Poetic Forms Flashcards
Poetry that tells a story to entertain.
Narrative poetry
A short poem if personal feelings and emotions, which may or may not be set to music often, involves the use if regular meter
Lyrical poetry
Poetry that deals with amusing happenings
Humorous poetry
Poetry composed of rhyme or I rhymed lines that have no set patterns
Free verse poetry
A poem of four lines
Quatrain
A poem with 5 lines
Cinquain
A diamanté has seven lines: line 1 is a one word subject that is opposite of line 7; line 2 is two adjectives hitch describe the subject in line 1; line 3 is three verbs relating to the subject in line 1; line 4 is two nouns related to the subject of line 1, followed by two nouns related to the subject in line 7; line 5 is three verbs related to the subject in line 7; line 6 is two adjectives which describe the subject in line 7; line 7 is a one word subject that is opposite of line 1
Diamanté
Poetry written in the shape or form of an object this is a part of concert poetry
Shape poetry
Poetry that certain letters, usually the first in each line form a word or message when read in a sequence w
Acrostic poem
Written to praise or to reflect on the life of a deceased person
Epitaph
A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and give syllables reflects on nature
Haiku
A short humorous poem of consisting of five lines: line 1,2, and 5 of a limerick have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another lines 3 and 4 have five to seven syllables and also rhyme with each other
Limerick
A long narrative poem,usually chronicling the deeds of a folk hero and written using both dramatic and narrative literary techniques
Epic poetry
A lyric poem that consists of 14 lines which usually have one or more conventional rhyme schemes
Sonnet
