This is a chef. He's not going to make food though. No. He is going to make a poem.
Stop that!
The main ingredient in a poem is words.
Poems can be about anything: they can tell a story or they can be a thought you had, or an emotion you felt.
But a poem can't exist without words.
So make sure you put plenty of them in.
THE! A! BUT! IS!
Some poems rhyme. That means words that sound the same.
Branch! Lunch!
Now we’re getting somewhere. Next we need rhythm.
So the words can sound fast like 'tiny speckled bird' or they can drag like 'the snake slides slowly'.
Season with alliteration…this is when you string together words which have the same first letter or sound, like 'the snake slides slowly'…and I think we’re done.
'The tiny speckled bird flits from branch to branch, The snake slides slowly looking for its lunch'.
Words, rhyme, and rhythm: that's how you make a poem.
Watch the video to learn how to write a poem.
Your poem can be about anything - a thought, an emotion or a story. Poems can rhyme, use alliteration or rhythm but they don't have to.
Test your understanding of how to write a poem with the quiz below!
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