unseen poetry types of poems

Question 1

Ballad

Answer 1

narrative poem usually in quatrains(a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.)
follows a ABAB or a ABCB rhyme scheme
strong rhythm- pentameter and tetrameter
tells a story involving folk tales or legends
common themes are love tragedy and adventure

Question 2

sonnet

Answer 2

14 line of iambic pentameter
shakespearean- 3 quatrains (ABABCDCDEFEF) ending on a couplet

petrarchan- broken into octave (first 8 lines) and a sestet (final six lines)

both types usually have a volta that marks a change in the subject or argument to transition to the final section.