Poetry Types

A long, narrative poem.

• Ballad

• Epic

• Limerick

• Ode

A five line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme.

• Haiku

• Free verse

• Ode

• Limerick

A poem that narrates a story in short stanzas with a rhyme scheme.

• Ballad

• Epic

• Ode

• Elegy

A poem of serious reflection, typically about death.

• Ballad

• Eulogy

• Ode

• Elegy

A poem with three lines and a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

• Limerick

• Ballad

• Haiku

• Ode

A fixed verse poem with 14 lines (ending in a couplet) and that has iambic pentameter.

• Sonnet

• Ballad

• Ode

• Elegy

A poem with no particular rhyme or meter.

• Sonnet

• Free Verse

• Ode

• Haiku

What is meter?

• I don't know, I wasn't listening.

• Basic rhythmic structure of a verse

• Number of syllables

• Pattern of emphasis

A lyric poem that addresses a particular subject and is written in varied or irregular meter.

• Sonnet

• Ballad

• Meter

• Ode

What kind of poem is "The Odyssey"?

• Ballad

• Ode

• Epic

• Sonnet