Acrostic
The first letters of each line are aligned vertically to form a word. The word often is the subject of the poem.
Alphabet
Each line begins with the letters of the alphabet in order. Another type of it requires you to use all 26 letters of it in your poem.
Autobiographical
Write a poem about yourself starting with your name, telling important information about yourself.
Ballad
Retell an event in history, in the news, or in your life as it. You will want it to rhyme. You may copy the style of other poets.
Cinquain
They have 5 lines.
Line 1: Title (noun)- 1 word
Line 2:
Description- 2 words
Line 3: Action- 3 words
Line 4: Feeling
(phrase)- 4 words
Line 5: Title (synonym for the title)-
1 word
Epitaph
It is a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument written in praise, or reflecting the life, of a deceased person.
Free verse poetry
Poetry composed of rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set patterns. It has a casual irregular rhythm similar to that of everyday speech.
Limerick
It has five lines. The last words of lines one, two, and five rhyme. The last words of lines three and four rhyme.
Narrative
They are poems that tell stories. There is a beginning, which introduces the background to the story, a middle, which tells the action of the event, and an end, which concludes and summarizes the story.
Epic poetry
A long narrative poem, usually chronicling the deeds of a folk hero and written using both dramatic and narrative literary techniques.
Rhythm
A beat, created by stressed and unstressed syllables in words.
Meter
A pattern of rhythm.
Feet
Units of stressed and unstressed syllables. Meter is measured in it.
Rhyme scheme
When rhymes follow a particular pattern.
Alliteration
Is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginnings of words, as in slippery slope.
Repetition
Is the use of any element of language- a sound, word, or phrase- more than once.
Onomatopoeia
Is the use of words that imitate sounds. Splat, hiss, gurgle.
Denotation
Dictionary definition of a word.
Connotation
Consists of the ideas and feelings that a word brings to
mind.
Canine- dog
Pooch- friendly, lovable dog
Mongrel-
mean, ugly mixed-breed dog
Imagery
Descriptions that appeal to the five senses. It helps poets convey what they see, hear, smell, taste, or touch.
Figurative language
Language that is not meant to be taken literally.
Simile-
compares two seemingly unlike things using like or as
Metaphor-
describes one thing as if it were something else
Personification-
human qualities are given to nonhuman objects
Refrain
A line or group of lines that is repeated at regular intervals in a poem…reminds readers of a key idea…often repeated at the end of each stanza.