Types of Poetry

Narrative
Narrative is a type of poem that tells a story

EXAMPLE
Aver Maria
by Alfred Austin

In the ages of Faith, before the day
When the men were too proud to weep or pray,
There stood in a red-roofed Brenton town
Snugly nestled 'twixt sea dan down,
A chapel for simple souls to meet,
Nightly, and sing with voices sweet,
Ave Maria!
(I only copied part of the poem)

Ballad
Ballad is a poem that is like a folk tale and it can sometime be sung as a song

EXAMPLE 

Ballade to Our Lady of Czestochowa 

by Hilaire Belloc

I

Lady and Queen and Mystery manifold
And very Regent of the untroubled sky,
Whom in a dream St. Hilda did behold
And heard a woodland music passing by:
You shall receive me when the clouds are high
With evening and the sheep attain the fold.
This is the faith that I have held and hold,
And this is that in which I mean to die.
( I only copied part of the poem)

Epic
Epic is a poem that talks about heroes or heroine

EXAMPLE
The Iliad Odyssey: The Summary Of A Manby Terence George Craddock
Odysseus indeed in spoils of war
with cunning brave heart, cleverly won,
many a fair desirable noble women
while his wife loyally waited, on Ithaca,
 (I only copy part of the poem)

Lyrics
Lyrics is a poem that is spoke by 1 person about the feelings they have.

EXAMPLE
My Heart Sings
by Joe Fazio 

In the song of life, all lyrics need a melody.

You are the lyric and you are the melody.
You are the lyric of my heart and of my soul.

The beauty of the rose, speaks a lyric of love.
Love, speaks a lyric of you.

The silent lyric of goodness, echoes from within you.
My heart, speaks the lyric of love...to only you.

Let the words...the lyric...that bind, pass between us.
Let the lyric, of you...of me...be as one.

A million words I can speak of you and the lyrics
would be the same...I love you now. I always will 

Assonance

Assonance is sounds that sound the same

EXAMPLE

on a proud round cloud in white high night

Significant - Assonance makes the poems more interesting when you read it out loud. It makes reader wants to read more and it makes the reader thinks more.

Alliteration

Alliteration is when the first letters repeat on 1 line.

EXAMPLE

Long Leg Lizzy Love Lollipop

Significant - It makes the poem sounds fun because the words twist when readers read it aloud.

Tone

Tone is the way poems sound like when read aloud

EXAMPLE

Friend and Lover

Gentle and kind

you're on my mind.

Sure and strong

don't mind being wrong.

So alive and aware

you always care.

Open and true

you help when I'm blue.

Friend and lover

you're like no other.

+ This poem make me want to say "AWWW" when I read it. I think it's sweet.

Significant - It gives feelings to the poem and when readers read it, they have the same feeling.

Onomotopoeia

Onomotopoeia is words that sound like sounds

EXAMPLE

"Ah!" I yealled when I saw a dead cockcroach on the floor.


Significant -  Helps the poem sounds alive. It also helps you imagine things easier 

Symbol

Symbol is something represent something

EXAMPLE

red - blood/war

pink - love

-Significant - Symbols make poems interesting to read and discover it's real meaning

Meter

Meter is a pattern of stress and unstressed syllables.

EXAMPLE

Daily, daily, / sing to Mary

  v /     v /        v    /   v /

- v = Stressed

- /  = Unstressed

Significant - Meter makes the poem sounds like a song.

Lines

Lines are lines in a poem

EXAMPLE

Slicing Salami

by Denise Rodgers

The strangest strange stranger I've me in my life -> 1st Line

was the man who made use of his nose as a knife. -> 2nd Line

He's slice up salami, tomatoes and cheese -> 3rd Line

at the tip of his nose with phenomenal ease. -> 4th Line

He'd buy food in bulk at incredible prices

and then use his nose to reduce it to slices.

His wife ran away and I know that he'll miss her.

The woman was frightened that one day he'd kiss her!

- This poem have 8 lines.

Significant - Lines help readers knows where to read for example : mr Patrick said "San, read the 15th line". San will know where to read. instead of mr Patrick reading the whole sentence or come to San and point out.

This poem have 2 lines