Types of Poetry

What type of poem is characterized as a poem to, or about one specific person, object, or event?

• Epic

• Ode

• Ballad

• Haiku

What type of poem is defined as being extremely long, old poems, that tell heroic and/or supernatural tales

• Epic

• Ballad

• Limerick

• ode

What poem is defined as a narrative poem (poem that tells a story), that is often set to music?

• Ballad

• Ode

• Epic

• Sonnet

Check all of the characteristics of a ballad poem.

• Narrative poem (poem that tells a story)

• Often set to music

• Made of lines with 5, 7, and 5 syllables

• Made of 3 quatrains and a couplet

Check all the characteristics of an epic poem.

• Very long (thousands of lines)

• Very old (most are over 1000 years old)

• Describes the adventure of heroic characters.

• Is made up of 5 lines following the rhyme scheme AABBA

What is symbolism?

• When the author uses an object or reference to add deeper meaning to a story

• A reference to another literary work

• The tone of the story

• The events of the story

The color red symbolizes what two emotions?

• sadness

• happiness

• love

• anger

What does a heart typically symbolize?

• fear

• time

• love

• hunder

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem below?

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

• AABB

• ABAB

• ABCD

What is Rhyme Scheme?

• The pattern of the rhyme in a poem.

• The pattern of the rhyme in a story.

• The number of meters