Types of Poetry
This type of poetry has no rhyme scheme, and each line starts with "I."
What is an "I am" poem?
This means a direct comparison between two things: Steward is a nightmare!
What is a metaphor?
You may enter, but you may not come in, I have space, but no room, I have keys, but open no lock. What am I?
What is a keyboard?
This is the first thing you do when you get a poem to study.
What is "read it out loud"?
This means the actual description of what is happening in a poem.
What is the "literal meaning"?
This type of poetry has a total of seventeen syllables.
What is a haiku?
This is what you call it when a poet gives human characteristics to something that isn't human.
What is personification?
I’m the beginning of eternity, The end of time and space; The beginning of every end, And the end of every place. What am I?
What is the letter e?
After reading the poem out loud, this is the next step in understanding it.
What is to define any words you don't know?
This is what we call a "paragraph" in a poem.
What is a stanza?
This type of poem has one word or phrase vertically on the side, with short, descriptive words or phrases that start with each letter written horizontally.
P retty
O ld
E nglish
M akes us feel
What is an acrostic?
This means an indirect comparison between two things: Steward is like a dream come true!
What is a simile?
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes out first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.
What is darkness?
After defining the words you don't know, this is the step you do next.
What is make sense of figurative language?
This is what you call a person who writes poetry.
What is a poet?
This type of poetry rhymes, and is often set to music.
What is Lyric poetry?
This is the contrast between what someone expects to happen, and what actually happens.
What is irony?
This thing all things devours; Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats mountain down.
What is time?
After reading, rereading, defining words and figurative language, you should determine both the figurative and literal meaning of the poem. Between those two meanings, this is the meaning you determine first.
What is the literal meaning?
This is the term we use for the deeper meaning of a poem, which is often hidden and requires close reading and careful thought.
What is the "figurative meaning"?
Bonus: This type of poetry has no rhyme or rhythm or any rules at all!
What is free verse?
Bonus: This is the term for creating a visual picture using words.
What is imagery?
500 at the beginning, 500 at the end,
5 in the middle is seen,
The first of all letters, the first of all figures
Take up their stations between,
String them all together, and you will see
The name of an ancient king.
What is David?
Bonus: This is the total number of times you should read a poem out loud.
What is three?
Bonus: This is the special name for a four-line stanza.
What is a quatrain?