Types of Poetry Review

A poem that has 3 lines, the syllables go 5, 7, 5 and it does not rhyme. Usually about nature.

• Cinquain

• Limerick

• Quatrain

• Haiku

I have three lines. My first line has 5 syllables, my second line has 7 syllables, and my third line has 5 syllables. What type of poetry am I?

• Sonnet

• Haiku

• Limerick

• Epic

I have two lines in each stanza. What type of poetry am I?

• Narrative

• Couplet

• Free Verse

• Haiku

Certain letters are my beginning. Usually, the first letter in each line forms a word or message when read in a sequence. What type of poetry am I?

• Free Verse
• Letter Verse
• Acrostic Poem
• Ballad

True or False: Free verse poems have to rhyme.

• True

• False

What am I an example of?

Falling leaves

All of the students return

Loving the brisk air

Leaving the summer behind

• haiku

• acrostic

• free verse

A haiku poem has how many syllables in the first line?

• 15

• 7

• 5

• 4

How many syllables in the 2nd line of a Haiku poem?

• 5

• 17

• 3

• 7

True or False: Free verse poems should have punctuation (. , ? ! ) at the end of each line.

• True

• False

What type of poem am I?

Snowflakes are our friends

They descend when winter comes

Making white blankets

• ballad

• sonnet

• haiku

• free verse