Types of Poetry: Forms, Characteristics and Devices

Poetry

1. Literary work which that expresses the feelings from the author and its written in verse.

   • TYPES
     • Dramatic
       • A dramatic poem includes dialogues or monologues,
     • Lyric
       • a lyric poem has musical rhythm, strong feelings and it could be also a song.
     • Narrative
       • A narrative poem tells a story written in verse.
   • FORMS
     • Villanelle
       • It's a nineteen lines long poem, divided into six stanzas. its rhyme scheme is: ABA, ABA, ABA, ABA,ABA, ABAA
     • Free Verse
       • a free poem, with no specific length, no specific rhyme scheme and written in verse.
     • Sonnet
       • Shakespearean Sonnet; its a fourteen lines long poem, written in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
       • Petrarchan Sonnet; its a fourteen lines long poem, written in an octet and with ABBA ABBA and a sestet with CDECDE
     • Tanka
       • its a five line poem, it also uses image from nature and it's written in 5/7/5/7/7
     • Haiku
       • its a tree line poem, originally from japan. Uses image from nature, it's written in 5/7/5
   • CHARACTERISTICS
     • Metaphor
       • is comparing something with a situation or an image that explains what the author is trying to say, without saying like.
     • Simile
       • comparing something with a situation or an image using like.
     • Hyperbole
       • exagerating an expression in order to make an image.
     • Personification
       • giving human qualities to something that does´nt have it.
     • Mood
       • is the way the writer evokes certain feelings or vibes.