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Types of poetry
Hello all I have typed this article up so that I could share all the forms of poetry I know of and have used with my dear fellow poets. I hope that they will help some of you.
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The Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet is a 14-line poem comprised of two sections: the octave and the sestet, or an 8-line section followed by a 6-line section. The octave’s rhyme scheme is abbaabba, followed by the sestet’s that is cdcdcd, or variations thereof. The volta, or turn, is an essential aspect of the sonnet form, and can be found in various lines—even in the final line. A shift in rhyme usually indicates a shift in subject.
The Spenserian sonnet is a 14-line poem comprised of three 4-line sections, each posing a different subject or idea, followed by a couplet. The rhyme scheme is: a b a b b c b c c d c d e e.
The English, or Shakespearen, sonnet also consists of 14 lines. It is said to be the more flexible form. It consists of three quatrains and a couplet, with the following rhyme scheme: ababcbcdefefgg (notice that there is a d without a rhyme).The volta is often found in line 9.
Traditional Haiku is, today, a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Each Haiku must contain a kigo, a season word, which indicate in which season the Haiku is set. For example, cherry blossoms indicate spring, snow indicate winter, and mosquitoes indicate summer, but the season word isn't always that obvious. It isn’t uncommon for haiku to included no season word. But these that do not fallow that pattern are called untraditional haiku though they still must fallow the 17 syllable verse format.
Tanka is the a old form of japenese poetry that is five lines bears a strong resembulece to haiku. Though that is should for it is the father of Haiku. It contains 31 syllable’s in its verses Consisting of a 5,7,57,and 7 pattern. These were more wide spread and carried messages that were political or about love .
Triolet is an 8 line poem. Every line has 8 syllables. The 1st, 4th and 7th lines are the same. 3rd and 5th lines rhyme with the 1st, 4th and 7th. 2nd and 8th lines are the same and the 6th line rhymes with them.
A Nonet is a 9 line short poem with the syllasble count of 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
per line. It starts with a 9 word line and ends with a one word line.
A Rondelet is a 7 line short poem with the 1st, 3rd and 7th lines repeating with 4 syllables and the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th lines are 8 syllables. The fourth line rhymes with the 1st, 3rd and 7th and the 5th and 6th lines rhyme with the 2nd.
Diamante is a seven-line, diamond shaped poem which contrasts two opposites.
First Line and seventh line - Name the opposites.
Second and sixth lines - Two adjectives describing the opposite nearest it.
Third and fifth lines - Three participles (ing words) describing the nearest
opposite.
Fourth line - two nouns for each of the opposites. This is the transition
point where the poem changes from one of the
opposites to the other.
Emotion poems fallow a pattern of this
1st line: An emotion and description of an emotion.
2nd line: I see.......
3rd line: I hear......
4th line: I smell......
5th line I touch.......
6th line I taste.......
Cinquin’s
First line - The title (one word)
2nd line - Describes the title (two words)
3rd line - Express action (three words)
4th line - A feeling or thought (four words)
5th line - A synonym for the title or a word close in meaning to it.
A Limerick is a nonsense form of verse that obeys a predictable form or pattern.a five-line verse in which the first and second lines rhyme; the third and fourth lines agree and the fifth line usually contains a surprise or humorous statement. The last line of the limerick is the most important; it is the punch-line on which the humour of the limerick hinges.
This is a form of verse called Rictameter. The 1st and last lines are the same words. Line 1= 2 syllables, line 2=4, line 3=6, line 4= 8, line 5= 10, line 6=8, line 7=6, line 8=4 and line 9 =2. So it's 2,4,6,8,10,8,6,4,2 syllables
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