Poetry and Its Forms

A sonnet is a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme.

Meter is the repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

Leaves of Grass is a collection of free verse poems written by Walt Whitman.

Rhyme is the literary device that uses words with similar sounds at the end of lines.

The Red Wheelbarrow is a haiku written by William Carlos Williams.

A narrative poem is a type of poem that tells a story.

Ode to a Nightingale is a lyric poem written by John Keats.

A dramatic poem is a type of poem that is performed by actors.

Paradise Lost is an epic poem written by John Milton.

Synonym is the literary device that uses words with similar meanings.

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night is a villanelle written by Dylan Thomas.

An epigram is a type of poem that consists of three stanzas of four lines each.

There was an Old Man with a Beard is a limerick.

Antonym is the literary device that uses words with opposite meanings.

In Memory of W.B. Yeats is an elegy written by W.H. Auden.