Types of poems
by Sarah Martin
1. senses
1.1. A poem the is six lines
2. sonnet
2.1. A 14 line poem that sets up a problem and offers a solution.
3. ballad
3.1. A folk song usually about love and/or adventure.
4. haiku
4.1. A lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables.
5. Blank Verse
5.1. Blank verse is poetry written with a precise meter—almost always iambic pentameter—that does not rhyme
6. Elegies
6.1. An elegy is a poem that reflects upon death or loss. Traditionally, it contains themes of mourning, loss, and reflection. However, it can also explore themes of redemption and consolation
7. Epics
7.1. An epic poem is a lengthy, narrative work of poetry. These long poems typically detail extraordinary feats and adventures of characters from a distant past.
8. lyric poem
8.1. A poem that reveals and emotional moment in life.
9. narrative poem
9.1. A poem that tells a story with charters, a plot, etc.
10. limerick
10.1. A light, humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy Irish song of five anapestic lines.
11. Free Verse
11.1. Free verse is not prose set out in lines. Like other sorts of poetry, it is language organised for its musical effects of rhythm and sound
12. Rhyme Poem
12.1. In contrast to blank verse, rhymed poems rhyme by definition, although their scheme varies.
13. Ode
13.1. Much like an elegy, an ode is a tribute to its subject, although the subject need not be dead—or even sentient, as in John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”.
