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1.Free verse : no particular form or rhyme scheme.

2.Traditional poems: have a particular format and/ or rhyming scheme.

3.Rhyme Scheme- a pattern of rhyme in a poem

4.Couplet- Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

1/7/15 Reading Journal: Forms of Poetry

1. The Sonnet:

A fourteen-line poemExpresses author’s feelingsHas a particular end rhyme pattern (ABABCDCD…)Usually ends in a rhymed couplet (two lines with end rhyme)

2. Lyric Poem

Lyric Poem- a short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings

The Ode: It’s a lyric poem usually addressed to a particular person or thing.

Ode to a Fountain Pen:

“Oh beloved pen of midnight black ink,

How I love to roll you down my nose.”

3. A ballad is a songlike poem that tells a story, often a sad story of betrayal, death, or loss. •Ballads usually have a regular, steady rhythm, a simple rhyme pattern, and a refrain, or a repeated part of a poem, all of which make them easy to memorize.•Usually follows a-b-c-b rhyme scheme.•Historically ballads were passed down orally from person to person rather than in writing.

4. Narrative Poem: Tells a story

An epic is a long narrative poem about the many deeds of a great hero.

•Closely connected to a particular culture. The hero of an epic embodies the important values of the society he comes from.

•Essentially, an epic is a long story about the quests of a hero.

•Think Hercules, and Shrek in poetic form.

5. Elegy: A poem written for someone who has died, often a tribute. Most are written in formal writing and a serious tone.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; 20Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!But I, with mournful tread,Walk the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.”

(O Captain! My Captain!, by Walt Whitman)Whitman wrote this elegy for Abraham Lincoln (16th president of the United States).

6. Haiku: consists of 17 unrhymed syllables, organized into three lines, and doesn’t rhyme. 5-7-5

You

I Love you so much,I long to see your beauty,Love the way you shine,

7. Limerick: an amusing verse of five lines

STARby Kaitlyn Guenther

There once was a wonderful starWho thought she would go very farUntil she fell down And looked like a clownShe knew she would never go far.

8. Concrete Poem: a poem that creates a picture

A Cinquain

•Resembles a diamond. •It has 5 lines.

SisterSmart, Outgoing

Loving, playing, LaughingAlways in for some fun

Friend

Snowflakes Floating

Snowflakes floating from the sky twirling, then settling down, they're in a race with each other to see which one first, hits the ground.

A quatrain is a type of stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines.