Poetry Vocabulary Forms of Poetry

a poem without a regular pattern or rhyme

• sonnet

• lyric

• free verse

• epic

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

a poem that uses the letters in a topic word to begin each line

• acrostic

• limerick

• concrete

• haiku

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

a poem that tells a story

• list poem

• haiku

• concrete

• narrative

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

a long narrative poem meant for singing

• epic

• ballad

• free verse

• sonnet

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

a lyric poem of 14 lines

• sonnet

• limerick

• narrative

• acrostic

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

a long narrative poem that recounts the story of a hero

• epic

• list poem

• ballad

• limerick

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

a poem consisting of a list of things, people, places, etc.

• epic

• list poem

• narrative

• concrete

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

a humorous poem that has 5 lines; lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme, as do lines 3 and 4

• free verse

• ballad

• limerick

• acrostic

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

a poem that has a shape that matches the topic

• ballad

• acrostic

• haiku

• concrete

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

a 3 line poem with 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables

• sonnet

• ballad

• limerick

• haiku

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4