POETRY FORMATS

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT FORMATS FOR POETRY

• Sonnet
• Limerick
• Haiku
• Epic
• Free verse

SONNETS

• Typically a sonnet has 14 lines that have a specific rhyme scheme.
• There are three main types of sonnets which are: the Italian (or Petrarchan) sonnet, the English (or Shakespearean) sonnet, and the Spenserian sonnet. They get there name from the poets that made them famous.

LIMERICK

• short and fun five-line poem with a distinctive rhythm
• The first, second and fifth lines are longer than the third and fourth lines.

HAIKU

• Japanese origin
• It has 3 lines in which have 17 syllables.
• Typically the first line has 5 syllables the next line has 7 and the last one have 5.
• Usually are about nature and a specific season

EPIC

• Lengthily poem, narrative
• Centered around some type of hero whether it’s a legendary hero or a conventional hero
• tells about the hero’s adventures and accomplishments

FREE VERSE

• Don’t follow rules
• Rhyming, syllable count, punctuation, number of lines, number of stanzas, and line formation doesn’t matter, it can be anyway the author wants it to be
• The one thing that needs to be done in a free verse poem is showing your thoughts and emotions and getting your point across
• There is no wrong or right way of creating a free verse poem

SITES

• Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poems/other
• Teachers over the years
• Me, myself, and I