Poetry Types

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words in the same line of poetry

• Consonance

• Alliteration

When you, my Dear, are away, / How wearily goes the day.

• Repetition

• Rhyme

A poem that follows no consistent rhyming or beat pattern; a "free-for-all"

• sonnet

• limerick

• free verse

• narrative

A poem made up of 14 lines; usually romantic

• lyric

• narrative

• haiku

• sonnet

A poem made up of 3 lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern; usually about nature

• sonnet

• haiku

• concrete

• limerick

William Shakespeare wrote a large collection of these poems; usually to his lovers.

• lyric poems

• sonnets

• narratives

• free verse poems

A poem that tells a story; includes characters, setting, conflict, and plot events

• free verse

• narrative

• concrete

• lyric

A humorous poem that includes 3 long and 2 short lines; akin to a nursery rhyme

• limerick

• lyric

• haiku

• concrete

A poem written in the shape of its subject

• concrete

• sonnet

• free verse

• limerick

A song-like poem that expresses the author's thoughts & feelings

• narrative

• lyric

• free verse

• sonnet