types of poems
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ballad
A ballad is any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody. It's a simple narrative poem of folk origin (and passed on to the next generation), composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing.
elegy
An elegy is a sad poem, often about someone who has died. It is poetry or a poem written in couplets or stanzas.
couplet
A couplet is two lines of poetry which come next to each other, especially two lines that typically rhyme with each other and are the same length/ rhythm. They make up a unit or complete thought.
limerick
A limerick is a comic verse, containing five anapestic.
epigram
An epigram is a short, often satirical/sarcastic poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty or ingenious turn of thought.
ode
An ode is a lyric poem, typically one in the form of an address to a particular subject, written in varied or irregular metre. It's a classical poem of a kind originally meant to be sung. Often it is used to praise a person, animal or thing and it expresses deep feeling. In Greek the word means to sing or chant.
sonnet
Shakespeare's sonnets are written predominantly in a menter called iambic pentameter, a rhyme scheme in which each line consists of ten syllables. The syllables are divided into five pairs called iambs or iambic feet. An iamb is a metrical unit made up of one unstressed followed by one stressed syllable. They use a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef, followed by an ending couplet of two lines with a rhyme scheme of gg.
epic
An epic poem is a long narrative poem that is usually about heroic deeds and events that are significant to the culture of the poet. Many ancient writers used epic poetry to tell tales of intense adventures and heroic feats.
