Styles+of+Poetry

=Types of Poetry.= Concrete free verse ode haiku Narrative poem dramatic poetry dialogue poetry sestina limericks   [|concrete] **(sometimes referred to visual poetry)** - poetry that the arrangement of words is as important in conveying the intended effect.    haiku - A haiku is a form of poetry that is composed of 17 syllables. these syllables are broken up in to 5 syllables in the first line, syllables in the second line and another 5 syllables <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">in the third line. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The haiku originated in Japan and was mainly based on nature or seasonal based topics. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
 * Acrostic**
 * acrostic ** - a poem that takes the shape of the object that it describes.
 * free verse** - poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
 * ode**- a historical poem meant to be sung.

   
 * narrative poetry -** poetry whose main function is to tell a story.
 * dramatic poetry** - an invented character not to be with the poet.
 * dialogue poetry** - in which two personae speak alternately.
 * sestina**- a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.

The Stanzas of a Sestina Stanza 1: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Stanza 2: 6 1 5 2 4 3 Stanza 3: 3 6 4 1 2 5 Stanza 4: 5 3 2 6 1 4 Stanza 5: 4 5 1 3 6 2 Stanza 6: 2 4 6 5 3 1 Tercet: Variable
 * Limericks-** are short sometimes bawdy, humorous poems of consisting of five [|Anapaestic] lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 of a Limerick have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another. Lines 3 and 4 have five to seven syllables and also rhyme with each other.