Types of poems

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Ode
-Long lyrical poem, addressed to particular thing, person, place
-Generally uses similes, metaphors & imagery
-Expression of love to someone or something
-Romantic poems
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Sonnet
- 1, 14 line stanza poem
-Written in iambic pentameter
-"Sound or song"
-Italy
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Haiku
- Japanese poetry made of short, unrhymed lines
-Evokes natural imagery
- 5-7-5 syllable pattern
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Hymn
-Poem praising God or the devine
-Often a song
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Elegy
-Poem of serious reflection
-Lament of death
-Iambic pentameter
-ABAB rhyme scheme
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Narrative Ballads
-Poem that tells a story
-13 line stanzas
-ABABBCBC rhyme scheme
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- 1, 14 line stanza poem
-Written in iambic pentameter
-"Sound or song"
-Italy

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Sonnet

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- Japanese poetry made of short, unrhymed lines
-Evokes natural imagery
- 5-7-5 syllable pattern

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-Poem praising God or the devine
-Often a song

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-Poem of serious reflection
-Lament of death
-Iambic pentameter
-ABAB rhyme scheme

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