Kinds of prose and poetry?

kinds of traditional poetry:

ballad:
ballad poems tell story. written in four-line stanzas; second , fourth lines rhyme.

miners long ago did find
skull rock on lake.
silver lay in open veins,
shining take.


cinquain:
cinquain poems arwe 5 lines long number of syllables or words in each line.

title (2 syllables/1 word)
description of title (4 syllables/2 words)
action title (6 syllables/3 words)
feeling title (8 syllables/4 words)
synonym title (2 syllables/1 words)


couplet:
two-line verse rhymes , expresses 1 thought.

, forth dancer whirled,
butterfly wings unfurled.


free verse:
poetry not include patterned rhyme or rhythm.


haiku:
type of japanese poetry nature; 3 lines long. first line 5 sllables; second, 7; , third 5.

sun moves on rubble,
weeds grow sideways in small cracks,
small vines cling walls.


limerick:
funny verse in 5 lines. lines one, two, , 5 rhyme, lines 3 , four. lines one, 2 , 5 have 3 stressed syllables; lines 3 , 4 have two.

there once chef named maurice
used way grease.
chicken fine;
fries divine;
dinners made me obese.


lyric:
song-like poem uses sensory details express personal feelings.

up! up! bright kites fly, oooh,
maroon, , yellow, , easy blue
on evening park.
think pull me too,
blue, easy blue,
far away dark.


quatrain:
four-line stanza. in example, first 2 lines rhyme, , second set of lines rhyme. in quatrains first , third lines rhyme, , second , fourth lines rhyme.

not far west of wyoming there lies
little town men despise.
streets once glittered gold
barren, dusty, , cold.


kind of invented poetry:

alphabet poetry:
alphabet poem uses part or of alphabet create funny list poem.

cats
don't
ever
fly (willingly)


concrete poetry:
poetry in shape or design helps express meaning or feeling of poem.

way school d
o
w
n
w d e streets
fullofbigpeople!!!!!


definition poetry:
poetry definesa word or idea creatively.

friendship

friendship stars in
sky. going
fly peace,
, moon shines
on while fly. walk
through sky , clouds. ,
share future in treasure
chest, topped diamonds. - jessamyn ansary


5 ws poetry:
each line in p[oem answers 1 of 5 ws (who? what? where? when? why?)


love blade
along venice beach
in middle of day
because people friendly , out of way.


list poetry:
poetry made list. title says list is.


name poetry:
called acrostic poem; formed using letters of name or word begin each line in poem.

fierce
righteous
energetic
dude


phrase poetry:
states idea list of phrases.

eating spaghetti
twirl of fork
, of spoon
mouth
before falls off


terse verse:
humorous verse made of 2 rhyming words have same number of syllables. title subject.

joke books kool-aid candy
smile pink sweet
file drink treat

if can give examples, great! tnx.

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