Major Forms Of Poetry

Question 1

Epic poetry

Answer 1

Recount heroic deeds and adventures, using stylized language and combining, dramatic and lyrical conventions.

Question 2

Epistolary poems

Answer 2

Poems that are written and read as letters

Question 3

Ballad

Answer 3

Follow a rhyme scheme and meter in focus on subjects such as love, death, and religion. Many tell stories, and several modern ballads are put to music.

Question 4

Elegies

Answer 4

Morning poems using three parts:
Lament
praise of the deceased
Solis for the loss

Question 5

Odes

Answer 5

Evolved from songs to the typical poem of the romantic time. Expressing strong feelings and contemplative thoughts.

Question 6

Pastoral poems

Answer 6

Idealize nature and country living

Question 7

Epigrams

Answer 7

Memorable rhymes with one or two lines

Question 8

Limericks

Answer 8

Two lines of iambic dimeter followed by two lines of iambic dimeter in another of iambic trimeter

Question 9

Haiku

Answer 9

5/7/5 = 17 syllables

Question 10

Sonnets

Answer 10

14 lines of iambic pentameter tightly organized around a theme