

3rd line: 5 syllables

Haiku poems don’t rhyme.

Haiku?!

Haikus are easy. 

But sometimes they don't make sense.

Refrigerator.

Fairy poem (Elfje)

You

Your smile

Your long hair

Your pretty green eyes

You

1 word

2 words

3 words

4 words

1 word

When writing a Limerick it's important to include ..?
A = Happiness B = Humor
C = Sadness D = Exaggeration

1. Happines
2. Humor
3. Sadness
4. Exaggeration

Homework assignment!

• Write your own Limerick