ap lit types of poem quiz

subjective, reflective poetry with regular rhyme scheme and meter that reveals a poet’s thoughts and feelings to create a single, unique impression

nondramatic, objective verse with regular rhyme scheme and meter that relates a story

a rigid 14-line verse form, with variable structure and rhyme scheme according to type

elaborate lyric verse that deals seriously with a dignified theme

unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter

unrhymed lines without regular rhythm

a long, dignified narrative poem that gives the account of a hero important to his nation or race

a lyric poem in which the speaker tells an audience about a dramatic moment in his life and reveals his character

a poem of lament, meditating on the death of an individual

a simple, narrative verse that tells a story to be sung or recited: folk is anonymously handed down while literary has a single author

lyric poem describing the life of the shepherd in pastoral, bucolic, and idealistic terms

a French vere form, strictly calculated to appear simple and spontaneous; five tercets and a final quatrain, rhyming aba aba aba aba aba abaa. Lines 1, 6, 12, 18 and 3, 9, 15, 19 are refrain

a general category of poetry written to entertain, such as lyric poetry, epigrams, and limericks. It can also have a serious side, as in parody or satire

Japanese verse in three lines of give, seven, and five syllables, often depicting a delicate image

humorous nonsense-verse in five anapestic lines rhyming aabba, a-lines being trimeter and b-lines dimeter

lyric example

narrative example

three quatrains and concluding couplet in iambic pentameter

an octave and a sestet, between which a break in thought occurs

Shakespearean sonnet example

Italian sonnet example

ode example

blank verse example

free verse example

epic example

dramatic monologue example

elegy example

ballad example

idyll example

villanelle example

Light verse example