1. Types of Poetry BY: SAMANTHA ROLLINS

2. Acrostic A poem that is written around a word, usually the topic of the poem, such that the first letter of each line spells out that word.

3. Ballad A simple narrative folk poem with short stanzas that are suitable for singing and that tells a story.

4. Epic A long narrative poem that tells of a legendary hero’s deeds.

5. Free Verse A poem that is written without proper rules about form, rhyme, rhythm, or meter.

6. Sonnet A fourteen line poem in iambic pentameter with a prescribed rhyme scheme. It’s subject was traditionally love

7. Cinquain A poem in a metrical form or verse that has five lines.

8. Haiku  This kind of Japanese seventeen-syllable poem is usually about nature.  It is divided into three lines of five, seven, and five syllables.

9. Limerick  A humorous five-line poem with A-A-B-B-A rhyme scheme.  It is a very short but funny poem.

10. Diamante  A poem that has seven lines  The form is written about two opposite subjects and makes a comparison between them by moving form one another.  Subjects might include war-peace, fire-ice, hot-cold,etc.

11. Ode A poem that you sing or is a poem honoring a specific person or subject that is written in a clear lyrical style.

12. Quatrain A four-line verse or poem that rhymes.

13. Concrete  A poem in metrical form or verse in which the words and phrases are arranged on paper to capture and extend the meaning.  Each line should be complete unit of thought.

14. Couplet A poem which has a pair of lines that are usually rhymed.

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