Poetry Handbook: Structure Graphic Organizer
Poem types:
Descriptive Narrative Lyric
Describes actual events, people, places and things in a realistic way. Tells a story. Expresses deep feelings and emotions.
Forms included in these categories:
Narrative Lyric
Ballad
Epic
Limerick Sonnet
Elegy
Ode
Types of Rhyme:
End rhyme The sounds at the end of lines rhyme.
Internal rhyme The sounds within a line rhyme.
Eye rhyme The words look like they should rhyme, but when you say them aloud they don’t—like rough and though.
Slant rhyme The words share sounds but don’t quite rhyme—like above and blush
Identical rhyme The same word is repeated.
A rhyme scheme is labeled with letters.
Types of Stanza:
Two lines Couplet
Three lines Tercet
Four lines Quatrain
