A Japanese poem that has three lines. The first line has five syllables, the second has seven, and the last has five
What is a haiku?
100
A poet and civil rights activist who is the author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Who is Maya Angelou?
100
A poem that is meant to be sung or that is set with music.
What is a song?
200
A poem that does not rhyme and does not have a regular meter
What is free verse?
200
A poet who is known for writing rather dark poetry and tales such as "The Tell-Tale Heart", "Annabel Lee", and "The Cask of Amontillado"
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
200
Children's book collections comprised of poems about made-up creatures with important morals
What are Dr. Seuss stories?
300
A type of poem that describes an object and is displayed in the same shape as the object it describes
What is a shape poem?
300
A poet who is the author of "O Captain, My Captain", which was written about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Who is Walt Whitman?
300
A poem or song for children
What is a nursery rhyme?
400
A poem that expresses sorrow and is usually used to lament the death of a loved one.
What is an elegy?
400
A poet who seldom left her home and had few visitors after leaving school as a teenager, and is the author of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
Who is Emily Dickinson?
400
A children's book series that is made up of photographs and riddles in the form of couplets that tell the children to find objects hidden in the photographs
What is I Spy?
500
A humorous poem containing five lines. This poem has the pattern:
a
a
b
b
a
What is a limerick?
500
A poet who is the author of many children's books including "A Light in the Attic", "Falling Up", and "Where the Sidewalk Ends"
Who is Shel Silverstein?
500
A style of music in which words are recited rapidly and rhythmically