Poetry Forms
A type of poetry that describes an object and is shaped the same.
What is a shape poem?
We had a teacher ___________ was very tall.
What is who?
A form of Japanese poetry, usually about nature
What is a haiku?
An action that one does frequently
What is a habit?
I don't change my mind
What is I've made a decision?
A three line poem with seventeen total syllables
What is a Haiku?
I had a book ______ belonged to my sister.
What is which?
A lyric poem that originated in Ancient Greece.
What is an ode?
Make something easy to understand
What is explain?
I am worried.
What is I have a lot on my mind?
Does not have a rhyme scheme or regular meter.
What is a free verse poem?
My best friend, ______ father is a doctor, lives in my neighbourhood.
What is whose?
A type of poetry with no rhyme but it does have iambic pentameter.
What is blank verse poetry?
Formal talk on a specific subject
What is a lecture?
Help friends with problems
What is do favours?
A song that tells a story
What is a ballad?
My father is a lawyer. He is at work now. (Combine the sentences with a relative clause.)
What is My father, who is a lawyer, is at work now.?
A poem about nonsense that is often funny with a strong beat.
What is a limerick?
Get a satisfactory mark
What is pass?
Decide something different
What is change my mind?
A fourteen-line lyric poem
What is a (Shakespearean) sonnet?
The parcel reached me this morning. My brother sent it.
What is The parcel, which my brother sent, reached me this morning. ?
A short poem written as a couplet or one line phrase with a funny ending.
What is an epigram?
Do something with excitement
What is eagerly?
When you don't understand
What is doesn't make sense?