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This document provides an overview of different types of poetry including their definitions and examples. It discusses various poetic forms such as narrative poems, lyrical poems, ballads, sonnets, haikus, free verse and more.

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Poetry

This document provides an overview of different types of poetry including their definitions and examples. It discusses various poetic forms such as narrative poems, lyrical poems, ballads, sonnets, haikus, free verse and more.

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Poetry

 Poetry is a means of sharing


experiences, telling a story, or
expressing feelings or ideas
through the use of language in
a particular way.
2 Broad approaches of Poetry
Narrative poem – It tells a story with an orientation,
complication, crisis, and resolution,
- a poem that tells a story.
Example:
The Greedy Dog
There once was a dog filled with greed
Who wanted much more than he’s need.
When he saw his reflection
Upon further inspection
He ended with nothing, indeed.
Lyrical poem – It conveys an experience, or ideas, thoughts or feelings
about a subject without necessarily having ‘something happen.’

Example:
“Death Stands Above Me, Whispering Low”
Death stands above me,
Whispering low
I know not what into my ear:
Of this strange language all I know
Is, there is not a word of fear.
by: Savage Landor
Acrostic - It is a poem which consists of vertical first letters
name of the topic while the horizontal words describe the topic.
Example:
Ballad. It is a narrative poem which tells a dramatic story in
four-line stanza with a regular beat. A ballad was originally
set to music and sung.
Chant - Dating to prehistoric time, hence one of the earliest forms of
poetry, chant is a poem of no fixed form, but in which one or more lines
are repeated over and over. It is usually meant to be spoken aloud
Cinquain - It is a five line poem that follows a pattern and does
not rhyme. The cinquain consists of five lines of 2, 4, 6, 8 and 2
syllables respectively.
Comic Verse. It is a poem that involves
humor and makes sense.
Diamante. It is a seven line poem in which the first and last lines
are opposites or contrasts. It is written in the shape of a diamond.
Elegy. It is a poem of mourning to someone’s death.
Epic. It is a long narrative poem on a subject which is thought
to be great and serious.
Epigram. It is a short and pointed poem, often a witty statement in
verse or prose which may be complimentary, satiric or aphoristic.
Epitaph. It is a poem with a short inscription carved on a tombstone (or written with that
context in mind). It usually rhymes and lends itself to imitation and distortion. While the
epitaph in a cemetery is often serious, the form can be made humorous.
Free verse. It is a poetry that does not conform to particular schemes or
patterns of rhyme, meter or form because it doesn’t follow strict rules it has
flexibility. Its rhythm is created by the natural flow of the poet’s thoughts and
emotions
Haiku. Originated in Japan and often tells about nature, it consists of
three unrhymed lines containing 17 syllables (5, 7, 5) and portrays a
single idea or feeling while having a strong visual imagery
Light verse. It is a poem that is cheerful, airy and light-hearted, it
often describes everyday events and uses language of the speaking
voice.
Limerick. This is usually brief and lends itself to comic effects. The
limerick consists of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba.
Rhyme and rhythm are used to enhance the content.
Lyric. Concerned with Narrative. It tells a story with an
feelings and thoughts rather orientation, complication and
than action or narrative, it resolution eg nursery rhymes. It
usually represents and can be short or long, serious,
reflects on a single humorous, personal or
experience, is intensely impersonal. It may come in the
personal, and its rhythms form of allegories, fables or
often have a musical accounts of everyday events.
flexibility.
Nonsense verse. Categorized as light verse that has structure and rhyme and invented
words, it is characterized by fantastic themes, absurd images, artificial language and humor.
Nursery rhyme. Usually having regular rhymes, strong rhythms and repetition, it
could be described as jingles for children, forming part of the oral tradition of many
countries.
Ode. Usually celebrating a person,
animal or
object, an ode is often written without
the constraints
of formal structure or rhyme.
Riddle. It indirectly describes a person, place, thing or idea and can be any length and
usually has a rhyming scheme.
Song lyric. It is a poem that has been set to music. The word ‘lyric’ comes from
the Greek word lyre, a kind of harp that was often used to accompany songs.
Sonnet. It is a lyric poem that has fourteen lines of five beats each. Rather than
tell a story. It usually explores a feeling or state of mind or expresses a fixed idea.
It first appeared in Italy in the 13th century. Many sonnets have an alternating
rhyme scheme and usually have a ‘turning point’ at the eighth line.
Tanka. A type of Japanese poem similar to haiku, it consists of five lines
with the first and third lines usually having five syllables and the others
seven, making it a total of 31.
Villanelle. It is a fixed form, usually containing five three-line stanzas
and a four-line stanza, with only two rhymes throughout.

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