Types of Poems

4. A fourteen line poem using any of a number formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
5. Poem expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse.
6. Organizing the rhyming words at the end of each poem line by using letters
9. Songlike poems that tell stories. They often deal with adventure or romance.

1. Poems where the poet arranges the lines to create a picture on the page. Does not have to rhyme or follow a certain rhyme scheme.
2. A lyric poem that expresses sadness over a death or the passing of time.
3. Poetry defined by its lack of structure. Has no regular meter, rhyme, fixed line length, or specific stanza pattern
4. A group of lines that are separated from each other by blank space
5. A single row of text
7. A long narrative poem that tells the story of a hero’s extraordinary deeds.
8. A three-line Japanese form that describes something in nature. The first and third lines each have five syllables, and the second line has seven.