There are many different types of poetry. Here are just a few:
- Acrostic
- Haiku
- Free Verse
- Rhyming Couplets (AABB rhyming scheme)
- Second-Line Poem (ABCB rhyming scheme)
Of course, you can make up your own rhyming schemes. Here is a poem written in AABB rhyming scheme (rhyming couplets):
There was a moose
Who drank too much juice
He was then kept awake
By a bad stomach ache
Here is a classic poem written in ABCB rhyming scheme (second-line poem):
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
And so are you!
Here is a verse written in the ABBA rhyming scheme.
There was a day
When Louise spilt her lunch
When she was trying to punch
The bully away!
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