Types of poems

1. haiku

1.1. A lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables.

2. sonnet

2.1. A 14 line poem that sets up a problem and offers a solution.

3. concrete poem

3.1. A poem that looks on the page like the subject it is about.

4. ballad

4.1. A folk song usually about love and/or adventure.

5. lyric poem

5.1. A poem that reveals and emotional moment in life.

6. narrative poem

6.1. A poem that tells a story with charters, a plot, etc.

7. limerick

7.1. A light, humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy Irish song of five anapestic lines.