Home
FAQ
About
Log in
Subscribe now
Java Games:
Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search.
Structured Poems
Tools
Copy this to my account
E-mail to a friend
Find other activities
Start over
Return to class page
Help
A
B
ballad
a song-like poem that is narrative in style(tells a story)
free verse
poetry not written in a regular meter(rhythmic pattern)
couplet
a pair of rhyming lines
quatrain
four line stanza
limerick
five lines
haiku
three lines
haiku
about nature
limerick
originated in Ireland
free verse
poet is free to write lines of any length and with any number of stresses syllables
free verse
most common form of poetry
ballad
usually about romance or adventure
ballad
contains rhythm, rhyme and refrain
limerick
about funny events with absurd endings
limerick
rhyme scheme AABBA
haiku
syllable patern 5,7,5
haiku
non-rhyming Japanese poem
Ms. Erin McGrann
This activity was created by a Quia Web subscriber.
Learn more about Quia
Create your own activities