Type of poem
This type of poem has 4 lines with a line scheme.
Quatrain
Time, mime, thyme, & sublime
Rhyme
Villanelle
Europe
‘Her smile was as bright as the sun in the sky.’
Simile
'I could eat a horse'
Hyperbole
This type of poem is a 5 line joke that usually starts with "There was a"
Limerick
All the anteaters ate the adult ants.
Alliteration
Tanka
Japan
‘love is a battlefield.’
Metaphor
‘The sun smiled down on the world’
Personification
This 3 line Japanese poem has no rhyme scheme and is usually about nature.
Haiku
things that threaten myths
Consonance
Free verse
EVERYWHERE
The White House said...
Symbolism
‘There is a silver lining in every cloud.’
Idiom
This type of poem is based in Africa and usually tells of great deeds.
Oriki
Go slow over the road
Assonance
Rondeau
France
‘That woman is pretty ugly.’
Oxymoron
"that cost an arm and a leg"
Idiom
Sonnets have 2 types. What are they?
Italian and Shakespearean
“We will fight come what may, we will fight on all fronts, we will fight for a thousand years.”
Repetition
Doha
India
‘My granddad is as old as time.’
Hyperbole
And in the evening lamps would shine,
Yellow as honey, red as wine.
simile