Common Types of Poetry
Common Types of Poetry
Common Types of Poetry
THEIR TYPES
At the end of the lesson, you're
able to:
1.) Write a poem with
Lesson rhymes.
Objectives
2.) Write poem without
rhymes.
SONNET
HAIKU
ODE
LIMERICK
EPIC
BALLAD
BLACK VERSE
& FREE VERSE
SONNET And
it's TYPE
SONNET
A sonnet is "a 14-line poem
that expresses a single
theme or idea" wherein "the
first eight lines pose a
question or dilemma that is
resolved in the final six lines."
The term for the eight lines is
called the octave while the
six lines is called the sestet.
PETRARCHAN SONNET
(Page 52-53)
EPIC
EPIC
An epic is "a long narrative poem
in a dignified style about the
deeds of a traditional or historical
hero featuring formal narrative
clements." Epics en- compass
heroic stories based on
legendary cultural figures or even
mythologi- cal ones. They are
also created following specific
poetic measurements and.
EXAMPLE
BALL AD
BALLAD
Often meant to be sung, a ballad
narrates a very simple story, and it
is recognizable through the refrain
that keeps on repeating at various
parts throughout the piece. A
refrain is defined as "a phrase
repeated at intervals throughout a
poem" but some poems have
whole lines or even, stanzas re
peated as a refrain.
Found on the next page is an example from Rudyard
Kipling, the same author who brought us the literary
character Mowgli from The Jungle Book "Gunga Din"
features the persona of an English soldier talking
about an Indian water carrier during the era of British
India. It is evident in the poem's diction that Kipling
used informal language, mimicking the slang of the
era in his piece.
GUNGA DIN
BLACK
VERSE
BLACK VERSE
The blank verse is different
because it is a kind of poem that
follows specihe meter
measurements but without the
use of rhyme. The reason why it
was mentioned that the iambic
pentameter as the most popular
measurement of poetry in
Western literature is because of
the blank verse.
It uses this specific measurement as seen in many
poems written by writers in the Western canon such
as John Milton ("Paradise Lost"), Alfred Tennyson
("Ulysses"), and others. Even William Shakespeare
used it in his plays like The Tempest. Christopher
Marlowe's play called Doctor Faustus also used the
blank verse extensively.
FREE VERSE
FREE VERSE
Free verse is "poetry that lacks
regular metrical and rhyme patterns
but tries to capture the cadences of
everyday speech." Poets can freely
feel and create their own rhythmical
effects that one single poem could
have. There are also no strict rules
in writing free verse, so poets can
explore how to do their line breaks.
GEOLOGY
(page 56-57)
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