Poetry Types

Any rhythm or rhyme and follows the pattern of natural speech

• epic

• free verse

• narrative

• sonnet

Poetry that tells a story

• lyrical

• free verse

• narrative

• sonnet

type of narrative poem in which the protagonist goes on a journey or a quest

• ballad

• sonnet

• free verse

• epic

type of narrative poem that focuses on a major life event and has repeating lines

• ballad

• free verse

• epic

• sonnet

"Harlem" by Langston Hughes is what kind of poem?

• Narrative

• Ballad

• Free verse

• Sonnet

Poems shaped to look like their subjects

• Limerick

• Concrete poems

Songlike poems that tells stories, usually about adventure or romance

• Narrative poems

• Ballads

Three-lined Japanese poem in which the first and last lines have five syllables and the second line has seven syllables

• Limerick

• Haiku

Poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker; usually highly musical

• Lyric

• Ballad

Poetry defined by its lack of structure

• Free verse

• Free bird