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Haiku 🟪 Haiku (hi-KU) is a traditional Japanese poem about nature. In English haiku, the first line is five syllables; the second, seven; the third, five.
Sun shines on sidewalks, (5 syllables)
weeds grow sideways in small cracks, (7 syllables)
ants take treasures home. (5 syllables)
Limerick 🟪 A limerick is a funny verse in five lines. Lines one, two, and five rhyme, as do lines three and four. Lines one, two, and five have three stressed syllables; lines three and four have two stressed syllables.
There ONCE was a CHEF named MauRICE
Who ALways used WAY too much GREASE.
His CHICKen was FINE;
His FRIES were diVINE,
But his DINners could MAKE me oBESE.
Lyric 🟪 A lyric is a song-like poem that uses sensory details. Add a tune, and it can become a song.
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