| A | B |
|---|
| lyric poetry | expresses thoughts and feelings of a single speaker |
| narrative poetry | poetry that tells a story |
| ballads | songlike poems that tell a romantic or adventurous story |
| free verse | poetry defined by the LACK of a strict structure |
| haiku | 3-line Japanese poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern |
| rhyming couplets | pairs of rhyming lines |
| limericks | humorous 5-line Irish poetry |
| concrete poem | poetry that takes on the shape of its subject |
