TYPES OF

POETRY
 NARRATIVE POETRY
The Saber-Toothed
Huggle
On the way to
school I met
A monster all
fluffy and blue
He wasn’t a lost
pet
And he was about 6
When he asked to
go and fly a kite
‘Of course!’ said
my teacher
We felt the wind
pull the kite
string
We smelt BBQ on
the breeze
We played on the
swings
And then climbed
SUBTYPES OF NARRATIVE
POETRY:
1. BALLAD
Ballad of the Cool Fountain
Fountain, coolest fountain,
Cool fountain of love,
Where all the sweet birds come for
comforting-but one,
A widow turtledove,
Sadly sorrowing,
At once the nightingale,
That wicked bird came by
2. EPIC
LYRIC POETRY
SUBTYPES OF LYRIC POETRY:
1. ODE
2. SONNET
3. ELEGY
DESCRIPTIVE POETRY
OTHER TYPES OF POETRY:
1. HAIKU
2. LIMERICK
3. FREE VERSE
4. HUMUROUS
5. ACROSTIC