Poetic Forms
Lyric Poems
Poem that conveys a particular emotional
state or state of mind
Can be long, short, rhymed, or unrhymed
Different types include ode, elegy, and
dramatic monologue
Narrative Poems
Tells the reader a story or provide an
account on a particular event/ events
Types in include epic, ballad, and romance
Other Poems
Epigram- short witty verse with a wry twist
Limerick- humorous verse form composed
of 5 lines
Parody- poem in which another poets tone,
form, or language is imitated
Sonnets
Comprised of 14 lines Italian sonnet has a
with rhymes arranged rhyme scheme of
according to a abbaabba / cdecde
particular rhyme variations are
scheme. common in the
Varies with type of cdecde section.
sonnet
English sonnet has
Types include Italian
(Petrarchan), English a rhyme scheme of
abab / cdcd / efef /
(Shakespearean)
gg
Sonnets continued
English
Italian sonnet
Four part structure
2 part poem
First part is an octave 3 quatrains and a
comprised of 2 couplet
quatrains Quatrains present
Second part is a sestet examples or
Octave presents theme statements
Sestet reflects and Couplet comments or
concludes gives a twist on the
quatrains
Villanelles
Villanelles
19 lines
5 tercets followed by a
quatrain
Rhyme scheme aba /
aba / aba / aba / aba /
abaa
Sestinas
“song of sixes” Haiku is the Japanese
Six 6 lines stanzas and form
a 3 lines envoi
End words of the first
stanza are repeated in Now the swinging bridge
varied order as end Is quieted with creepers
words of the other like our tendrilled life.
stanzas and also recur
in the envoi