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Genres and Types of Poem - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Definition: It mainly describes a subject in a great detail, whether it be a person/human, animals, or even an inanimate object. Also it describes the world around the poet.
      - Example of Poetry: Haiku, Limerick, Elegy, Ode, Blank Verse, Free Verse
      - Descriptive Poetry
    - - Definition: It highly musical verse that conveys powerful feelings and strong thoughts and emotions of the poets.
      - Example of Poetry: Ballad
      - Lyric Poetry
    - - Narrative Poetry
      - Example of Poetry: Epic, Free Verse, Blank Verse
      - Definition: It tells story through verse, it has character, plot and settings. Present a series of event through a dialogue and it have the narrator who who relates the whole story.
- - - - Limerick:
      - A single stanza poem, that has to consists of 5 lines. The rhyme scheme of a Limerick poem is AABBA
    - - Elegy:
      - A poem that has 4 lines (quatrain) and usually reflects upon death, mourning, or loss. Each line of the poem is written in iambic pentameter, and the rhyme scheme of the poem is ABAB
    - - Haiku:
      - A type of poem that consists of 3 lines, and has 17 syllables in total. The first and third line has 5 syllables, and the second line has 7 syllables. The rhyme scheme of Haiku poems is ABA
    - - Ode:
      - A poem that has 3-5 stanzas, and each stanza has 10 lines each. This type of poem praises a certain event, person, or idea, and the rhyme scheme of the poem is ABABCDECDE
    - - Sonnet:
      - A poem that has 14 lines, where these 14 lines are divided into 4 subgroups. The first three subgroups have 4 lines (quatrain) each, and then the poem concludes with a two line subgroup. There are 10 syllables per line, which are phrased in iambic parameter. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
    - - Ballad:
      - A poem that has three main stanzas, and one quatrain. The first three stanzas of eight line stanzas, and the rhyme scheme of this poem is ABABBCBC ABABBCBC ABABBCBC BCBC
    - - Blank Verse
      - An un-rhyming verse that written in iambic pentameter, has no any fixed line and its often used in descriptive and reflective poems.
    - - Free Verse:
      - This poem has no restrictions or limitations of a regular rhythm and does not rhyme, yet it still provides artistic expression
    - - Epic:
      - A poem that focuses on an adventure of a hero. It is written in a formal, elevated, dignified style, and is written in a third-person view