Types of Poems
A form of Japanese poetry consisting of three lines.
Haiku
Emily Dickinson
An American poet born in Amherst, Massachusetts. She wrote the poem "A bird came down the walk".
A group of lines arranged together.
Stanza
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
"The road not taken" by: Robert Frost
What was John F. Kennedy’s favorite poem? The Road not Taken, or I Have a Rendezvous with Death?
'I Have a Rendezvous with Death’ by Alan Seeger.
Poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm.
Free verse
An English poet born in Cockermouth, UK. He wrote the poem "The Prelude".
William Wordsworth
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
Meter
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
"The Raven" by: Edgar Allan Poe
E. E. Cummings dedicated his self-published volume of poetry, No Thanks, to who? Her Mom, dad, sibling, pet, publisher or to the publishers who turned it down?
The fourteen publishers who had turned it down.
A literary technique that is lyrical in nature, but not very lengthy.
Ode
An American poet born in Chicago, Illinois. He wrote the poem " Hinges".
Shel Silverstein
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
Idiom
How dreary – to be – Somebody!
How public – like a Frog –
To tell one’s name – the livelong June –
To an admiring Bo
"I’m Nobody! Who are you?" By: Emily Dickinson
What was the was the earliest type of poem? Haiku ,Epic, Sonnet, Free verse, or Lyric?
Epic.
A fixed verse form consisting of six stanzas of six lines each, normally followed by a three-line envoi.
Sestina
An American poet, born in St.Louis Missouri. Wrote the poem "If you forget me".
Maya Angelou
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
Syntax
So you haven’t got a drum, just beat your belly.
So I haven’t got a horn—I’ll play my nose.
So we haven’t any cymbals—
"OURCHESTRA" By: Shel Silverstein
What is the oldest poem? Epic of Gilgamesh, Odyssey, or lliad?
Epic of Gilgamesh.
A modern poetic form which was invented by United States Poet Laureate Billy Collins as a parody of the villanelle.
Paradelle
An Irish poet, born in Countly Dublin. A famous poem is "The second coming".
William Butler Yeats
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
Diction
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
"She Walks in Beauty" By: George Gordon
When were haikus invented?
(1644–1694)