Types+of+Poems

Shawn Predicala September 7 2011

There was an old man From Peru, whose lim'ricks all Look'd like haiku. He

Said with a laugh "ICut them in half, the pay is Much better for two."

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There are two main types that this poem could be, and that could be a limerick or haiku. I think that this is a limerick because when I compared this one to others, I found that they all rhymed, where as haikus don’t have to. The main way to distinguish a haiku is the 5 7 5 syllable pattern, and although this poem does contain the 5 7 5 pattern, they are within the stanzas where as in haikus, it is 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables and then the poem is done, but that is not the case here. The last reason I think that this is a limerick is because limericks are mostly humorous but haikus tend to be, but not always, about nature or peaceful scenery.