Poetic Forms ReviewOnline version Review the different forms of poetry we are studying in this unit. by Kristin Munson Ferruchie 1 Traditional 2 Organic 3 Limerick 4 Concrete 5 Haiku 6 Epic Simile 7 Extended Metaphor 8 Acrostic 9 Sonnet 10 Personification 11 Diamante 12 Irony Poetry with a set meter, rhyme scheme, and lines or stanzas. Examples are sonnets, limericks, acrostics, etc. Poetry that is freer in structure. Examples are irony and epic simile A short, comical poem containing 5 lines The poem's rhyme scheme is aabba A poem that manipulates the words and white space to create an image Outline and Drawing are examples a 3-line Japanese poem highlighting a moment in time in nature Follows the syllabic structure of 5-7-5 A multi-line comparison of two unlike things using like or as This poem may use than to illustrate the comparison A drawn out comparison of two unlike items A direct comparison of two different things Pay attention to initial letters of each line A word or phrase is spelled when read vertically a 14-line poem with a set rhyme scheme such as ababcdcdefefgg Usually written in iambic pentameter A poem that humanizes an object, animal, or idea A multiple line poem that uses human traits to describe an inanimate object An Italian poem in the shape of a diamond A 16-word poem that follows a set pattern of words It is not simply something unexpected or a character experiencing bad luck A poem that makes the reader expect one thing, but the opposite is true in reality