Poetic Forms

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Poetic Forms
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Lyric Poems

• Poem that conveys a particular emotional state or
  state of mind
• Can be long, short, rhymed, or unrhymed
• Different types include ode, elegy, and dramatic
  monologue

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Narrative Poems

• Tells the reader a story or provide an account on
  a particular event/ events
• Types in include epic, ballad, and romance

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Other Poems

• Epigram- short witty verse with a wry twist
• Limerick- humorous verse form composed of 5 lines
  
• Parody- poem in which another poets tone, form,
  or language is imitated

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Sonnets

• Italian sonnet has a rhyme scheme of abbaabba /
  cdecde variations are common in the cdecde
  section.
• English sonnet has a rhyme scheme of abab / cdcd
  / efef / gg

• Comprised of 14 lines with rhymes arranged
  according to a particular rhyme scheme.
• Varies with type of sonnet
• Types include Italian (Petrarchan), English
• (Shakespearean)

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Sonnets continued

• English
• Four part structure
• 3 quatrains and a couplet
• Quatrains present examples or statements
• Couplet comments or gives a twist on the
  quatrains

• Italian sonnet
• 2 part poem
• First part is an octave comprised of 2 quatrains
• Second part is a sestet
• Octave presents theme
• Sestet reflects and concludes

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Villanelles

• Villanelles
• 19 lines
• 5 tercets followed by a quatrain
• Rhyme scheme aba / aba / aba / aba / aba / abaa

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Sestinas

• song of sixes
• Six 6 lines stanzas and a 3 lines envoi
• End words of the first stanza are repeated in
  varied order as end words of the other stanzas
  and also recur in the envoi

• Haiku is the Japanese form
• Now the swinging bridge
• Is quieted with creepers
• like our tendrilled life.