All  Types of Poetry in English

gathered up  and written by :

Mehran Pirestani

References :

English Poetry  / Wikipidia

Poetry in English by : Tehran University publication

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This context contains all different  types of poetry. These include all known  forms a poem may take.

 If you wish to read more about poetry, these articles might interest you: poetry technique and poetry definition

1 ) ABC

    A poem that has five lines that create a mood, picture, or feeling.

 Lines 1 through 4 are made up of words, phrases or clauses while the first word of each line is in alphabetical order.

 Line 5 is one sentence long and begins with any letter.

2 ) Acrostic

    Poetry that certain letters, usually the first in each line form a word or message when read in a sequence.

3 ) Ballad

 ) A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tail or legend which often has a repeated refrain. Read more about ballads.

 Poetry which has three stanzas of seven, eight or ten lines and a shorter final stanza of four or five.

All stanzas end with the same one line refrain.

4 ) Blank verse

    A poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter and is often unobtrusive. The iambic pentameter form often resembles the rhythms of speech.

5 ) Bio

    A poem written about one self\'s life, personality traits, and ambitions.

6 ) Burlesque

    Poetry that treats a serious subject as humor.

7 ) Canzone

    Medieval Italian lyric style poetry with five or six stanzas and a shorter ending stanza.

8 ) Carpe diem

    Latin expression that means \'seize the day.\' Carpe diem poems have a theme of living for today.

9 ) Cinquain

    Poetry with five lines. Line 1 has one word (the title). Line 2 has two words that describe the title. Line 3 has three words that tell the action. Line 4 has four words that express the feeling, and line 5 has one word which recalls the title. Read more about cinquain poetry.

10 ) Classicism

    Poetry which holds the principles and ideals of beauty that are characteristic of Greek and Roman art, architecture, and literature.

11 ) Concrete

    Also known as \"size poetry\". Concrete poetry uses typographical arrangements to display an element of the poem. This can either be through re-arrangement of letters of a word or by arranging the words as a shape. Read more about concrete poetry.

12 ) Couplet

    A couplet has rhyming stanzas made up of two lines.

13 ) Dramatic monologue

    A type of poem which is spoken to a listener. The speaker addresses a specific topic while the listener unwittingly reveals details about him/herself.

14 ) Elegy

    A sad and thoughtful poem about the death of an individual.

15 ) Epic

    An extensive, serious poem that tells the story about a heroic figure.

16 ) Epigram

    A very short, ironic and witty poem usually written as a brief couplet or quatrain. The term is derived from the Greek epigramma meaning inscription.

17 ) Epitaph

    A commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument written to praise the deceased.

18 ) Epithalamium  ( Epithalamion (

    A poem written in honor of the bride and groom.

19 ) Free verse ( vers libre (

    Poetry written in either rhyme or unrhymed lines that have no set fixed metrical pattern.

20 ) Found

    Poetry created by taking words, phrases, and passages from other sources and reframing by adding spaces, lines, or by altering the text with additions or subtractions