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What are some types of poetry?

What are some types of poetry, specific types, like haikus. Describe them too :) thanks!


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A haiku is a poem that originated in Japan It has 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second and 5 in the third. Haikus can be about any subject but it is usually about nature or animals. There is free verse poem. which does not have any organized syllable count. A free verse poem can be about any subject. Then, there is the sonnet. It is a 14 line poem. The subject is usually about love. A sonnet always ends with two rhyming lines called a couplet. There is the elegy. It is a very solemn poem. usually written when someone dies. Another poem is called an ode which is a poem that praises something like the beauty of nature or something. There is the epic poem which is a very long poem about the problems or journey about a main character. The epic poem Beowulf is a good epic poem about a struggle. I hope that helps.