Different Forms of Poetry

Did you know there are approximately 55 forms of poetry?  Some of us are stuck in thinking poems have to rhyme.  Here are some of the interesting and different renditions of poetry:

Cinquain:  Poetry with five lines.  The first line, line one, had one word using the title.
Line two has two words describing the title.
Line three has three words that tell of action
Line four had words expressing feeling
Line five as one word which recalls title.

The cinquain poem is little known outside the hardcore poet world.
This particular form of poetry can be very confusing for the novice and to say the least the professional too.

Elegy:  A sad, thoughtful poem about the passing of person
Narrative:  Poems that tell a story\
Tanka:  Japanese poetry with five lines.  First and third composed of five syllables and all other lines contain seven syllables


Now you know four very different forms of poetry.  Try to write one form shown.  It is a challenge that can soothe your soul.

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