Poetry Styles

What types of poems do you know?

List 4-6 types

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What is a Haiku poem?

• It is a poem with an AABBA type

• A poem with 17 syllables

• A poem with 5 lines

• A poem type with a Japanese beginning

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What is an Acrostic poem?

• An acrostic poem is a poem where certain letters in each line spell out a family member.

• An acrostic poem is a poem which is a very old type of poem.

• An acrostic poem is a poem where certain letters in each line spell out a word or phrase.

• An acrostic poem is a poem where there are different syllables.

What is a Shakespearean Sonnet?

• A Shakespearean or Australian sonnet has fourteen lines, consisting of three groups of four lines each.

• A Shakespearean or English sonnet has fourteen lines.

• A Shakespearean or English sonnet has many Shakespearean words.

• A Shakespearean or English sonnet has consisting of three groups of four lines each.

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What is a Limerick poem?

• Limerick, a popular form of short, humorous verse that is often nonsensical and frequently ribald.

• Limericks include epics, ballads, idylls, and lays. Some limericks take the form of a novel in verse.

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What Is Narrative Poetry?

• Narrative poetry include epics, ballads, idylls, and lays. Some limericks take the form of a novel in verse.

• Narrative poetry tells stories through verse. Like a novel or a short story, a narrative poem has plot, characters, and setting.

• Narrative poetry is a humorous verse that is often nonsensical and frequently ribald.

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What is your favorite type of poem?

• Limericks

• Haikus

• Narrative poetry

• Shakespearean Sonnet

• Acrostic poems

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What is a Blank Verse?

• Blank verse is unrhyming verse in iambic pentameter lines.

• Blank verse is rhyming verse in iambic pentameter lines.

• Blank verse is unrhyming verse that is like telling a story.

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