Different types of English poems There are types

Different types of English poems

There are types of poems

1. Sonnet 十四行诗 • A sonnet originated in Italy. • By the thirteenth century it signified a poem of fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme and specific structure. • English sonnets were introduced by Thomas Wyatt in the early 16 th century. • The usual rhyme scheme is end-rhymed a-b-a-b, c-dc-d, e-f-e-f, g-g. • Sonnets are particularly associated with love poetry, and often use a poetic diction heavily based on vivid imagery. • Example

The sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? 我怎么能够把你来比作夏天？ Thou art more lovely and more temperate 你不独比它可爱也比它温婉 Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, 狂风把五月宠爱的嫩蕊作践， And summer's lease hath all too short a date 夏天出凭的期限由未免太短

2. Tercet 同韵三行诗 • A tercet is composed of three lines of poetry. • Tercet originates from Italy, which was introduced into English poetry by Sir Thomas Wyatt in the 16 th century.

Ode to the West Wind(V) shally Make me the lyre, even as the forest is: What if my leaves are falling likes its own! the tumult of thy mighty harmonies

Roses are Red roses are red and violets are blue honey is sweet, but not as sweet as you

3. Quatrain 四行诗 • A quatrain is a type of stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines. • There are twelve possible rhyme schemes, but the most traditional and common are: AAAA, AABB, and ABAB.

AABB Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

4. Limerick 五行打油诗 • A limerick is a form of poetry, especially one in five-line anapestic meter with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA), which is sometimes obscene with humorous intent. • The first, second and fifth lines are usually longer than the third and fourth.

Edward Lear is one of the world's most favorite limerick writers because he helped bring them to fame. His limericks often consisted of stories about an old man: “There was an Old Man with a beard Who said, 'It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!’”

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