Poetry Form and Structure

poetic device, that requires a poem to have 19 lines and a fixed form

• villanelle

• ballad

• sonnet

• haiku

short poem of Japanese origins, frequently 17 syllables in length in 3 lines

• sonnet

• haiku

• lyric

• narrative

written in iambic pentameter, has specific rhyme scheme, and a volta or a specific turn

• ode

• narrative

• limerick

• sonnet

a form of poetry that tells a story, often making the voices of a narrator and characters as well

• narrative

• ballad

• haiku

• lyric

a poem that is typically arranged in quatrains with the rhyme scheme ABAB. Ballads are usually narrative.

• ode

• ballad

• villanelle

• limerick

formal, it expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in first person

• ballad

• free verse

• narrative

• lyric

rhythmical lines, usually unrhymed, that vary in length and follow no strict metrical pattern

• limerick

• free verse

• haiku

• narrative

a jingling poem of 3 longer (first, second, and fifth) and 2 shorter lines (third and fourth) with a rhyme scheme of AABBA

• limerick

• sonnet

• villanelle

• ballad

a poem usually praising something. An ode is a form of lyric poetry-expressing emotion

• free verse

• sonnet

• haiku

• ode