poetry

Poetry Unit Review

Limerick

• 5 lines

• AABBA external rhyme scheme

• usually funny

Multiple Select

Check all that apply to a limerick poem.

• Rhyme scheme of AABBA

• 5 lines

• Usually very sad and depressing

Haiku

• 3 lines

• 5-7-5 syllable pattern

• looks at something ordinary very closely--usually about nature

• does not rhyme

• 
  

Multiple Select

Check all that apply to haiku poems

• does not rhyme

• three lines

• 5-7-5 syllable pattern

Free Verse

• No rules

• Does not have to rhyme

• Does not have to have a specific number of lines or stanzas

Multiple Choice

True or False? A free verse poem has to rhyme.

• True

• False

I can identify a limerick! ​

​

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

Lesson: There Was an Old Man With a Flute​

​

​Before we read...

we must pay attention to HOW we read.​

​

Surfing for Jane is a must,

But sharks she simply won't trust;

She puts on her armor,

So they can't harm her,

though now she struggles with rust.​

A limerick is a five-line poem that is most often humorous. It contains one stanza with a rhyme scheme of AABBA.

​What is a limerick?

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

Surfing for Jane is a must,

But sharks she simply won't trust;

She puts on her armor,

So they can't harm her,

though now she struggles with rust.​

​What features do you

notice about this poem?

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

Surfing for Jane is a must,

But sharks she simply won't trust;

She puts on her armor,

So they can't harm her,

though now she struggles with rust.​

Reveal the answers...

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

​line 1

​line 2

​line 3

​line 4

​line 5

​A

A

B

B

A​

rhyme

scheme​

Multiple Select

Select ALL the statements that are TRUE!

• Limericks are 5 line poems.

• Limericks have 3 lines that rhyme, and then 2 lines that rhyme.

• Limericks follow an AABBA rhyme scheme.

• Limericks are serious poems about nature.

• Limericks have ONE stanza only.

Edward Lear was a British poet who lived about 200 years ago. As a young teenager, he was forced to earn a living. Lear turned to selling his artwork. Later in life, he sold the limericks he wrote and illustrated. Limericks actually began as part of nursery rhymes but became more popular when Lear published "The Book of Nonsense".

​I read, WE read, YOU read!

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

​Limerick: There was an Old Man with a flute

by Edward Lear​

​

There was an Old Man with a flute,

A serpent ran into his boot;

But he played day and night,

Till the serpent took flight,

And avoided that man with a flute.​

​ANSWERS REVEAL...

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

​Limerick: There was an Old Man with a flute

by Edward Lear​

​

1 There was an Old Man with a flute, A

2 A serpent ran into his boot; A

3 But he played day and night, B

4 Till the serpent took flight, B

5 And avoided that man with a flute.​ A

​ONE

STANZA

ONLY!​

Fill in the Blank

Help finish the poem with choosing a word that would complete the AABBA rhyme scheme.

Poll

Identify how you feel so far about identifying limericks and their special features.

• 👍🏼I've got this!💡

• 🧠 I'm processing! ⚙

• 👎🏼I'm struggling.😟

I can identify a limerick! ​

​

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

Lesson: There Was an Old Man With a Flute​

​

​Before we read...

we must pay attention to HOW we read.​

​

Surfing for Jane is a must,

But sharks she simply won't trust;

She puts on her armor,

So they can't harm her,

though now she struggles with rust.​

A limerick is a five-line poem that is most often humorous. It contains one stanza with a rhyme scheme of AABBA.

​What is a limerick?

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

Surfing for Jane is a must,

But sharks she simply won't trust;

She puts on her armor,

So they can't harm her,

though now she struggles with rust.​

​What features do you

notice about this poem?

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

Surfing for Jane is a must,

But sharks she simply won't trust;

She puts on her armor,

So they can't harm her,

though now she struggles with rust.​

Reveal the answers...

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

​line 1

​line 2

​line 3

​line 4

​line 5

​A

A

B

B

A​

rhyme

scheme​

Multiple Select

Select ALL the statements that are TRUE!

• Limericks are 5 line poems.

• Limericks have 3 lines that rhyme, and then 2 lines that rhyme.

• Limericks follow an AABBA rhyme scheme.

• Limericks are serious poems about nature.

• Limericks have ONE stanza only.

Edward Lear was a British poet who lived about 200 years ago. As a young teenager, he was forced to earn a living. Lear turned to selling his artwork. Later in life, he sold the limericks he wrote and illustrated. Limericks actually began as part of nursery rhymes but became more popular when Lear published "The Book of Nonsense".

​I read, WE read, YOU read!

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

​Limerick: There was an Old Man with a flute

by Edward Lear​

​

There was an Old Man with a flute,

A serpent ran into his boot;

But he played day and night,

Till the serpent took flight,

And avoided that man with a flute.​

​ANSWERS REVEAL...

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

​Limerick: There was an Old Man with a flute

by Edward Lear​

​

1 There was an Old Man with a flute, A

2 A serpent ran into his boot; A

3 But he played day and night, B

4 Till the serpent took flight, B

5 And avoided that man with a flute.​ A

​ONE

STANZA

ONLY!​

Fill in the Blank

Help finish the poem with choosing a word that would complete the AABBA rhyme scheme.

Poll

Identify how you feel so far about identifying limericks and their special features.

• 👍🏼I've got this!💡

• 🧠 I'm processing! ⚙

• 👎🏼I'm struggling.😟

I can identify a limerick! ​

​

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

Lesson: There Was an Old Man With a Flute​

​

​Before we read...

we must pay attention to HOW we read.​

​

Surfing for Jane is a must,

But sharks she simply won't trust;

She puts on her armor,

So they can't harm her,

though now she struggles with rust.​

A limerick is a five-line poem that is most often humorous. It contains one stanza with a rhyme scheme of AABBA.

​What is a limerick?

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

Surfing for Jane is a must,

But sharks she simply won't trust;

She puts on her armor,

So they can't harm her,

though now she struggles with rust.​

​What features do you

notice about this poem?

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

Surfing for Jane is a must,

But sharks she simply won't trust;

She puts on her armor,

So they can't harm her,

though now she struggles with rust.​

Reveal the answers...

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

​line 1

​line 2

​line 3

​line 4

​line 5

​A

A

B

B

A​

rhyme

scheme​

Multiple Select

Select ALL the statements that are TRUE!

• Limericks are 5 line poems.

• Limericks have 3 lines that rhyme, and then 2 lines that rhyme.

• Limericks follow an AABBA rhyme scheme.

• Limericks are serious poems about nature.

• Limericks have ONE stanza only.

Edward Lear was a British poet who lived about 200 years ago. As a young teenager, he was forced to earn a living. Lear turned to selling his artwork. Later in life, he sold the limericks he wrote and illustrated. Limericks actually began as part of nursery rhymes but became more popular when Lear published "The Book of Nonsense".

​I read, WE read, YOU read!

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

​Limerick: There was an Old Man with a flute

by Edward Lear​

​

There was an Old Man with a flute,

A serpent ran into his boot;

But he played day and night,

Till the serpent took flight,

And avoided that man with a flute.​

​ANSWERS REVEAL...

3.R.1.4- Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

​Limerick: There was an Old Man with a flute

by Edward Lear​

​

1 There was an Old Man with a flute, A

2 A serpent ran into his boot; A

3 But he played day and night, B

4 Till the serpent took flight, B

5 And avoided that man with a flute.​ A

​ONE

STANZA

ONLY!​

Fill in the Blank

Help finish the poem with choosing a word that would complete the AABBA rhyme scheme.

Poll

Identify how you feel so far about identifying limericks and their special features.

• 👍🏼I've got this!💡

• 🧠 I'm processing! ⚙

• 👎🏼I'm struggling.😟

Rhyme Scheme

Rhyme Scheme

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Objectives

After this lesson, students will be able to

define 'rhyme scheme'

explain the process of identifying and labeling a poem's rhyme scheme

summarize key characteristics of poetry that requires a particular rhyme scheme [ie. couplet, quatrain, etc...]

Rhyme Scheme

Rhyme Scheme is the pattern in which sounds in lines of poetry end.

 

Each new sound in a poem is assigned a different letter. (The first line of a rhyming poem is always assigned the letter “a.”) 

If a sound repeats, it is assigned the same letter as the line in which the same sound appeared.

Couplet

Twinkle, Twinkle, little star        A

How I wonder what you are?     A

Up above the world so bright     B

Like a diamond in the night        B

This poem is a Couplet poem.

The Rhyme Scheme of a Couplet poem is AABB.

Tercet

A tercet is a poem, or stanza, written in three lines.

Usually rhymes.

Lines 1 and 2 can rhyme; lines 1 and 3 can rhyme; sometimes all 3 lines rhyme.

Quatrain

Quatrains are four line poems that may follow any of one of the four different rhyme schemes. (ABAB, AABB, ABBA, ABCA)

Find the Rhyme Scheme

in the following poems.

Multiple Choice

Little kitten rolling around,

Chasing a piece of string,

Fluid in its beauty,

Amazed at everything.

• aabb

• abcb

• abab

Multiple Choice

The moon is washing windows,

Dancing off the glass,

Resting on the praying trees

And painting the sleeping grass.

• aabb

• abcc

• abcb

Multiple Choice

Here’s a mouse,

Building its house,

A nest in my hair –

Why’s it sleep there?

• abcd

• abcc

• aabb

Multiple Choice

Glitter on my fingers,

Glitter in my hair,

Glitter on the carpet –

Glitter everywhere!

• abcd

• aabb

• abcb

Multiple Choice

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

What kind of stanza is these lines from a poem?

• couplet

• tercet

• quatrain

Multiple Choice

The lady who has loved you as you've grown

Will always love and cherish you for all time.

She has the greatest heart ever known.

What kind of stanza is these lines from a poem?

• couplet

• tercet

• quatrain

Multiple Choice

I saw a little hermit crab

His coloring was oh so drab

These line make a...

• couplet

• tercet

• quatrain

Multiple Choice

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,

Life is but an empty dream!—

For the soul is dead that slumbers,

And things are not what they seem.

What is the rhyme scheme of these lines from a poem?

• AABB

• ABAB

• ABBA

Multiple Choice

On the beach I find myself

Happily patrolling the shore

I see many ships sailing about

And wonder what they're for

• AABB

• DEFE

• ABCB

Multiple Choice

The fallen leaves are cornflakes

That fills the lawn's wide dish,

And night and noon

The wind's a spoon

That stirs them with a swish

• AABBB

• ABABC

• ABCCB

Multiple Choice

True friends are by your side

through it all

True friends are there

to catch you when you fall

• ABCB

• AABB

• ABAB

Multiple Choice

When you wish upon a star,

makes no difference who you are,

anything you heart desires will come to you

• BAC

• AAA

• AAB

Multiple Choice

Read the following poem. What is the rhyme scheme?

I love the sun

I love the moon

I love having fun

I love a nice tune

I love life!

I love my cars

I love my home

I love the stars

I love to roam.

I love life!

• ababa, ababa

• aabbc, aabbx

• ababc, ababc

• abca, abca

Rhyme Scheme

​

Objectives

After this lesson, students will be able to

define 'rhyme scheme'

explain the process of identifying and labeling a poem's rhyme scheme

summarize key characteristics of poetry that requires a particular rhyme scheme [ie. couplet, quatrain, etc...]

Rhyme Scheme

Rhyme Scheme is the pattern in which sounds in lines of poetry end.

 

Each new sound in a poem is assigned a different letter. (The first line of a rhyming poem is always assigned the letter “a.”) 

If a sound repeats, it is assigned the same letter as the line in which the same sound appeared.

Couplet

Twinkle, Twinkle, little star        A

How I wonder what you are?     A

Up above the world so bright     B

Like a diamond in the night        B

This poem is a Couplet poem.

The Rhyme Scheme of a Couplet poem is AABB.

Tercet

A tercet is a poem, or stanza, written in three lines.

Usually rhymes.

Lines 1 and 2 can rhyme; lines 1 and 3 can rhyme; sometimes all 3 lines rhyme.

Quatrain

Quatrains are four line poems that may follow any of one of the four different rhyme schemes. (ABAB, AABB, ABBA, ABCA)

Find the Rhyme Scheme

in the following poems.

Multiple Choice

Little kitten rolling around,

Chasing a piece of string,

Fluid in its beauty,

Amazed at everything.

• aabb

• abcb

• abab

Multiple Choice

The moon is washing windows,

Dancing off the glass,

Resting on the praying trees

And painting the sleeping grass.

• aabb

• abcc

• abcb

Multiple Choice

Here’s a mouse,

Building its house,

A nest in my hair –

Why’s it sleep there?

• abcd

• abcc

• aabb

Multiple Choice

Glitter on my fingers,

Glitter in my hair,

Glitter on the carpet –

Glitter everywhere!

• abcd

• aabb

• abcb

Multiple Choice

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

What kind of stanza is these lines from a poem?

• couplet

• tercet

• quatrain

Multiple Choice

The lady who has loved you as you've grown

Will always love and cherish you for all time.

She has the greatest heart ever known.

What kind of stanza is these lines from a poem?

• couplet

• tercet

• quatrain

Multiple Choice

I saw a little hermit crab

His coloring was oh so drab

These line make a...

• couplet

• tercet

• quatrain

Multiple Choice

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,

Life is but an empty dream!—

For the soul is dead that slumbers,

And things are not what they seem.

What is the rhyme scheme of these lines from a poem?

• AABB

• ABAB

• ABBA

Multiple Choice

On the beach I find myself

Happily patrolling the shore

I see many ships sailing about

And wonder what they're for

• AABB

• DEFE

• ABCB

Multiple Choice

The fallen leaves are cornflakes

That fills the lawn's wide dish,

And night and noon

The wind's a spoon

That stirs them with a swish

• AABBB

• ABABC

• ABCCB

Multiple Choice

True friends are by your side

through it all

True friends are there

to catch you when you fall

• ABCB

• AABB

• ABAB

Multiple Choice

When you wish upon a star,

makes no difference who you are,

anything you heart desires will come to you

• BAC

• AAA

• AAB

Multiple Choice

Read the following poem. What is the rhyme scheme?

I love the sun

I love the moon

I love having fun

I love a nice tune

I love life!

I love my cars

I love my home

I love the stars

I love to roam.

I love life!

• ababa, ababa

• aabbc, aabbx

• ababc, ababc

• abca, abca