This document provides an introduction to different types of poetry. It discusses characteristics of poetry such as using words and sounds to create images and reveal feelings. Specific forms of poetry mentioned include limericks, haiku, cinquain, ABC poems, acrostic poems, concrete poems, and more. Examples are given for many types to illustrate their defining features like syllable patterns and line structures.

1. INTRODUCTION TO POETRYZAK - SASER 2010

2. What is poetry? a genre that is very different from prose and drama.

3. is distinguished by moving us deeply.

4. an expression of a vision that is rendered in a form intelligible and pleasurable to others and so likely to arouse kindred emotions. ZAK - SASER 2010

5. Uses words, pictures, to build sensory impressions and create imagesPlays with the sounds of words and rhythms of phrasesCharacteristics of a poemUsually intended to be read aloudCompresses ideasMeant to reveal the poet’s feelingsTells about ordinary eventsMay stir up readers’ feelingsZAK - SASER 2010

6. Limericks short sometimes bawdy, humorous

7. five lines. Lines 1, 2, & 5 - 7 to 10 syllables and rhyme with one another.

8. Lines 3 & 4 - 5 to 7 syllables & also rhyme with each other.