Poetry

(twenty) poetic forms

Rojeal Castro
 What is
Poetry is a type of literature based on the

POETRY?
interplay of words and rhythm. In poetry,
words are strung together to form sounds,
images and ideas that might be too complex
or abstract to describe directly.
Twenty Poetic
Forms
ACROSTIC COUPLET HAIKU
 Acrosti
A poem in which the first
letter of each words forms a

c
word - usually name - if read
downward
 Couple
two lines of poetry that

t
rhyme and usually from
one complete idea
 Haiku
A japanese three-line poetic
form - usually about nature -
with lines oof three, seven, and
five syllables, respectively
AND THANK
GOD
YOU