poetry types
3 characteristics of poems
-has a distinct form and makes use of rhyme and rhythm
-uses more intentional imagery than other writing
-highly compressed it concentrates emotions and ideas
free verse
no regular rhyme, meter, line length, stanza pattern
lyric poetry
-short, melodius, expresses personal feeling
examples: elegies, odes, dramatic monologues
sonnet
14 line poem with regular structure and rhythm
2 kinds of sonnets
Shakesperean and Petrarchan
narrative poetry
story like
ballad
a short story like poem
short stanzas that are easily sung or recited
more factual than a lyric
epic
a lengthy narrative poem
involves an epic heros adventure
diamond poem
-7 lines
-shaped like a diamond
-antonyms at top and bottom
-transitions from describing top noun to bottom in line 4
haiku
-3 lines
-doesn't rhyme
-5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables