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Poetry Forms

Poetry Forms. Poetry falls into two major categories: narrative , which tells a story , and lyric , which gives a personal impression or feeling. Narrative Poetry. The Ballad--Narrative. One of earliest poetry forms, originally set to music Simple

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Poetry Forms

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  1. Poetry Forms

  2. Poetry falls into two major categories:narrative, which tells a story,and lyric, which gives a personal impression or feeling.

  3. Narrative Poetry

  4. The Ballad--Narrative • One of earliest poetry forms, originally set to music • Simple • Contain dialogue, repetition, minor characterization • Written in quatrains • Basic rhyme scheme (A, B, C, B) • Refrain (adds to songlike quality) • Meter: two lines of iambic tetrameter alternating with two lines of iambic trimeter

  5. The Ballad—Subject Matter • Life of a folk hero (i.e. Robin Hood) • Retelling of historical event • The supernatural • Disasters • Good and evil • Love and loss

  6. The Dramatic Monologue-Narrative • Popular during Victorian Era • Episode in speaker’s life revealed through a conversation • Speech reveals feelings, actions, and/or motives • Directed towards a silent audience • Speaker’s words usually in response to some critical situation • Tries to communicate the whole story by relating part of it

  7. Lyric Poems

  8. The Lyric—Obviously Lyric • In ancient Greece, sung, accompanied by a lyre • Highly personal and emotional • Both simple or elevated (ode, elegy, sonnets) • Subjective, melodious, reflective (tone) • Relatively short

  9. The Sonnet—Lyric • Most popular “fixed” form of poetry • Usually iambic pentameter • Always fourteen lines • Three types: Petrarchan (Italian), Spenserian, and Shakespearean (English/Elizabethan)

  10. The Petrarchan Sonnet A B B A This forms an octave. A B B A (At this point is the VOLTA, or shift/turn.)

  11. The Petrarchan Sonnet C This forms a sestet D Types of VOLTAS E --general to specific C --comparison & contrast D --question & answer E --cause & effect --before & after

  12. The Spenserian Sonnet A B A B This forms a quatrain. B C B C This forms a quatrain.

  13. The Spenserian Sonnet C D C D This forms a quatrain. E This forms a couplet (a E rhyming couplet to be exact).

  14. The Shakespearean Sonnet A B A B This forms a quatrain. C D C D This forms a quatrain.

  15. The Shakespearean Sonnet E F E F This forms a quatrain. G This forms a couplet G (a rhyming couplet).

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