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Elegy An elegy is a poem that states a poet’s sadness about the death of an important person. In “O Captain, My Captain,” Walt Whitman writes about the death of Abraham Lincoln.

Epic An epic is a long story poem that describes the adventures of a hero. “The Odyssey” by Homer is a famous epic about the Greek hero Odysseus.

Free Verse Free verse is poetry that does not require meter (regular rhythm) or a rhyme scheme.

Haiku Haiku is a type of Japanese poetry that presents a picture of nature. A haiku poem is three lines in length. The first line is five syllables; the second, seven; and the third, five.

    I shovel the snow

    from my walk and from the perch

    of my birdfeeder

        —Rob King

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