Types of Poems
TYPES OF NARRATIVE POEMS
◼Ballad - a long narrative poem that rhymes
▪As you might guess, this form started out as a song.
▪It was a way to tell stories before many people could read or write.
TYPES OF NARRATIVE POEMS
◼Ballad - a long narrative poem that rhymes
◼Epic Poem - a narrative poem about a hero’s adventure.
▪Usually the hero encounters monsters
EPIC POEM
A long narrative
poem about a
hero’s adventure.
Usually the hero encounters
a monster of some sort.
OTHER FORMS OF POETRY
Sonnet - tends to be formal and elegant.
◼Shakespeare wrote the most well-known sonnets.
OTHER FORMS OF POETRY
◼William Shakespeare wrote the most well-known sonnets.
▪ Shakespearean sonnets follow specific rules:
▪ they must have 14 lines
▪ should have a rhyme scheme of ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Sound Devices
Consonance
The repetition of consonant
sound within or at the end
of a word
Figurative Language
Personification
Giving human qualities to non-human things
Simile:
comparison of
two unlike
things using
“like” or “as”