Types of Poetry Notes

Couplets

2 lines of poetry that go together

Stanza – A group of lines of poetry

Usually aa rhyme scheme

Free Verse

No specific pattern Poems can be very

short or very long No rhyme scheme Usually does not

rhyme

Haiku

Originated in Japan 17 syllables total MUST be ONLY 3

lines of poetry 5-7-5 pattern No special rhyme

scheme Has a theme of

Nature

Ballads

Very similar to songs MUST tell a story Has a repeating

‘chorus’ part Quatrain – 4 lines of

poetry that go together

– basically 2 couplets