Types of Poetry

Narrative:
It's a type of pome that tells a story.
Agnes Hatot, by Henry Abbey

Ballads:
It's a story in a poem. Usually ballads are about love.
The Mermaid

Epic:
It's a poem that talks about heroes conquering evil. Usually epic poems are really long and written in a elegant language.
Hiawatha's Departure from The Song of Hiawatha

Lyric:
This type of poem expresses the feelings and thoughts of the poet.
Dying

Sonnets:
It's a fourteen line lyric poem that has a specific rhyming pattern and meter.
O thou my lovely boy - Sonnet 126

Elegies:
It's a sad and thoughtful poem about someone's death.
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

Free Verse:
It's a free style poem that doesn't have a specific rhyming pattern or a meter.
Song of Myself

Lines

Lines:
something that is arranged in a straight line. In poetry, lines are words arranged in a straight line.

Lines:
Here i'm in the cold of emptiness
sitting on a stair with a broken lot on my heart
though i'm dying in solitary comfort
i still miss to see her smile at me

Importance:
Lines help the poem to be more organized and easy to read. Lines help to create rhyme. Lines also help to organize syllables in a poem, which is mportant because different poems require different number of syllables in a line.

Symbol

Symbol:
It's an object or a person that represents something else.

Usage:
I want to drink poisons, to lose myself
in mists, in dreams!

Importance:
Symbols are very important in poems. Symbols make it easier for poets to hide their hidden meaning or a theme to a poem. Symbols also help the reader to imagine things more which helps imagery. Finally, symbols help to create simile and metaphors which make the reader think more about the poem.

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia:
Words that represent sounds.

Usage:
I'm getting married in the morning!
Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.

Importance:
Onomatopoeia is important because it allows poets to make it more interesting for young children. Onomatopoeia can be used to describe an animal, which helps imagery. Finally, onomatopoeia creates a lot of sound effects, thus it makes it more interesting for young children to read.

Assonance

Assonance:
When sounds in the middle of words sound similar.

Usage:
If I bleat when I speak it's because I just got . . . fleeced.

Importance:
Assonance is very similar to rhyme, so just like rhyme, assonance helps to create rhythm to a poem, which makes the poem more interesting, enjoyable and funny.