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Types of Poetry

These are just a very few examples of different types of poetry. Most of the definitions have at least one example of each particular type of poetry for better understanding. All examples were provided by the members of Shadow Poetry or previous Egroup. More definitions for related poetry items may be found in the Shadow Poetry Handbook (link located above). As a bonus, we feature poetry forms created by selected poets as new and challenging writing styles. Try not only the traditional forms, but some of the rewarding invented formats as well!


Types of Poetry
  bullet   Acrostic   bullet   Ballad   bullet   Cinquain   bullet   Clerihew
  bullet   Diamante   bullet   Didactic   bullet   Epic   bullet   Epigram
  bullet   Epitaph   bullet   Etheree   bullet   Fable   bullet   Free Verse
  bullet   Ghazal   bullet   Haiku   bullet   Kyrielle   bullet   Kyrielle Sonnet
  bullet   Lanturne   bullet   Limerick   bullet   Minute Poetry   bullet   Mirrored Refrain
  bullet   Monody   bullet   Monorhyme   bullet   Naani   bullet   Nonet
  bullet   Ode   bullet   Ottava Rima   bullet   Palindrome   bullet   Pantoum
  bullet   Quatern   bullet   Quatrain   bullet   Quinzaine   bullet   Rispetto
  bullet   Rondeau   bullet   Rondel   bullet   Rondelet   bullet   Sedoka
  bullet   Senryu   bullet   Septolet   bullet   Sestina   bullet   Shape Poetry
  bullet   Song   bullet   Sonnet   bullet   Tanka   bullet   Terza Rima
  bullet   Terzanelle   bullet   Tetractys   bullet   Tongue...   bullet   Triolet
  bullet   Tyburn   bullet   Villanelle   bullet     bullet  


Invented Poetry Types
  bullet   The 7/5 Trochee   bullet   A L'Arora   bullet   Alliterisen   bullet   The Alouette
  bullet   The Blitz Poem   bullet   The Brevette   bullet   Cascade   bullet   Christ-in-a-Rhyme
  bullet   CinqTroisDecaLa   bullet   Clarity Pyramid   bullet   Constanza   bullet   The Compound Word...
  bullet   Decuain   bullet   Diatelle   bullet   Duo-rhyme   bullet   Epulaeryu
  bullet   Essence   bullet   The Florette   bullet   The Florette (Form No. 2)   bullet   Jeffreys Sonnet
  bullet   Joseph's Star   bullet   Harrisham Rhyme   bullet   HexSonnetta   bullet   Inverted Refrain
  bullet   La'libertas   bullet   Lannet   bullet   La’Tuin   bullet   Lento
  bullet   Licentia Rhyme Form   bullet   Line Messaging   bullet   Loop Poetry   bullet   Mini-monoverse
  bullet   Memento   bullet   The Mirror Sestet   bullet   Monchielle   bullet   Monotetra
  bullet   Musette   bullet   Nove Otto   bullet   Octameter   bullet   Octelle
  bullet   Oddquain   bullet   Paradelle   bullet   Parallelogram de...   bullet   The Pictorial
  bullet   Pleiades   bullet   Puente   bullet   Quadrilew   bullet   RemyLa Rhyme Form
  bullet   Rictameter   bullet   Shadow Sonnet   bullet   Spirit’s Vessel   bullet   Staccato
  bullet   Swap Quatrain   bullet   Synchronicity   bullet   The Tableau   bullet   Tri-fall
  bullet   Trijan Refrain   bullet   Trilonnet   bullet   Trinet   bullet   Triquain
  bullet   Triquatrain   bullet   Triquint   bullet   Trois-par-Huit   bullet   Trolaan
  bullet   Vers Beaucoup   bullet   Villonnet   bullet   Wrapped Refrain   bullet   Wrapped Refrain No. 2
  bullet   ZaniLa Rhyme   bullet     bullet     bullet  

If you are having trouble finding that perfect rhyme or a better word for your poem, visit the RhymeZone.


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