Poetic Forms + Poetic Devices

Tone

How the author feels about the topic they are writing about.

Mood

How the writing makes the reader feel when reading.

Haiku

A type of poem that has 3 lines, 17 total syllables (5, 7, 5), and is usually about nature.

Limerick

A type of poem that has 5 lines, is usually funny or silly, and has an AABBA rhyme scheme.

Ballad

A type of poem that has a refrain (chorus), tells a story, has rhyme, and is songlike.

Free Verse

A type of poem that has no rules.

Repetition

Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect or emphasis.

Rhyme

Recurring similar sounds at the end of lines

Rhyme Scheme

Pattern of rhyme in a poem, represented by letters in alphabetical order

Rhythm

The beat of the poem.

Stanza

A group of lines within a larger poem, set off by a space (like a paragraph).

Refrain

A repeated stanza (like a chorus).

Haiku

In the pale moonlight

purple wisteria's scent

comes from far away

Haiku

Delightful display

Snowdrops bow their pure white heads

To the sun's glory.

Limerick

A bridge engineer, Mr. Crumpett,

Built a bridge for the good River Bumpett.

A mistake in the plan

Left a gap in the span,

But he said, "Well, they'll just have to jump it."

Limerick

How awkward when playing with glue

To suddenly find out that you

Have stuck nice and tight

Your left hand to your right

In a permanent how-do-you-do!