Types of Poems

A comical, often bawdy five-line stanza form that originated in Ireland

A three-line Japanese poem with exactly seventeen syllables, often reflecting on nature

A fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter. Shakespeare published a collection of 154 of these

A poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word or message

Two lines that rhyme and have the same meter

A poem focusing on nature and landscapes, often romanticizing a simple, rural lifestyle

A melancholy, mournful, or seriously meditative poem

A poem written in unrhymed, metrical lines, usually iambic pentameter. Adapted from Greek and Latin heroic verse

A lengthy narrative poem recounting heroic deeds

A narrative, melodious poem composed of rhyming quatrains. They were originally accompanied by music and dance

A short lyric poem in praise of its subject

A poem created by rearranging or recontextualizing fragments of preexisting text to impart new meaning