Couplet

A couplet is a poem that has two lines. The last word of the first line and last line usually rhyme. Look at the examples below.

By dawn the bird must speak,
Otherwise we climb to the peak.


I have two cats, one mean and one nice.
They chased some very ugly mice.



Derrick was the second man of the table,
Saying he was a coward is a complete fable.


Neil Armstrong went to the moon
He found a small child's balloon

I awoke bright and early to see the clown
The main Street was lined with everyone in the town

I found a starfish in the bay
While fishing yesterday

There are many different types of poetry  
You can find some in a tree

I will turn 60 in 20 years
Then I will lose my very good ear.

The world shall burn in fire 
Otherwise we shall be buried in quagmire

Shut down the noise 
Or else no toys

You must eat the mango 

Or else do the Tango              

There was so much space

I added a new vase

                                                                   

Clerihew

A Clerihew is a humorous poem that is 4 lines and composed of two rhyming couplets. The rhyme pattern is a-a-b-b with lines of uneven length. Look at the example below.





My art teacher, Mr .Shay
had 3 horses who ate hay
A small one died
And the rest were killed for hide

The enemy of Harry Potter
Was a very nice plotter
I would be ashamed
To tell "He who must not be named"

When I was a pirate I found some gold treasure
This gave me so much pleasure
Now I am an actor
Who drives a sweet tractor

Once upon a time
someone ate a small lime
This was magic of course 
Now his voice is coarse

I once went to Spain
There I found a man with a cane
I knocked his small cane over 
And found a 3 leaf clover