TYPES OF POEMS

Dayana Fortich and Abigail Acosta

 SONNETS
 Is a poem in a specific form which was originated
in Italy
 Giacomo da Lentini is credited with its invention.
 The term sonnet is derived from the Italian
word sonetto from Old Provençal sonet a little poem,
from son song, from Latin sonus a sound.
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A sonnet is simply a poem written in a certain format. You can
identify a sonnet if the poem has the following characteristics:
 All sonnets have 14 lines which can be broken down into four
sections called quatrains.
 A strict rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean
sonnet is ABAB / CDCD / EFEF / GG
 Written in iambic Pentameter, a poetic meter with 10 beats per
line made up of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables.
 EPIGRAMS

 Is a short but insightful statement, often in verse form, which communicates a

thought in a witty, paradoxical, or funny way.
 Epigrams show that the truth can be conveyed concisely and wittily.
 Whereas many writers and speakers take time, effort, and space to make the truth
known, epigrams take advantage of brevity.
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 ACROSTIC
 An acrostic is a series of lines in which certain letters—usually the first in
each line—forms a name or a message when read in sequence.
 A memory device as well as a type of verbal play, the acrostic has been a
popular form of entertainment for over 2,500 years.
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