--- title: Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing», a lesson of the english course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A haiku (from Japan) is, in English schools, three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables catching one small moment; a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/) / Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning… # Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing Lesson 47 of the english course of Mova's primary school: 14 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/1/) — A haiku (from Japan) is, in English schools, three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables catching one small moment; a limerick is a funny five-line poem whose lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme, and lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other (AABBA). - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/2/) — A kenning names a thing with two-word phrases, often a noun and an "-er" word ("ball-kicker", "goal-scorer"), an old Viking and Anglo-Saxon trick; an acrostic spells a word down the first letters of its lines; a shape poem is laid out in the shape of its subject. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/3/) — Free verse has no regular rhyme or beat, but the poet breaks the lines where the reader should pause, so it is still poetry, not chopped-up prose. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/5/) — In English schools a haiku is usually three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables; the form comes from Japan. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/6/) — A syllable is one beat in a word: "au-tumn" has two beats, "fall-ing" has two, "leaves" has one. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/7/) — Haiku are often about nature, but they can catch any small everyday moment, even at a petrol station. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/8/) — "Servo" is Australian for a petrol station. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/9/) — A limerick is a funny five-line poem with the rhyme pattern AABBA and a bouncy rhythm. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/11/) — A kenning describes something with two-word phrases, such as "ball-kicker" for a footballer; kennings do not need to rhyme. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/12/) — An acrostic poem spells a word with the first letter of each line, and each line should be a phrase, not just one word. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/13/) — A shape poem (also called a calligram) is laid out in the shape of its subject, but its words must still be strong. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/14/) — Free verse has no regular rhyme or rhythm and uses line breaks for effect. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/15/) — Performing a poem with clear speech, pauses at line ends and actions helps listeners feel it and helps you remember it; you do not need to be an actor. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/16/) — "Bussin'" is Gen Alpha slang for great, and "well" in Leeds and much of England can mean "very". - ← previous: [Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration/) - next →: [Spoken language: presenting and show-and-tell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell/) - ↑ back to [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/)