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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