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Types of Poems
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8th Grade
06/05/2009
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narrative poem
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tells a story in verse
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lyric poem
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expresses thoughts and feelings though highly musical verse
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concrete poem
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poem is in the shape of the object it describes
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haiku
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Japanese verse poem 3 lines; 5-7-5 syllables; usually about nature
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couplet
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poem in which each stanza consists of two lines that rhyme
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free verse
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poetry not written in regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter. The poet is free to write lines of any length or with any number of stresses, or beats.
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