Types of Poems

a 17-syllable traditional Japanese poem; unrhymed; has no title; has three lines containing syllables of 5, 7 & 5; usually about nature

• haiku

• limerick

• ballad

• concrete poem

a narrative poem of longer length; usually tells a sad or tragic story; contains many stanzas

• couplet

• haiku

• rhyme

• ballad

Poems that tell a story are called...

• free verse poems

• lyrical poems

• narrative poems

• humorous poems

I am an ancient form of poem writing. Usually, 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 use iambic meter in each line, and line-ending rhymes. I am a short rhyming poem with 14 lines. What type of poetry I am?

• Haiku

• Narrative

• Limerick

• Sonnet

I am a five-line witty poem with distinctive rhythm. What type of poetry am I?

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Sonnet

• Narrative

I tell the story of an event in the form of a poem. What type of poetry am I?

• Sonnet

• Narrative

• Haiku

• Epic

I have two lines of verse which rhyme and form a unit alone or as part of a poem. What type of poetry am I?

• Narrative

• Couplet

• Free Verse

• Haiku

I do not follow any of the rules. My craft is completely in the hands of the author. There is no right or wrong way to create me. What type of poetry am I?

• Sonnet

• Limerick

• Couplet

• Free Verse

A form of poetry, usually suitable for singing, that tells a story in stanzas of two or four lines, and often has a refrain.

• Ballad

• Haiku

• Ode

• Epic