Students become familiar with the different types of poetry, including clerihew, diamonte, couplet, limerick, list poems, acrostics, and alliterative poems. Perfect for use as a primary or supplemental resource for a lesson on writing poetry as part of a language arts curriculum.
Types of Poetry
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