Poetry Types
Type of poetry consists of 14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme, often associated with love or the expression of strong emotions?
What is a sonnet?
Poem that originated in France with 19 lines
What is a villanelle?
Group of lines within the verse of a poem
What is a stanza?
Type of poetry does not follow a specific structure or rhyme scheme, allowing for more freedom in expression and form?
Free Verse
Term for a humorous form of poetry that often involves puns, wordplay, and a specific rhyme scheme?
What is a limerick?
Pattern of sound that repeats a the end of a bar or stanza.
Rhyme scheme
In this type of poetry, the first letter of each line spells out a word or message when read vertically.
What is acrostic?
Derived from Greek wor "aeiden," written to praise a person, event or thing
What is an ode?
is created when the syllables within separate words match.
What is a rhyme?
This type of poetry involves three lines that follow a specific syllable pattern - 5, 7, 5 - and often focuses on nature or emotions.
What is a haiku
Poem about death or remembrance of a person or group
What is an elegy?
Consist of a pair of consecutive lines of poetry
What is a couplet?
Term for a type of poetry that tells a story, often featuring characters and a plot, similar to a short story in verse form?
What is a ballad
Sonnets that follow ABBA ABBA CDECDE rhyme scheme
Italian or Petrarchan
The rhythmic structure in a poem.
What is meter?