Teaching Types of Poetry?

If you’re prepping for that poetry unit, we can help! This resource is perfect for use as a classroom display or as a set of inserts for your student’s interactive notebooks. We’ve included eight anchor charts featuring different types of poems, along with examples of those types of poetry.

Types of Poetry For Kids

This pack of poetry anchor charts includes the following eight types of poetry.

Acrostic
A poem where a letter in each line forms a word or phrase when read in sequence.

Ballad
A rhythmic poem that tells a story. Ballads are often used in songs.

Haiku
A Japanese poem that consists of 3 lines and 17 syllables.

Limerick
A funny or unusual poem that consists of five lines.

Ode
A lyric poem usually about a particular person or thing.

Riddle
A poem that describes something without actually naming what it is.

Cinquain
A five-line poem that contains vivid imagery and conveys a certain mood or emotion.

Kennings
A poem made up of several stanzas of two describing words.

Rhinestone

A poem comparing two subjects that is shaped like a diamond.