Acrostic Poetry
An acrostic is a poem or other form of
writing in which the first letter, syllable or
word of each line, paragraph or other
recurring feature in the text spells out a
word or a message
limerick
a humorous, verse of three long and two short lines
rhyming aabba,.
There was an Old Man of Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
His daughter, called Nan,
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
T was a Young Lady whose chin
Resembled the point of a pin:
So she had it made sharp,
And purchased a harp,
And played several tunes with her chin.
- Edward Lear
There once was a young lady named bright
Whose speed was much faster than light
She set out one day
In a relative way
And returned on the previous night.
- Anonymous
There was an old man with a beard
Who said, "it’s just how I feared!
Two owls and a hen
Four larks and a wren
Have all built their nests in my beard.
- Anonymous
DIAMANTE
“diamond poem” because of it’s shape,
THE RULES OF A DIAMANTE
There are just a few rules to writing a
diamante:
1. Diamantes are seven lines long.
2. The first and last lines have just one word.
The second and sixth lines have two words.
The third and fifth lines have three words.
And the fourth line has four words.
3. Lines 1, 4, and 7 have nouns.
Lines 2 and 6 have adjectives.
Lines 3 and 5 have verbs.
Noun
Adjective, Adjective
Verb, Verb, Verb
Noun, Noun, Noun, Noun
Verb, Verb, Verb
Adjective, Adjective
Noun
How to write a Tanka poem
The Tanka poem is very similar to haiku but Tanka poems
have more syllables and it uses simile, metaphor and
personification.
There are five lines in a Tanka poem.
Line
Line
Line
Line
Line
one - 5 syllables
two - 7 syllables
three - 5 syllable
four - 7 syllables
five - 7 syllables
Beautiful mountains
Rivers with cold, cold water.
White cold snow on rocks
Trees over the place with frost
White sparkly snow everywhere.
Symbolism
Definition of Symbolism
Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and
qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are
different from their literal sense.
Symbolism can take different forms. Generally, it is
an object representing another to give it an entirely
different meaning that is much deeper and more
significant. Sometimes, however, an action, an event
or a word spoken by someone may have a symbolic
value. For instance, “smile” is a symbol of friendship.
Similarly, the action of someone smiling at you may
stand as a symbol of the feeling of affection which
that person has for you.
Symbols do shift their meanings depending on the
context they are used in. “A chain”, for example, may
stand for “union” as well as “imprisonment”. Thus,
symbolic meaning of an object or an action is
understood by when, where and how it is used. It
also depends on who reads them.
Common Examples of Symbolism in Everyday Life
In our daily life, we can easily identify objects, which
can be taken as examples of symbol such as the
following:

The dove is a symbol of peace