Muffy's Mischievous Challenges

To write a 5–7–5 haiku:
The first line of the haiku needs to be 5 syllables. The second line needs to be 7 syllables. The third line needs to be 5 syllables.



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Tanka has a pattern of 5-7-5-7-7. Tanka are divided into an upper phrase, containing the first three lines, and the lower phrase, which contains the last two lines.



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In an acrostic poem, each line starts with a capital letter that spells out the poem's word.



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Playful Limerick poems have five lines, in an AABBA rhyme scheme. The first, second, and fifth lines are longer, with a bouncy rhythm, while the third and fourth lines act as a twist, delivering the humorous punchline.

Here's probably the most famous one, written by Prof. Dayton Voorhees in 1902: