Friday, February 10, 2006

Ode to Salt by Pablo Neruda

Poem of the day:"Ode to Salt" by Pablo Neruda

Copy poetry forms:

Ballad: story poem, often sung
Lyric: poem with one narrator or one voice or one speaker
Free verse: no specific rhyme scheme or meter
Blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter
Ode: praise poem
Sonnet: 14 lines of rhymed iambic pentameter (10 syllables each line)
Epic: long story poem
Elegy: poem that honors someone’s passing (death)
Narrative: story poem

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