Types of Poetry

Usually about nature. short poem that contains 3 lines with 17 total syllables; originated in Japan

• limerick

• ballad

• haiku

• concrete

A poem that contains fourteen lines,written in iambic pentameter, and uses the rhyme scheme ABAb CDCD EFEF GG

• Ballad

• ode

• acrostic

• sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.5

A poem that celebrates a subject; a tribute to an object, person, or event

• ode

• limerick

• free

• narrative

The most common and simple form is where the first letters of each line spell out the word or phrase

• narrative

• haiku

• ballad

• acrostic

Poems that are written in such a way they make a picture of the thing being written about.

• elegy

• ode

• concrete

• free

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

A silly poem that tells a story in five lines with the rhyme scheme AABBA; usually about a peculiar person

• limerick

• concrete

• acrostic

• ballad

A poem that is meant to be sung and usually tells a sad story; most have refrains

• ballad

• sonnet

• narrative

• elegy

a poem written in response to the death of a person or group; a poem of mourning

• Elegy

• ode

• ballad

• sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

A poem that tells a story and has characters, a setting, and a plot.

• Elegy

• ode

• limerick

• narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

Poetry that has no regular rhythm, meter, rhyme, or structure. Follows no poetry rules

• ode

• elegy

• ballad

• free