- a short poem that resembles a song-like pattern - expresses the entirety of the writer’s emotions

• LYRIC POETRY

• ODE

• ELEGY

• SONNET

- often formal in diction - addresses, appreciates, or celebrates a person, place, thing, idea, or event

• LYRIC POETRY

• ODE

• ELEGY

• SONNET

– laments the death of a person and ends with a consolation

• LYRIC POETRY

• ODE

• ELEGY

• SONNET

- has a distinct structure and a rhyme scheme - consists of 14 lines divided into three quatrains (four-line stanzas) and a rhymed couplet (two-line stanza) - explores themes of love, beauty, time, and emotions

• LYRIC POETRY

• ODE

• ELEGY

• SONNET

- the intended length and the rhythmic structure of a line in a poem - contains the following elements: (1) number of syllables (2) syllables’ pattern of emphasis

• LYRIC POETRY

• ODE

• ELEGY

• SONNET

• Meter

one metrical foot in a line of a verse

• Monometer

• Dimeter

• Trimeter

• Tetrameter

• Pentameter

two metrical feet in a line of a verse

• Monometer

• Dimeter

• Trimeter

• Tetrameter

• Pentameter

three metrical feet in a line of a verse

• Monometer

• Dimeter

• Trimeter

• Tetrameter

• Pentameter

four metrical feet in a line of a verse

• Monometer

• Dimeter

• Trimeter

• Tetrameter

• Pentameter

five metrical foot in a line of a verse

• Monometer

• Dimeter

• Trimeter

• Tetrameter

• Pentameter