Poetry Types

The actual structure of a poem + how it looks/sounds

• Stanza

• Meter

• Rhyme Scheme

• Poetic Form

5 lines, silly/funny, AABBA rhyme scheme

• Narrative

• Haiku

• Limerick

• Ballad

14 lines with rhyme, means "little song" in Italian, often about love

• Narrative

• Free Verse

• Ballad

• Sonnet

no rhyme or meter and reads like a conversation or someone's thoughts

• Couplet

• Free Verse

• Narrative

• Ballad

Set of 2 lines (rhyming OR in a stanza) that allows the poet to emphasize meaning through word choice & rhythm

• Couplet

• Cinquain

• Quatrain

• Haiku

Uses adjectives to describe a thing or topic & follows the 2-4-6-8-2 syllable rule

• Narrative

• Haiku

• Ballad

• Cinquain

Poem of Japanese origin, usually about nature, follows 5-7-5 syllable rule

• Free verse

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Cinquain

Poem that is often set to music, tells a story (often about love), made up of 4 line stanzas (quatrains)

• Narrative

• Ballad

• Couplet

• Sonnet

Poem that tells a story and uses a combination of plot/setting/characters and poetic elements like rhyme/rhythm

• Limerick

• Ballad

• Sonnet

• Narrative