Poetic Forms
Shape Shifters
Lyrical
I would rather use words
Mixed Prose
100
I am poetry written with a precise meter—almost always iambic pentameter—that does not rhyme.
What is Blank verse?
100
The shoe is a poem.
What is a Concrete poem?
100
I am a short comical poem containing 5-lines.
What is a limerick?
100
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
What is Shakespeare's Sonnet 18?
100
A drawn-out comparison of two unlike items
What is an extended metaphor?
200
I lack a consistent rhyme scheme, metrical pattern, or musical form.
What is Free verse?
200
This Italian poetry is in the shape of a diamond.
What is Diamonte?
200
A formal, often ceremonious lyric poem that addresses and often celebrates a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is an Ode poem?
200
This genre has its roots in oral traditions and performance.
What is spoken word?
200
This type of poetry contains a set meter, rhyme scheme, and lines, or stanzas.
What is a traditional poem?
300
I reflect upon Death or loss.
What is Elegy?
300
In this poem, you should pay attention to the initial letters of each line.
What is an Acrostic poem?
300
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, was written by this famous poet.
Who is Robert Frost
300
I am the first-ever youth poet laureate.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
300
A poem that makes the reader expect one thing, but the opposite is true in reality.
What is irony poetry?
400
Whether Keats or Dylan I can be poetic or musical.
What is a Ballad?
400
The five senses are used for this type of poetry
What is sense poetry?
400
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? is the first line of this poem by William Shakespeare.
What is Sonnet 18?
400
I am an American slam poet, humorist, teacher, and voiceover artist.
Who is Taylor McDowell Mali?
400
A multi-line comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
What is an Epic Simile?
500
I am similar to an epic, but I tell a story. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” is one.
What is a Narrative poem?
500
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is considered to be this type of poetry.
What is a narrative poem?
500
I wrote most of my books in anapestic tetrameter.
Who is Dr. Seuss, or Theodor Seuss Geisel?
500
I used spoken word at TedxPerth, and asked people to WakeUp!
Who is Jesse Oliver?
500
I am a three-line Japanese poem highlighting a moment in nature.
What is Haiku?