The+Forms+of+Poetry

=The Forms of Poetry=

Here is a list of the most familiar forms of poetry.

1. __**Free Verse**__ This is poetry that does not rhyme and has no regular rhythm. The poet creates the rules to express themselves.

2. __**Lyric Poetry**__ This poetry is personal and descriptive, it helps the reader feel through the senses. It has a melodic language that conveys a sense of song.

3. __**Narrative Poems**__ Tells a story or a sequence of events. The ballad is a song, and a type of narrative poetry. Very long narratives are called epics.

4. __**Limerick's**__ Are humorous poems that are structured in five lines. The first and second lines rhyme, as do the third and fourth. The fifith line yields a surprise ending or a humorous statement.

5. __**Cinquain**__ This refers to a five stanza poem. It is a form of syllabic verse, which means that the form is built on the number of syllables. The five lines of the cinquain have two, four, six eight, and two syllables.

6. __**Contrete Poems**__ These poems dramatically represent meaning not only by the way words sound but how they look. The poem takes the shape of the topic.

7. __**Found Poems**__ These are pieces of writing that were not intended as poems but appear in the environment for us to dicover. From a few sentences in a text you could rearrange it and make a poem.

8. __**Haiku Poems**__ This is a style of poetry that originated in Japan. No rhyme. It has three lines. The first line and the third lines are the same length and the middle one is a little longer. Frequently, a haiku has a syllable structure of five, seven, and five.

9. __**List Poem**__ This may be rhymed or not, short or long. It may list objects, a series of events, specific characters or any other set of items.

10.. __**Formula Poems**__ Writers insert words into a pre-established structure. Formula poems give students a sense of accomplishment because they can create a poem quickly.

11. __**Nursery Rhymes**__ Traditional rhymes that have been passed down over generations.

12. __**Word Play**__ Some poems play with words by juxtaposing interesting word patterns in a humorous and playful way. Tongue twisters are also included here.

13. __**Songs**__ Songs are musical texts originally intended to be sung.

14. __**Action Songs and Poems**__ Action poems involve action along with rhyme. An example is: I'm a Little Teapot. Jump-rope songs can also be included here.