Types of Poems

Name these common verse forms.

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A comical, often bawdy five-line stanza form that originated in Ireland	Limerick
A three-line Japanese poem with exactly seventeen syllables, often reflecting on nature	Haiku
A fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter. Shakespeare published a collection of 154 of these	Sonnet
A poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word or message	Acrostic
Two lines that rhyme and have the same meter	Couplet
A poem focusing on nature and landscapes, often romanticizing a simple, rural lifestyle	Pastoral

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A melancholy, mournful, or seriously meditative poem	Elegy
A poem written in unrhymed, metrical lines, usually iambic pentameter. Adapted from Greek and Latin heroic verse	Blank verse
A lengthy narrative poem recounting heroic deeds	Epic
A narrative, melodious poem composed of rhyming quatrains. They were originally accompanied by music and dance	Ballad
A short lyric poem in praise of its subject	Ode
A poem created by rearranging or recontextualizing fragments of preexisting text to impart new meaning	Found poem