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Arts and Humanities
English
Literature
Types of Poems
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narrative poetry
poetry that tells a story
ballads
Song like poems that tell a story, often dealing with adventure and romance
epics
long narrative poems that tell the stories of heroes
dramatic poetry
poetry in which one or more characters speak
lyric poetry
poetry that expresses a speaker's personal thoughts and feelings
Haikus
Unrhymed poems of three lines and 17 syllables.
Sonnets
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
free verse
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
Ode
A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject.
Limerick
A five line poem in which lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme.
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