Types of Poetry Review

This type of poetry is written in lines and stanzas but does not use rhyme

• Free Verse

• Haiku

• Limerick

• Cinquain

A Japanese poem written in three lines, usually about nature

• Narrative

• Cinquain

• Haiku

• Limerick

A poem that tells a story; can be long or short

• Free Verse

• Cinquain

• Limerick

• Narrative

A five-line poem that contains a noun, 2 adjectives, an action, description of the noun, and another noun that relates to the first noun

• Cinquain

• Haiku

• Limerick

• Acrostic

A poem or series of lines in which certain letters, usually the first in each line, form a name, motto, or message when read in order

• Acrostic

• Haiku

• Concrete

• Limerick

The words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem

• Acrostic

• Concrete

• Limerick

• Narrative

Poems that are meant to be funny with a set rhyme scheme of AABBA

• Haiku

• Narrative

• Free Verse

• Limerick