What Are The Types Of Poetry?

What are all the different types of poetry?

• And what's an example of each kind?

• Answer:

  There are many types of poetry used around the world. Below are listed seven of the most popular types. **NOTE** Keep in mind these are just a small few out of the many other types of poetry. Each type has its own brief history, definition and a few examples to help you understand the meanings of that particular type ALSO, I HAVE LISTED SEVERAL WEBSITES THAT LIST ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF POETRY WITH EXAMPLES FOR YOU 7 MOST POPULAR TYPES of POETRY & EXAMPLES TYPE 1: Haiku HAIKU- the haiku is a three lined Japanese poem about nature. This particular type of poetry has a limit on the amount of syllables you can have for each line. The first line always has five syllables. The second line has seven syllables. The third line has the same amount as the first line EXAMPLE of a Haiku poem: Gentle waterfall, Tripping over rocks and stones Creating beauty. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... TYPE 2: Limerick LIMERICK- a limerick is humorous nonsense verse consisting of a triplet and couplet, making it a five line poem. Lines one, two, and five are the triplet and rhyme. Lines three and four form a rhyming couplet EXAMPLE of a Limerick poem: There was an old man of Nantucket, who kept all his cash in a bucket; But his daughter, named Nan, Ran away with a man, And as for the bucket- Nantucket by Oliver Wendell Holmes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... TYPE 3: Acrostic ACROSTIC- a poem where the first letter of each line spells a word that can be read vertically EXAMPLE of an Acrostic poem: Summers' gifts of sensational feelings, Heaping happiness in poets' path Awarding praises for poetic data Doses of episodes, where lived Original thoughts; orgasmic tempo Weavers of words; morning's dew Prosing spewing from every lip Operetta unions, written in solo Energy of many, sharing love Tears touching every heart Rivalry forgotten, visions clear You and I spreading peace and joy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... TYPE 4: Sonnet SONNET- a type of poetry with three four line stanzas followed by a two line stanza called a couplet that rhymes. EXAMPLE of a SONNET: Sonnet #57 Being your slave, what should I do but tend upon the hours and times of your desire? I have no precious time at all to spend, Nor services to do, till you require. Nor dare I chide the world-without-end hour Whilst I, my sovereign, watch the clock for you, Nor think the bitterness of absence sour When you have bid your servant once adieu Nor dare I question with my jealous thought where you may be, or yours affairs suppose, But like a sad slave, stay and think of naught Save, where you are how happy you make those. by William Shakespeare ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... TYPE 5: Cinquain CINQUAIN- a type of poetry in which the first line has one word, the second has two words describing the first line, the third line shows action with three words, the fourth line has four words that convey feeling, and the fifth line refers to line one. EXAMPLE of a CINQUAIN: July Hot, muggy Firecrackers pop loudly Exciting, thrilling, and inspiring Patriotic month ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... TYPE 6: Ballad: BALLAD- a ballad is a story song that often has a refrain or chorus as in the example below. EXAMPLE of a BALLAD The Ballad of Marian Blacktree Refrain: Oh, do you know the mountain road That leads to yonder peak? A few will walk that trail alone, Their dreams they go to seek. (1) One such was Marian Blacktree, A lowly sheperdess, And courting her was Tom, the swain, Who loved her nonetheless. (2) A thought occurred to Marian While watching o'er her sheep, And gazing at the mountain thus She nodded off to sleep. (Refrain) (3) That night she came to Tom and said She longed to know the sky. "I'm weary of this valley, love, I want to learn to fly!" (4) Poor Thomas did not want to leave, This valley was all he knew. So when she turned and left him there Her heart, it broke in two. (Refrain) (5) Her faithful swain did track her, All night the trail led on, And finally at the mountain top He looked, but she was gone. (6) As morning broke and lit the sky An eagle he did see: It circled 'round him thrice and cried. He knew now she was free. (Refrain) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... TYPE 7: Free Verse FREE VERSE- poetry that is written material freed from paragraph form and has rhythm but no rhyme EXAMPLE of a FREE VERSE poem: Ode to Job Job came down in a woosh, outstretched and gliding into the horizon. Blue shadowed flight arrested by the beckoning marsh. His greatness bears much yet not the anguish of ancient prophecy. Situated grievances weigh feathery on this long, strong back. Unconscious emotion numbs while time drifts out another sun salted day.