Poetic Forms

A poem that tells a story is referred to as a 

• Narrative Poem
• Lyrical Poem
• Limerick
• Haiku

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

_____________ poems create a shape about their subject.

• haiku

• limerick

• lyrical

• concrete

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.7

spells a word downward, using each letter in the word as the beginning of a new line

• acrostic

• epic

• lyric

• free verse

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

poem written without using a regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme

• free verse

• haiku

• sonnet

• ballad

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Japanese poem with 5-7-5 syllables

• haiku

• tercet

• tanka

• couplet

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

14-line poem with rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg

• sonnet

• elegy

• acrostic

• ode

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

pattern or grouping of lines in a poem

• stanza

• tercet

• ode

• elegy

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

DEFINITION: A short narrative poem that was originally meant to be sung

• free verse

• lyric poem

• ballad

• ode

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

DEFINITION: Rows of words in poetry. They don't always follow rules of capitalization and punctuation.

• prose

• lines

• paragraphs

• stanzas

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Category of poems that deals with ideas and emotions, often being told from 1st-person POV.

• Narrative Poems

• Lyrical Poems

• Limericks

• Haikus

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5