DIFFERENT POEM FORMS

I have provided teaching on each of the different poem forms listed, which you can access via the teachers page above. Therefore, if you need to learn about the definitions and qualities of each of the different poem forms, or would like ideas of how to start writing them, use the TEACHERS’ PAGE, DIFFERENT POETRY FORMS . Alternatively, if you would like to find specific examples of any particular poem form, you will find listed below examples of ACROSTICS, ALPHABET POEMS, ALTERNATIVE NURSERY RHYMES, FREE VERSE, HAIKUS, KENNINGS, LIST POEMS, SHAPE POEMS/CALLIGRAMS, and TRADITIONAL NURSERY RHYMES. On the other hand, if you are looking for examples of one particular poem form, you will find them listed in their own sub-category too make it even easier to find what you are looking for. Just use the drop down menu in the category POEMS FORMS and click on the poem type that you need examples of.

Wee Willie Winkie

20 June 2012

      Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown Rapping at the window, crying through the lock, “Are the children all in bed, it’s past eight o’clock”

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Little Bradley You’re my Son

19 June 2012

    This sweet, personalised lullaby uses the tune of  Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and is something I used to sing to my son, Bradley, as a baby.  It shows how easy it is to adapt a nursery rhyme and still keep the same rhyme and rhythm pattern.

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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

19 June 2012

      Twinkle Twinkle little star How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are.

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Simple Simon Met a Pieman

19 June 2012

      Simple Simon met a pieman Going to the fair. Said Simple Simon to the pieman “Let me taste your ware”

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The Queen of Hearts (Alternative)

19 June 2012

    This silly alternative nursery rhyme uses word play and hyperbole for a humorous effect, although it’s somewhat naughty and takes advantage of the opportunity to rhyme with hearts!  You have been warned!

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The Queen of Hearts

19 June 2012

    The Queen of Hearts She made some tarts, All on a summer’s day; The Knave of Hearts He stole the tarts, And took them clean away.

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Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat. Where have you been?

19 June 2012

    Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been? I’ve been up to London to visit the queen. Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you there? I frightened a little mouse under her chair.

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One, Two, Three, Four, Five

19 June 2012

    One, two, three, four, five Once I caught a fish alive. Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, Then I let it go again. Why did you let it go? Because it bit my finger so Which finger did it bite? This little finger on the right.

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Old King Cole

19 June 2012

    Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.

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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

19 June 2012

    Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row.  

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