types of poems

Poetry is an art form that uses ______________?

• pictures

• paragraphs

• words

• music

A _____________ is a humorous, five line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme.

• narrative

• haiku

• limerick

• humorous

A ______________ is a Japanese verse form with three lines. It uses imagery to create a nature scene.

• haiku

• limerick

• free verse

• lyrical

Watermelon
Juicy, sweet
Dripping, slurping, smacking
So messy to eat
Yummy

• cinquain
• couplet
• haiku
• limerick

1.“There was an old man from Peru
2.Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
3.He awoke in a fright
4.In the middle of the night
5.And found it was perfectly true.”

• couplet
• haiku
• limerick
• cinquain

Imagery appeals to ______________.

• sense of rhythm
• your feelings
• your five senses
• the speaker

All poems must rhyme.

• True
• False

What kind of poem has 14 lines that is written in iambic pentameter that has the rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef, gg?

• Haiku

• Sonnet

• Kenning

• Limerick

A poem that is typically funny and has the rhyme scheme of AABBA

• Limerick

• Sonnet

• Haiku

• Narrative

A traditionally Japanese form that is often about nature or the seasons. It is a 3 line poem that has 17 syllables total.

• Calligram

• Narrative

• Free Verse

• Haiku