1. TYPES OF POETRY
ENGLISH 9

2. PURPOSE
Today we will go over types of poetry. You will need this information for:
The quiz on Monday
The final project
Follow along and fill out the worksheet as we go

3. BALLAD
a poem that tells a narrative story similar to a folk tale or legend which often has a repeated refrain. Ballads are often set to music. Pop and rock musicians today often write and record ballads.

4. BLANK VERSE
A poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter (the meter often used by Shakespeare in his plays), which has the rhythm of spoken language.

5. CINQUAIN
Poetry with five lines. Line 1 has one word (the title). Line 2 has two words that describe the title. Line 3 has four words that tell the action. Line 4 has six words that express the feeling, and line 5 has two words which recall the title.

6. COUPLET
A couplet has rhyming stanzas made up of two lines.

7. CONCRETE
Poems that are written in such a way that they make a picture of the thing being written about.

8. ELEGY
A sad and thoughtful poem about the death of an individual.

9. FREE VERSE
Poetry written according to the rhythm of speech rather than following a particular rhyme scheme.

10. FOUND
a poem that is created by using “found” words (words and phrases in the environment, newspaper, etc.)

11. HAIKU
A Japanese nature poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables.

12. LIMERICK
a short (sometimes off-color), humorous poem consisting of five lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have seven to ten syllables; they rhyme and use the same verbal rhythm. The 3rd and 4th lines have five to seven syllables, rhyme and have the same rhythm.

13. QUATRAIN
a stanza or poem consisting of four lines. Rhyme scheme can follow the aabb, abab, abba, or abcb pattern.