Types of Poetry
Name that Poem Type
Vocabulary
Hodge Podge
This or That
100
This poem type is written by the poet about themself.
What is an autobiographical poem.
100
What type of poem is this? Lucky is a pretty kitty, But at times she can be very witty.
What is a couplet
100
A part of a poem that is repeated.
What is refrain.
100
Simile or Metaphor? Comparing to items or ideas using "like" or "as"
What is simile.
100
Which has a syllabic pattern of 5,7,5? Haiku or Tanka?
What is haiku.
200
This type of poem is a lyrical poem that is written in praise of or dedicated to someone or something.
What is an ode.
200
Beautiful mountains Rivers with cold, cold water. White cold snow on rocks Trees over the place with frost White sparkly snow everywhere.
What is tanka.
200
A verse in a poem
What is stanza.
200
This is an example of what? "plink, plink, fizz, fizz"
What is onomatopeia
200
Cinquain or Diamante Follows a specific formula but has seven lines.
What is diamante
300
These poems tell a story similar to a folk tale or legend that has a repeated refrain.
What are ballads.
300
Here lies Lester Moore. Four slugs From a forty-four. No Les No More.
What is epitaph.
300
An exaggeration
What is hyperbole.
300
A quatrain can have what rhyme schemes?
What is AABB or ABAB.
300
Narrative or Lyric: A poem that tells a story
What is narrative.
400
These poems have fourteen lines that use conventional rhyme schemes. Often they consist of three quatrains and a couplet.
What are sonnets.
400
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods or steepy mountain yields. And we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle; A gown made of the finest wool Which from our pretty lambs we pull; Fair lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of th purest gold; A belt of straw and ivy buds, With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my love. The shepherds' swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love.
What is idyll.
400
A way of writing where the beginning sounds of words are the same.
What is alliteration.
400
a casual reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature. Often there is no direct identification to the subject, it is assumed that the reader will make the connection.
What is allusion.
400
A sad and thoughtful poem about the death of an individual is an elegy or epitaph?
What is elegy.
500
These poems are named after the Latin expression for “seize the day”. These poems have a theme for living for today.
What are Carpe Diem poems
500
There was an Old Man in a tree, Who was horribly bored by a Bee; When they said, 'Does it buzz?' He replied, 'Yes, it does!' 'It's a regular brute of a Bee!'
What is a limerick.
500
A description that appeals to the five senses.
What is imagery.
500
What rhyme schemes do tanka and haiku poems have?
What is no rhyme scheme.
500
Epic or Ode? An extensive, serious poem that tells the story about a heroic figure
What is epic
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