Poetry Review

The basics

100

A piece of writing that aims to evoke emotion in the readers and listeners

Poetry

200

Poetry prioritizes ____ impact through word choice, rhythm, perspective, form, use of literary devices, or a combination of these

Emotional

300

What we call a person that writes poetry

A poet

400

If it's not poetry, it's _______.

Prose

500

What literary device is used in this poem?

Bananas ripe and green, and ginger root,
Cocoa in pods and alligator pears,
And tangerines and mangoes and grape fruit,
Fit for the highest prize at parish fairs, [1]

Imagery

Types of Poems- EASYish

100

Lines are arranged so the first letter in each line spells out a word.

acrostic

200

A short poem characterized by it's unique form:

a 5 syllable line 

a 7 syllable line

a 5 syllable line

Haiku

300

This type of poem is about death. No length or form rules.

Elegy

400

This type of poem has no rhyme scheme.  It does have a specific meter.

Blank Verse

500

This type of poem has 2 stanzas: one octave (8 lines) and one sestet (six lines)

Petrarchan Sonnett

Poetry Termies

100

Repeated sounds at the end of a line

Rhyme or Rhyme Scheme

200

These act like paragraphs of a poem. It's a section of a poem

Stanza

300

A rhythmic structure. Stressed and unstressed syllables

Meter or Foot/feet

400

This is the overall structure of a poem. This describes the way the poem looks. It could look like a flower, a teacup, or just lines of text.

Form

500

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

The sky is very sunny

The children are funny

Under the tree we sit

But just for a bit.

AABB

Types of Poem- Difficult

100

This kind of poem  does not use rhyme scheme or meter.  No rules at all. Can be long or short

Free Verse

200

This poem praises something or someone. They are formal, but they don't use specific meter or rhyme scheme or length

Ode

300

These poems are specifically about obsessions anf follow a strict form. 19 lines, 5 Tercets, one Quatrain

Villanelle

400

These are super long poems. They tell a story that is fantastical

Epic

500

Typically used for songs, this type of poem tells a story. They have a rhyme scheme and has rhyming quatrains.

Ballad

Sample Poems

100

What type of poem is this?

Paper's best friend
Easy to hold
Notes look great

acrostic

200

There once was a fly on the wall, 

 I wonder why didn't it fall? 

Because its feet stuck, 

Or was it just luck,

Or does gravity miss things so small?

Limerick

300

This is an example of ___

Betty Botter bought a bit of butter.

Alliteration

400

This is an example of what literary device?

That football player is faster than the speed of light

Hyperbole

500

This poetry is an example of which literary device

I made my way to the lake

Assonance