Types of Poems

This is an example of what type of poem?

• lyric

• ode

• free verse

• ballad

a humorous 5-line poem; usually begins with "There once was a..."; the third and fourth lines are shorter than lines 1, 3, & 5; rhyme scheme is AABBA

• limerick

• haiku

• quatrain

• free verse

a 4-line poem with one of several schemes (also a stanza in a longer poem); the usual rhyme schemes include ABCB, AABB or ABAB

• quatrain

• limerick

• free verse

• ballad

In ___________________poems, the first letter of each line spells out a word or saying.

• "Who Am I?"

• acrostic

• free verse

• cinquain

What type of poem is this?

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Cinquain

Limerick

Free Style

Acrostic

a poem that does not have rhyme and does not have meter; has no restrictions

• limerick

• quatrain

• stanza

• free verse

What is this poem called?

• Blackout poem

• Small poem

• Calligram poem

• Narrative poem

14 line poem

• Free verse

• Concrete

• Narrative

• Sonnet

Which poem has

First line five syllables

Second line seven syllables

Third line five syllables

• Narrative

• Ballad

• Haiku

• Lyrical

Form of narrative verse that can be either poetic or musical

• Humorous

• Haiku

• Narrative

• Ballad