Types of Poetry
A poem that takes the shape of the topic.
Concrete Pome
A single line of poetry.
Verse
I cannot go to school today
Said little Peggy Ann McKay
Rhyme
The bees fly quickly,
It turns around and stings me.
Then falls to the ground.
Haiku
Betty Botter bought some butter
But she said the butter’s bitter,
'If I put it in my batter
It will make my batter bitter,
Alliteration
A poem that doesn't follow a specific rhythm, rhyme, or line pattern.
Free Verse
Rhyme
What element:
My hip, my belly, my back, my tongue, my brain
Repetition
The sound of doom. Bedtime blues. Up, up, up. Brush, swish, spit. Change. Plop. Bedtime blues.
Free Verse
water plops into pond
splish-splash downhill
warbling magpies in tree
trilling, melodic thrill
Onomatopoeia
A poem that tells a story and includes characters, setting and problem.
Narrative Poem
When words or phrases are said multiple times throughout the poem.
Repetition
What is the rhyme scheme?
My cat stares blankly at the wall
trying to hunt the light
She flick her tail and starts to crawl
Eyes focused, fur upright
a,b,a,b
The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation
And it looks like I'm the queen
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I've tried
Don't let them in, don't let them see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know
Well, now they know
Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door
Lyrical
Jerry's mind wandered during class
Like a balloon floating up in the air.
While he daydreamed about eating lunch
His stomach growled loud like a bear.
A poem that is emotional and has a musical rhythm and is usually in first person.
Lyric Poem
Lines in a poem that are grouped together.
Stanza
Poems that have 3 verses that usually focus on nature.
Hiaku
There was an Old Man with a beard
Who said, "It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!
Limerick
Stand tall, oh mighty oak, for all the world to see.
Your strength and undying beauty forever amazes me.
Though storm clouds hover above you,
Your branches span the sky
Personification or Metaphor
A fourteen-line poem with each line containing 10 syllables.
Sonnet
Different patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
Rhythm
A funny poem with 5 verses and an a,a,b,b,a rhyme scheme
Limerick
In "this"poem would have characters, a setting and a problem.
Narrative
What is life being compared to in this poem:
Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor–
Bare.
A Staircase OR Stairs