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Poetry Glossary - Poetry Types


We have created a list of different types of poetry with explanations. Just click on the type of poetry you would like to know more about to get more details. If there is a type of poetry you would like to see in our glossary contact us, letting us know the poem type and we will add it to our glossary.

Please also visit our Poetry Glossary – Poetry Terms

Acrostic

Ballad

Ballade

Blank verse

Cinquain

Diamante

Echo Verse

Epic

Epigram

Free verse

Haiku

Horatian Ode

Irregular Ode

Kennings

Kyrielle

Limerick

Lyric

Ode

Ottava rima

Pantoum

Pindaric Ode

Poem

Riddle

Rondeau

Senryu

Shape Poem

Shakespearean Sonnet

Sonnet

Tanka Poem

Terza rima

Tetractys

Triolet

Tyburn



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