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58 ACROSTIC: If you spell a word (it could be either stressed ( ) or unstressed ( ).
your name!) downward, you can use each Iambs ( ´ , “sur-PRISE”) and anapests
of the letters as the beginning of a word ( ´ , “in my HEAD”) have a rising
or phrase. EXAMPLE: “RECESS” rhythm; trochees ( , “LIGHT-ning”) and
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dactyls ( , “RHYTH-mi-cal”) have a
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59 BLANK VERSE: Blank verse is unrhymed falling rhythm. There are many other kinds
iambic pentameter. To find out about that of feet, but these are the most common.
last part, keep reading.

EXAMPLE: “BLANK VERSE” 64 FREE VERSE: A poem written without using a
fixed, formal pattern of rhythm and rhyme.
60 CINQUAIN: Say SIN-kane. The secret code EXAMPLES: “SOCCER BALL,” “TIRED”
for this poem is 2, 4, 6, 8, 2. (Two
syllables/beats on the first line, four 65 HAIKU: A Japanese form which, in only 17
beats on the next, then six beats, eight, syllables (5-7-5), can create a feeling or
and back to two beats in the last line.) It’s paint a scene; usually it’s about nature and
a building thought-wave that crashes and is written now, in present tense; makes you
leaves some treasure. EXAMPLE: “FEET” say “Ah ha! or “Oh, yeah!” EXAMPLES:

“FOOTPRINTS,” “SLEEP,” and “GOOSE DOWN
61 CONCRETE POEM: It’s a picture poem that PILLOW”
takes the shape of what it’s about—word

art, sculpting with words. Use simple 66 LIMERICK: A funny five-line poem written in
shapes—make it easy to read. Experiment iambs and anapests; lines 1, 2, and 5 have
on your computer. Try out different fonts three feet and rhyme, and lines 3 and 4
to see which works best. A major blast! have two feet and rhyme. EXAMPLES:
EXAMPLES: “SOCCER BALL,” “RHYTHM,” “FISHING”
“SKATEBOARD”

67 PENTAMETER: Five feet to each line.
62 COUPLET: Two lines that usually rhyme. EXAMPLES: “CAPTURED,” “CONDUCTOR,”
EXAMPLE: “COUPLET FOR FRENCH FRIES” “FEVER,” and “BLANK VERSE” are all written in

iambic pentameter: “In storms I can conduct a
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63 FOOT/FEET: Music has a beat, poetry has symphony,” / / / /
feet; each foot contains beats which are
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