Poetic Styles
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Descriptive Poetry
◦ Notable for its vividness.
◦ -Uses descriptions that appeal to the _______
◦ -Engages the imagination
Poetic Styles Con’t
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Narrative Poetry
◦ Tells a ____________________
◦ -Concerned with
________________________________
Poetic Styles Con’t
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Reflective Poetry
◦ Searches for deep _______________ and
poses the questions of existence.
◦ -Contemplates life & what it means to be
___________
◦ -Eg. Who am I? Is there an ultimate purpose
to life? What is the nature of happiness?
Structure of Poetry
Rhyme Schemes are described USING
LETTERS that correspond to sets of rhymes.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, A
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; A
All the king’s horses, and all the king’s men, B
Couldn’t put Humpty together again. B
• The Rhyme Scheme for this poem is:
___________________
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Structure of Poetry
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Meter – a.k.a. rhythm
◦ The pattern of beats or stresses
◦ Can be specific and consistent
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Iambic Pentameter
◦ Is a line of poetry with 5 iambic feet in a row.
◦ The MOST COMMON meter in English
poetry
Types of Poetry
 Sonnet
◦ A fourteen line poem in iambic pentameter
◦ Its subject is traditionally that of ______.
◦ 2 Kinds:
 Petrarchan
 Italian, octave (8 lines) & sestet (6 lines)
 Rhyme scheme is ababcdcd then cdecde
 Shakesperian
 No octave/sestet structure
 Rhyme scheme is ababcdcdefefgg
Types of Poetry Con’t
 Villanelle
◦ Poem of ________ lines
◦ Has 5 stanzas, each of three lines, with a final
one of four lines
◦ 1st line of 1st stanza is repeated as the last line
of the 2nd and 4th stanzas
◦ 3rd line of the 1st stanza is repeated as the last
line of the 3rd and 5th stanzas
◦ These 2 lines are the last 2 lines of the poem
◦ Rhyme scheme is ________
Types of Poetry Con’t
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Ballad
◦ A song-like poem that tells a story (_________)
◦ Four to Six line __________
◦ Regular rhythm and rhyme schemes
◦ “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” by Oscar Wilde
Types of Poetry Con`t
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Concrete Poem
◦ A Poem whose form represents its subject or
_____________.
(Soda Pop)
Types of Poetry Con’t…
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Elegy
◦ A poem whose purpose is to express grief or
sorrow for the dead. Often read at __________
VS.

Eulogy (Not poetry)
◦ A plain language ________ whose purpose is
to express sorrow or grief for the dead. Also
read at funerals.
Types of Poetry Con`t
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Ode
◦ Poem written to celebrate an event, a person, a
thing, a being, a power, an object etc.
◦ Horatian Odes: follow a regular stanza pattern
and rhyme scheme
◦ Irregular Odes: No set stanza or rhyme scheme
Assignment
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Write your own Ode or Elegy
◦ It must be at least 12 lines
◦ Can be about anything or anyone
◦ Can be serious (tribute to someone you
love/loved)
◦ It can be humorous (a tribute to something
unusual)
◦ Due. Tuesday, November 22nd