10 Different Types Of Poetry - Catalog Your Poems
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And why only ten types of poems when... ?
Why only ten different types of poetry when with just a little sleuthing you can find about 50 different types or styles of poetry ? So should you be a poet or even wanting to be a poet - then these different ways of writing poetry will help you to recoqnise, digest and even extrapolate your own words so that you can match your wordsmithing with a given but identifiable style or method - no matter what your personal and particular choice of style is.
But possibly you haven't found your own style yet? So maybe you could write your words in your own inimitable fashion and then somehow massage them to meet one of the more easily (or not so easily!) recoqnised literary styles as outlined below.
Indeed you may have already have written poetry in your own style and don't know quite what type of poetry you write! Read the varying examples and see if you can recoqnise if your style falls somewhere in the list- you may well be very surprised with your efforts.
Imagine saying at your next dinner party "Oh yes, I write "etheree poetry in a truly epic form - using alternate forms of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter!" gulp... could be the re-action of your dining partners. What fun!
A big thank you to the work of shadowpoetry.com where I found all this information and where you can also go to find fine examples of each and every style mentioned. Amazingly interesting!
and so for your edification.......
Acrostic Poetry
Acrostic Poetry is where the first letter of each line spells a word, usually using the same words as in the title.
A short narrative poem with stanzas of two or four lines and usually a refrain. The story of a ballad can originate from a wide range of subject matter but most frequently deals with folk-lore or popular legends. They are written in straight-forward verse, seldom with detail, but always with graphic simplicity and force. Most ballads are suitable for singing and, while sometimes varied in practice, are generally written in ballad meter, i.e., alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter, with the last words of the second and fourth lines rhyming.
Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines. It was developed by the Imagist poet, Adelaide Crapsey. Another form, sometimes used by school teachers to teach grammar, is as follows:
Line 1: Noun
Line 2: Description of Noun
Line 3: Action
Line 4: Feeling or Effect
Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun.
Clerihew
A Clerihew is a comic verse consisting of two couplets and a specific rhyming scheme, aabb invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) at the age of 16. The poem is about/deals with a person/character within the first rhyme. In most cases, the first line names a person, and the second line ends with something that rhymes with the name of the person.
Diamante
A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape. The first line begins with a noun/subject, and second line contains two adjectives that describe the beginning noun. The third line contains three words ending in -ing relating to the noun/subject. The forth line contains two words that describe the noun/subject and two that describe the closing synonym/antonym. If using an antonym for the ending, this is where the shift should occur. In the fifth line are three more -ing words describing the ending antonym/synonym, and the sixth are two more adjectives describing the ending antonym/synonym. The last line ends with the first noun's antonym or synonym.To make it a bit simpler, here is a diagram.
Line 1: Noun or subject
Line 2: Two Adjectives describing the first noun/subect
Line 3: Three -ing words describing the first noun/subect
Line 4: Four words: two about the first noun/subect, two about the antonym/synonym
Line 5: Three -ing words about the antonym/synonym
Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym/synonym
Line 7: Antonym/synonym for the subject
Didactic Poetry is a form of poetry intended for instruction such as for knowledge or to teach.
An Epic is a long narrative poem celebrating the adventures and achievements of a hero...epics deal with the traditions, mythical or historical, of a nation.examples: Beowulf, The Iliad and the Odyssey, and Aeneid
An epitaph is a brief poem inscribed on a tombstone praising a deceased person, usually with rhyming lines.
Epigrams are short satirical poems ending with either a humorous retort or a stinging punchline. Used mainly as expressions of social criticism or political satire, the most common forms are written as a couplet: a pair of rhymed lines in the same meter.
Practioners of this poetic expression include John Dunne, Ben Jonson, William Blake and Robert Frost.
Epitaph
An epitaph is a brief poem inscribed on a tombstone praising a deceased person, usually with rhyming lines.
Etheree
The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Get creative and write an Etheree with more than one verse, but follow suit with an inverted syllable count.
Reversed Etheree: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Double Etheree: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
...Triple Etheree, Quadruple Etheree, and so on!
Free Verse is an irregular form of poetry in which the content free of traditional rules of versification, (freedom from fixed meter or rhyme).In moving from line to line, the poet's main consideration is where to insert line breaks. Some ways of doing this include breaking the line where there is a natural pause or at a point of suspense for the reader. Following the direction of Walt Whitman, Ezra Pound and T.S.Eliot, many modern day poets use this particular form of expression.
A Ghazal is a poem that is made up like an odd numbered chain of couplets, where each couplet is an independent poem. It should be natural to put a comma at the end of the first line. The Ghazal has a refrain of one to three words that repeat, and an inline rhyme that preceedes the refrain.
Lines 1 and 2, then every second line, has this refrain and inline rhyme, and the last couplet should refer to the authors pen-name... The rhyming scheme is AA bA cA dA eA etc.
Most popular definition, but there is more to haiku than meets the eye:
Haiku (also called nature or seasonal haiku) is an unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all. Haiku is usually written in the present tense and focuses on nature (seasons). The 5/7/5 rule was made up for school children to understand and learn this type of poetry.
For an in depth description of Haiku, please visit the Shadow Poetry
section. There is much more to haiku than the made up 5/7/5 version.
Kyrielle
A Kyrielle is a French form of rhyming poetry written in quatrains (a stanza consisting of 4 lines), and each quatrain contains a repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza). Each line within the poem consists of only eight syllables. There is no limit to the amount of stanzas a Kyrielle may have, but three is considered the accepted minimum.
Some popular rhyming schemes for a Kyrielle are: aabB, ccbB, ddbB, with B being the repeated line, or abaB, cbcB, dbdB.Mixing up the rhyme scheme is possible for an unusual pattern of: axaZ, bxbZ, cxcZ, dxdZ, etc. with Z being the repeated line.
The rhyme pattern is completely up to the poet.
Kyrielle Sonnet
A Kyrielle Sonnet consists of 14 lines (three rhyming quatrain stanzas and a non-rhyming couplet). Just like the traditional Kyrielle poem, the Kyrielle Sonnet also has a repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza). Each line within the Kyrielle Sonnet consists of only eight syllables. French poetry forms have a tendency to link back to the beginning of the poem, so common practice is to use the first and last line of the first quatrain as the ending couplet. This would also re-enforce the refrain within the poem. Therefore, a good rhyming scheme for a Kyrielle Sonnet would be: AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB-or- AbaB, cbcB, dbdB, AB.
Lanturne
The Lanturne is a five-line verse shaped like a Japanese lantern with a syllabic pattern of one,
two, three, four, one.
A Limerick is a rhymed humorous or nonsense poem of five lines which originated in Limerick, Ireland.
The Limerick has a set rhyme scheme of : a-a-b-b-a with a syllable structure of: 9-9-6-6-9.
The rhythm of the poem should go as follows:
Lines 1, 2, 5: weak, weak, STRONG, weak, weak, STRONG, weak, weak, STRONG, weak, weak
Lines 3, 4: weak, weak, STRONG, weak, weak, STRONG, weak, weak
The Minute Poem is rhyming verse form consisting of 12 lines of 60 syllables written in strict iambic meter. The poem is formatted into 3 stanzas of 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4 syllables.
The rhyme scheme is as follows: aabb, ccdd, eeff
Mirrored Refrain
The Mirrored Refrain is rhyming verse form constructed by
Poetry Types
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Monody
A monody is a poem in which one person laments another's death.
(Also see Dirge, Elegy, Epitaph)
Monorhyme
A Monorhyme is a poem in which all the lines have the same end rhyme.
Naani
Naani is one of Indian's most popular Telugu poems. Naani means an expression of one and all. It consists of 4 lines, the total lines consists of 20 to 25 syllables. The poem is not bounded to a particular subject. Generally it depends upon human relations and current statements. This poetry was introduced by one of the renowned Telugu poets Dr. N.Gopi, presently working as vice-chancellor to Telugu University, Andhra Pradesh.
A nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second line eight syllables, the third line seven syllables, etc... until line nine that finishes withone syllable. It can be on any subject and rhyming is optional.
line 1 - 9 syllables
line 2 - 8 syllables
line 3 - 7 syllables
line 4 - 6 syllables
line 5 - 5 syllables
line 6 - 4 syllables
line 7 - 3 syllables
line 8 - 2 syllables
line 9 - 1 syllable
An Ode is a poem praising and glorifying a person, place or thing.
A Ottava Rima is a poem written in 8-line octives. Each line is of a 10 or 11 syllable count in the following rhyme:
one octive poem. abababcc
two octive poem. abababcc, dededeff
three octive poem. abababcc, dededeff, ghghghii
...so on and so on
Also Known as Mirrored Poetry
A palindrome, by definition, is a word, phrase, verse, sentence, or even poem that reads the same
forward or backward. It stems from the Greek word palindromos: palin , meaning again , and dromos , meaning a running . Combining the two together, the Greek meaning gives us, running back again
The pantoum consists of a series of quatrains rhyming ABAB in which the second and fourth lines of a quatrain recur as the first and third lines in the succeeding quatrain; each quatrain introduces a new second rhyme as BCBC, CDCD. The first line of the series recurs as the last line of the closing quatrain, and third line of the poem recurs as the second line of the closing quatrain, rhyming ZAZA. The design is simple:
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5 (repeat of line 2)
Line 6
Line 7 (repeat of line 4)
Line 8
Continue with as many stanzas as you wish, but the ending stanzathen repeats the second and fourth lines of the previous stanza (as its first and third lines), and also repeats the third line of the first stanza, as its second line, and the first line of the first stanza as its fourth. So the first line of the poem is also the last.
Last stanza:
Line 2 of previous stanza
Line 3 of first stanza
Line 4 of previous stanza
Line 1 of first stanza
Quatern
A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains. It is similar to the Kyrielle and the Retourne. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. The first line of stanza one is the second line of stanza two, third line of stanza three, and fourth line of stanza four. A quatern has eight syllables per line. It does not have to be iambic or follow a set rhyme scheme.
line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
line 5
line 6 (line 1)
line 7
line 8
line 9
line 10
line 11 (line 1)
line 12
line 13
line 14
line 15
line 16 (line 1)
- Sent in by Crystal Rose.
Quatrain
A Quatrain is a poem consisting of four lines of verse with a specific rhyming scheme.A few examples of a quatrain rhyming scheme are as follows:
#1) abab
#2) abba -- envelope rhyme
#3) aabb
#4) aaba, bbcb, ccdc, dddd -- chain rhyme
Quinzaine
The English word quinzaine come from the French word qunize , meaning fifteen. A quinzaine is an unrhymed verse of fifteen syllables.
These syllables are distributed among three lines so that there are seven syllables in the first line, five in the second line and three in the third line (7/5/3). The first line makes a statement. The next two lines ask a question relating to that statement.
Rispetto
A Rispetto, an Italian form of poetry, is a complete poem of two rhyme quatrains with strict meter. The meter is usually iambic tetrameter with a rhyme scheme of abab ccdd. A Heroic Rispetto is written in Iambic pentameter, usually featuring the same rhyme scheme.
Rondeau
A Rondeau is a French form, 15 lines long, consisting of three stanzas: a quintet, a quatrain, and a sestet with a rhyme scheme as follows: aabba aabR aabbaR. Lines 9 and 15 are short - a refrain (R) consisting of a phrase taken from line one. The other lines are longer (but all of the same metrical length).
Rondel
A French form consisting of 13 lines: two quatrains and a quintet, rhyming as follows: ABba abAB abbaA. The capital letters are the refrains, or repeats.
Rondelet
The Rondelet is a French form consisting of a single septet with two rhymes and one refrain:
AbAabbA
. The capital letters are the refrains, or repeats. The refrain is written in tetra-syllabic or dimeter and the other lines are twice as long - octasyllabic or tetrameter.
Sedoka
The Sedoka is an unrhymed poem made up of two three-line katauta with the following syllable counts: 5/7/7, 5/7/7. A Sedoka, pair of katauta as a single poem, may address the same subject from differing perspectives.
Katauta
is an unrhymed three-line poem the following syllable counts: 5/7/7.
Senryu
Most popular definition, but there is more to senryu than meets the eye:
Senryu (also called human haiku) is an unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all. Senryu is usually written in the present tense and only references to some aspect of human nature or emotions. They possess no references to the natural world and thus stand out from nature/seasonal haiku.
Septolet
The Septolet is a poem consisting of seven lines containing fourteen words with a break in between the two parts. Both parts deal with the same thought and create a picture.
Sestina
The sestina is a strict ordered form of poetry, dating back to twelfth century French troubadours. It consists of six six-line (sestets) stanzas followed by a three-line envoy. Rather than use a rhyme scheme, the six ending words of the first stanza are repeated as the ending words of the other five stanzas in a set pattern. The envoy uses two of the ending words per line, again in a set pattern.
First stanza, ..1 ..2 ..3 ..4 ..5 ..6
Second stanza, ..6 ..1 ..5 .. 2 ..4 ..3
Third stanza, ..3 ..6 ..4 ..1 ..2 ..5
Fourth stanza, ..5 ..3 ..2 ..6 ..1 ..4
Fifth stanza, ..4 ..5 ..1 ..3 ..6 ..2
Sixth stanza, ..2 ..4 ..6 ..5 ..3 ..1
Concluding tercet:
middle of first line ..2, end of first line ..5
middle of second line ..4, end of second line..3
middle if third line ..6, end of third line ..1
Shape Poetry
-Shape Poetry is also associated with Concrete Poetry-
Shape is one of the main things that separate prose and poetry. Poetry can take on many formats,
but one of the most inventive forms is for the poem to take on the shape of its subject. Therefore,
if the subject of your poem were of a flower, then the poem would be shaped like a flower. If it
were of a fish, then the poem would take on the shape of a fish. ><<<*>
Shape and Concrete Poetry go hand-in-hand; however, Concrete or Visual Poetry don’t have to
take on the particular shape of the poem’s subject, but rather the wording in the poem can enhance
the effect of the words such as in this line:
an angel tumbling
d
o
w
n
to earth . . .
Designing your own shape poem can be simple and fun, but try not to pick anything that would be
too difficult. We suggest mapping out or drawing your shape first, and then importing the text of
your poem into your shape.
Song
A Song is an expression of a poet's personal emotions, meant to be sung. Lyrics in a song contain verses (lines that make up a song; sung poem) and a chorus (a repeating verse in a song (refrain).
Sonnet
A Sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines (iambic pentameter) with a particular rhyming scheme:
Examples of a rhyming scheme:
#1) abab cdcd efef gg
#2) abba cddc effe gg
#3) abba abba cdcd cd
A Shakespearean (English) sonnet has three quatrains and a couplet, and rhymes abab cdcd efef gg. An Italian sonnet is composed of an octave, rhyming abbaabba, and a sestet, rhyming cdecde or cdcdcd , or in some variant pattern, but with no closing couplet. Usually, English and Italian Sonnets have 10 syllables per line, but Italian Sonnets can also have 11 syllables per line.French sonnets follow in this same pattern, but normally have 12 syllables per line.
Tanka
Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the haiku with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables. (5, 7, 5, 7, 7)
The 5/7/5/7/7 rule is rumored to have been made up for school children to understand and learn this type of poetry. For an in depth description of Haiku, please visit the Shadow Poetry Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka section.
Terza Rima
A Terza Rima is a poem with an eleven syllable count in each line and a rhyming scheme of aba, bcb, cdc, dd. For even more of a challenge, try the Terza Rima Sonnet. This form of poem has an eleven syllable count in each line and a rhyming scheme of aba, bcb, cdc, ded, ee.
Terzanelle
The Terzanelle is a poetry type which is a combination of the villanelle and the terza rima forms. It is a 19-line poem consisting of five interlocking triplets/tercets plus a concluding quatrain in which the first and third lines of the first triplet appear as refrains. The middle line of each triplet is repeated, reappearing as the last line of the succeeding triplet with the exception of the center line of the next-to-the-last stanza which appears in the quatrain. The rhyme and refrain scheme for the triplets is as follows:
1. A
2. B
3. A
4. b
5. C
6. B
7. c
8. D
9. C
10. d
11. E
12. D
13. e
14. F
15. E
Ending Type 1:
16. f
17. A
18. F
19. A
Ending Type 2:
16. f
17. F
18. A
19. A
Each line of the poem should be the same metrical length.
Tetractys
Tetractys, a poetic form invented by Ray Stebbing, consists of at least 5 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 syllables (total of 20). Tetractys can be written with more than one verse, but must follow suit with an inverted syllable count. Tetractys can also bereversed and written 10, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Double Tetractys: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1
Triple Tetractys: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 10
and so on.
"Euclid, the mathematician of classical times, considered the number series 1, 2, 3, 4 to have mystical significance because its sum is 10, so he dignified it with a name of its own - Tetractys. The tetractys
could be Britain's answer to the haiku. Its challenge is to express a complete thought, profound or comic, witty or wise, within the narrow compass of twenty syllables." - Ray Stebbing
Tongue Twister Poem
A Tongue Twister poem is made up of lines/verses that are hard to say when read aloud by using similar consonant sounds in succession (use of alliteration). In other words, the poem ties your tongue into knots. This form does not require end or internal rhyme.
Triolet
A Triolet is a poetic form consisting of only 8 lines. Within a Triolet, the 1st, 4th, and 7th lines repeat, and the 2nd and 8th lines do as well. The rhyme scheme is simple: ABaAabAB, capital letters representing the repeated lines.
Make writing a Triolet more challenging! Make each line 8 syllables in length (4 metrical feet), written in iambic tetrameter (the more common way), or try it in pentameter (English version) where each line only has 10 syllables(5 metrical feet).
Tyburn
A six line poem consisting of 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 9 syllables.
The first four lines rhyme and are all descriptive words. The last two lines rhyme and incorporate the first, second, third, and fourth lines as the 5th through 8th syllables.
Tyburn
A six line poem consisting of 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 9 syllables.
The first four lines rhyme and are all descriptive words. The last two lines rhyme and incorporate the first, second, third, and fourth lines as the 5th through 8th syllables.
Villanelle
A Villanelle is a nineteen-line poem consisting of a very specific rhyming scheme:
aba aba aba aba aba abaa
.The first and the third lines in the first stanza are repeated in alternating order throughout the poem, and appear together in the last couplet (last two lines).
**Don't forget to go to the website shadowpoetry.com to check out all the written examples of the above poetry styles. Especially the more obtuse poetic styles such as Terza Rima!
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Ajcor,I finally gathered enough courage to publish my ode -Ode To MS Word - A Thanksgiving.
Thanks Laila I left you a comment on your hub about your poetic words and thank you for most kind words - again I must apologise - I must have set the comments to unmoderated which doesn't seem to have worked for me as I have missed a few .... cheers and sorry for my rudeness.
Ajcor, I think a nonet consists of nine lines not seven. I could be wrong but it's something to look in to.
Hi Zac j - you are right - my mistake - 9 it is! - will change the hub and post the correct description! sorry about that ...cheers and thanks for taking the time to point it out...
Sorry zac j - I just re-read the hub and I found that indeed I have listed a nonet as consisting of 9 lines....
Nonet
A nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second line eight syllables, the third line seven syllables, etc... until line nine that finishes withone syllable. It can be on any subject and rhyming is optional.
line 1 - 9 syllables
line 2 - 8 syllables
line 3 - 7 syllables
line 4 - 6 syllables
line 5 - 5 syllables
line 6 - 4 syllables
line 7 - 3 syllables
line 8 - 2 syllables
line 9 - 1 syllable
cheers....
i love poetry, but i had no clue there were this many types.
ajcor
This is awesome! I could just imagine the effort you put into the making of this one! But then again, if you love what you do...you know the rest. I love poetry and have published some here in HP but unfortunately, i didn't follow, not even one, the guidelines you discussed! LOL Anyhow i call them my vanity project, for my own release. Thanks for sharing, I'd keep this in mind! :D
Thank you single mama - it is an eye opener isn't it? - and there probably more not even listed...cheers
Thanks Cris A for your comment - I did have fun researching this one in answer to a hub request for 10 types of poetry - but to be honest as I said in the hub -shadowpoetry.com had a lot to do with my output with their definitions... I also like to write poetry so I understand where you are coming from - writing your stuff out is always - well usually anyway - a release. Will look at your hubs for your poetry... cheers...
G'day mate, wow I had no idea either that there be so many forms of poetry. So when you sing a ballad are you actually doing two poems.
Annie good informative Hub, it may not help my poetry writing but I'm sure it will help my Crossword solving!
Good to see the old girl/boy back. :-[)
You forgot experimental.
ag I am really glad this can help with your crosswords - quite a list is there not? is it good to be back??
Writer Rider - I wonder if you go back read the hub read whether free verse can go some way to cover the experimental type poetry - what do you think? - I could always include it....cheers
aj, its not only good to be back? its even better to have a new puter! Now all I need is half decent b/band.
ag I have to say there is nothing worse than equipment that gives up the ghost, particularly computers, printers, cars and broadband....doesn't bigpond work in your area? don't know much about the other providers... I am now having car troubles - I really think there are gremlins around at the moment...cheers
aj, yes we do have bigpond ( we are with TPG)but it is not the ISP that is the problem but the distance we are from the exchange and the fact that we only have adsl. (or so i've been told).
Bloody cars in all that heat my window got stuck the other day. What's wrong with your bucket of bolts? ( It's a conspiracy) LOL
re the car ag - the something wrong has been narrowed down to the key barrel - it has been happily taking me somewhere for a few months then deciding it doesn't want to take me home home again (now that can be about an hour and a half away so n ot convenient really!) - she is a 10 yr. old mitsubishi and has been reliable up to this point - so we are now waiting on a new/old one to be found...unhappy jack ....cheers
aj, it looks like you might just have to spend some of that adsense money you have been making. LOL
btw who is jack hmmmm?
all $50.80 of it - should buy me something truly special don't you think? have just been looking at utube for my next hub and am wondering if i am game enough - i think if i do it the wrath of many may fall perchance onto my frail (lol) shoulders.....to be or not to be - that is the question ... cheers
have you though of wireless - i have heard it can be good...
Gee I'm nudging $5.00 we could go on a world trip?
Hmm the wrath you say, sounds just like a girl I used to know. LOL.
Now your not gonna let a little bit of wrath upset you are you. Sticks and stones as they say!
I have looked at wireless but at this point of time the extra expense just can't be justified. We will be moving before the end of this year (economy permitting) and till then I will just perservere the way things are. Stiff upper lip. :-[|)
Gee you are doing well also - long live adsense...I am still thinking about it but think I will go ahead ...I have the bigpond $59mpm broadband because you have to be careful that the broadband providers don't hit you with extra bills which you are totally unaware with regard to uploads and downloads...first time i received my broadband bill it was $300 + but I rang and did a bit of fast talking re. my ignorance and ended up going on the $59 plan which allows you to have as many uploads and downloads as you like within that figure...something to think about anyway... now to prepare for the next hub on public figures and f.... cheers
Gave you a thumbs up and blogged you on over to my poetry blog too, publishes in a few hours today, thank you! Bookmarked your page to blog some other writing hubs too. There were poetry forms even I hadn't run across but then new forms are being created constantly. A good grounding in the basics really helps a writer to increase their ability and stretch their imagination, great hub!
Thank you Denny Lyon - that is most kind of you! can I take a look at blog via your hubpage profile? poetry is unfortunately, not the most read or indeed readable (at times) in the sphere of word offerings! cheers...
Just looked at your blog - it really is a smart blog - well done...my poetry link fits in well as does Chris Reilly's on Dr. Seuss...thanks again
ajcor, this is very informative. this will really help me focus an attempt at one of the poetry styles. i am glad i finally had the chance to check the hubs. I am learning a lot here.
Happy that you find this hub informative and that you are going to take a bash at nailing down your own style/s...cheers and thanks Am I Dead Yet? for your comment...
Way nice job, ajcor! Great info. LOVE the videos; nice additions.
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thank you for your comment sad poems - happy you found it informative...cheers
Frieda Babbley I am so sorry I just saw your comment this morning , you posted it (only) 4 months ago! - please see this as a retrospective thank-you, glad you loved the videos...cheers
Wow,we learn something new every day.I love to write poetry,mostly from what I have experienced in life.I have no idea where to list any of them,I believe most of my writing goes under Didactic Poetry.but I'll keep trying.Thanks for your hub,it's opened up my eyes to more about poetry.God bless you.
Thank you Linda's Hub Pages for your delightful comment - will go to your hub pages and look for your poetry...cheers
Good list here. It's always fun to experiment with different forms. Great way to practice writing better and better poetry.
Enjoyed reading your description of various poetry forms.
Thank you for your comment Shelly - I agree practise and experimentation does help make you a better writer and you an avoid becoming stale this way - although I don't really subscribe to the old saying that practise makes perfect! cheers
Very good resources for poetry writing! Funny how all these different cultures managed to come up with so many ways to express themselves.
re. the number of ways people express themselves it is amazing when you think about it! - thanks for your comment .... cheers
the number of people on this page makes me think that the world is becoming more and more vocialized in their actions and words in their mind. people thanks for commenting !
-samantha wilson
tulsa, ok
Thanks for calling by Samantha - I agree with you - I think it can only be good if people follow up their thoughts with words and action.....cheers
Respected Sir,
For diffent types of poetry in Telugu - Kindly go through www.telugubhavitha.org It is unique and futuristic.
Thanks
Dr G Aruna Kumari
I learned a few useful things here from your wonderful hub, thank you so much...
I will check out the url you have given me Dr. Kumari -I am sure I will find it most interesting.....cheers
Good to see you again Moulik Mistry - thank yuo for yuor kind comment....cheers
I like reading poetry...I suck at writing it though:(
Lexis I am sure that you are not as bad as you make out! keep trying - thanks for commenting ....cheers
Ajcor-While searching in vain for an adequate summation of poetic verse, I happened on you-a fellow hubber! Thank you for such an enlightened hub.
Thank you lorlie6 for your approbation- much appreciated! cheers
I NEED HELP I WROTE THIS POEM IN YEAR 8 AND I CANT REMEMBER HOW IT WENT IT WAS LIKE 10-20 LINES LONG AND IT WAS LIKE
I FEEL
I WISH
I DREAM S
OMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THAT CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME AND LET ME KNOW WHAT TYPE OF POEM IT WAS CALLED.
I asm afraid Sarrah I don't know the answer to this but will endeavour to find out for you....
..very comprehensive! ^.^ thank you for sharing! :)
my pleasure pinkhawk.. thanks for commenting...
Great Work Inspiring!!!
Thank you for your comment warrioRR - glad you enjoyed it!
Thanx. The tips on this hub were really helpfull/ I'm going to try some of you tecniques now. This might actualy make me a better writter. If you have time,. check out a couple of my poems and tell me what you think.
RealitySpin - thanks for your comment - happy to provide some insight into the process - will read your words and get back to you...cheers (in a couple of days - sorry but life is a bit hectic at the moment!) cheers..
Thanks for your great hub about verse,
This has now given me a curse!
I didn't know before joining the hubpages blog,
Having been a type of nurse,
That there are so many poet styles,
Is this the start to a different job?
I might be writing for miles,
Better put my kettle on the hob:)
Thanks Wearing Well - you sound as if you have many more words inside so get cracking and keep writing - it just gets better and better....cheers and thanks for your comment and poem..
how do u write an antonym poem?
for boy - I have never written an antonym poem but I will investigate and get back to you....cheers
Boring!
Thank you nicole for reading my "boring" hub and feeling able to contribute such a valued comment....cheers
I love poetry of pilipino writer
which hannah german, pilipino writer do you like?
i just love to read about love poems bcz i fall in someone's love & only read love poems, personally i have not enjoyed to read this poem :(
Love Poems
I'm afraid I get tired thinking about all these different forms. I would not have the discipline to try and conform to any of them. I have never tried to write a poem. When they are ready, they almost write themselves, with a bit of polishing from me. My heart has to be 100% involved and then the words come. I normally use free verse with poetic elements. The rhythm and sounds have to suit me.
and that is how I write also WannaB Writer but there are many writers who do follow these rules, some of them ancient - the rules that is - I look forward to reading some of some of your work....cheers
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not sure why you have asked this question alex4king....maybe put it on the wrong hub???
I am really glad to read the articles and to know the different types of stories in the blog. you done a great work.
A very informative hub.Every aspiring poet should read this.
Thanks for your comment lovepoems - sorry take so long to reply but somehow your comment must have slipped under the radar....cheers
That is very good of you to say so Alladream - glad to be able to help inform ...thanks for calling in ...cheers
Thank you for allocation such a wonderful views upon this remarkable post i really be thankful for your ideas which you have discussed here.I hope you will publish more articles like this one.Thank you very much.
This just made my nose bleed.
There are too many to list.
T__T
Thank you for your comment birthday quotes - I am sorry I am late with a reply but somehow managed to miss you - will try and publish another hub on this subject in the near future...cheers
Thank you for this very informative hub, I greatly appreciate this because I never know how to label poems.
Thank you for your comment JDLewis - glad to help.....cheers
Yipes! My Muse is holding her head and running back and forth across the room. There is a point at which such discipline can become mechanical and not poetry. I am not saying that to minimize your industrious accumulation, but, gosh, I just can't write with so many confinements.
Sandra E - I can picture your muse running across the room ...I certainly don't write to a particular style - when the words come they just come ..this hub is more recognition of the varying styles and is meant to be an informative piece... meant to be of help to poets....cheers and thanks for your comment.
This was perfect for what I was looking for re: types of poetry-thanks! I bookmarked it and rated it up/useful.
Thank you for rating me useful Denise Handlon - glad to help...cheers anne
I have to bookmark this to study. This is interesting and useful though i am not a poem writer it give some tips to write some as a beginner. Thanks for sharing.
sharpen your pen and have a go carolp - you will be amazed at your creativity...thanks for commenting...cheers
What about freestyle? :D
Fascinating hub about poems.Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your comment StephenSMcmillan glad to share! cheers
I can see the unbelievable amount of work that went into making this Hub and I truly appreciate that, but without examples it just looks like Math or Greek to me. Could you do this again with examples? I would pay for that. Not kidding, but thanks M8!
Hi snakeslane - thanks for the comment - I will try when I am able but am a bit snowed under at the moment...new grandchild last week plus I am studying at Uni....not even writing new hubs but plan to get back here soon...cheers
Awww, congratulations! Wow, you are busy, may be something to keep on the back burner, could be a best seller when you do. I will keep my cheque book handy. Also, with what you've provided here I could do my own research. This is really valuable info, good work and wishing you all the best.
How much more can there be?
Iam unsure how many more there can be without researching a great deal more...but I think in the main the different styles are covered...thanks for the query Femi...cheers
I'm confused. This is title ten different types of poetry and yet you still have way more. So I though maybe the ones in blue might be what you meant for the ten different types, but that is almost twenty.
I am thankful for all the information and will be bookmarking this, but the title is misleading.
@ purple-star84 sorry to confuse you but this was a particular hubpage question so that is the way the header is written however when I was researching the answer I observed that there were way more than just ten different styles of poetry so that is why I have written it the way I did...glad you called in ...cheers
This was an interesting hub. My poems just pop into my head. It is interesting to read about different types of poetry. I am not sure which type is my favorite because I enjoy so many types. Thanks.
thanks for calling in PADDYBOY60 - I feel I am in the same boat as you as my poems can also fit into a couple of categories...cheers
thanks for introducing me to new genres. promoting poetry is beautiful! www.picture-speak.com
i dont understand
Very informative hub, who knew there are so many styles to writing poetry, I didn't realize poems have syllable count accept the Hiaku I knew. I would like to try some of these styles.Thanks so much for your hub.
My pleasure Sweetabaca - thank you for your positive comment and I really recommend that you have a go at writing some of these styles of poetry that you haven't tried before...cheers and thanks..
Hi!
I was just wondering whether poems like the Quatrain, which you listed as having 4 lines of verse, can have many verses and still be classified as a Quatrain. And in the same way, is a couplet just 2 lines, or many rhyming lines of 2, put together?
Thankyou, this website is very helpful!
The most popular stanzaic form of poetry is the Quatrain. and it consists of four (4) lines usually in a rhyming scheme. Now because it contains only four lines of verse the significance of the quatrain lies in the fact that it can be easily memorized It is intimately concerned with feelings. It‘s like a short story by which the poet can express thoughts easily.I do believe that the quatrain regardless of it's poetic length consists of the chosen length only - be it 4 lines or 7 lines.
However there are many forms which the quatrain can take and I plan to write another hub on this.
cheers
what about couplets that don't rhyme?
Hi Gypsy - re your query
A Couplet usually consists of -
"A pair of lines that usually has a rhyme scheme of aa. A couplet can be it's own form or appear within another form, usually at the end."
For example a Shakespearean sonnet usually ends with a couplet i.e.
Example of Couplet Poetry Type - Excerpt
Sonnet 116
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
by William Shakespeare
"...Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never write, nor no man ever loved."
So as you can see this Sonnet ends with the couplet but directly before the finale you can find the non rhyming words of the sonnet.
Hope this helps you with an answer to your question..
cheers.
What an informative, helpful hub! I am also a hubster, but I found you when I googled "short poem"! I thought you might like to know you came up in the first group of links. Great job.
Thanks Storytellersrus - I had no idea..I wrote this hub one day after Ryan put up one of his ideas for hubsters to write about about. I know a lot of people have read and commented so that was - for me - one of his really good ideas.. cheers and thanks again
I will now go and look at Google.
wow it so dami pala
thank you for your comment jonjammy - dami pala? I tried google translator on these words but obviously couldn't guess the right language...but thanks anyway...cheers
ilove it
thanks, its good.
Wow ajor.. I feel like my metal detector just did cartwheels! What an absolutely awesome guide this is. You have made me realize that I know basically nothing about poetry or how it should be written! I have considered that what I write is actually poetry.. yet it isn't really at all.. perhaps at best I write about my pulse! I have so much to learn.. thanks for sharing that opportunity with me.. take care.
Sorry ajcor... sticky keyboard.. above I missed my 'c' - how lucky I am that I managed to learn my 'a' and 'b' s tho..
@ranz - glad you love my hub...cheers -- sorry to answer so late been away - just back..
what nice comments Pearldiver - cartwheels and a metal detector - I like the analogy! re. your poetry writing I don't actually believe that you have to tick all the boxes and write within the guidelines put together by "another poet from another era" to actually say whether you write poetry or not. Having said that it is nice to have a guide or something to conform to to if the spirit takes you...so keep writing your poetry - original words on paper are always good ...cheers and thanks for commenting...ps sorry for the tardiness in answering but life got in the way...a.
Thanks so much. I love to read poems and it made me good to read the defination and also came to know about so many poems
Thanks for your positive comment Michael, glad you enjoyed adding to your poetry knowledge base! cheers
.. oh i really love poetry !!! but i didn't know that there are many types ... thank u ajcor !!!
so now you do and maybe there even more that I have not explored as yet - thank you for your comment keno anthony.cheers.
This is a fantastic Hub. It explains poetry styles and forms in an easily understood manor.I am studying a poetry class in college and when I did a Google search on poetry styles your Hub appeared. It`s funny because I am a writer for the Hubpages as well. So glad I found this Hub!! SWB
Voting up and useful!!
thank you swb78 for your positive comment - will go see if I am a fan of yours! cheers and thanks again.
I want to be a writer (learning my best) This really helps thx!!
learning and actually writing is the way to go Gaga4writin - glad to help cheers.
nice one! assignment done!
happy to help - sheira...cheers
Thanks for providing this wonderful piece of information. I write poetry. My poetry can be read on my blog "Embrace The World"
Here's the link- http://www.pragyaforever.blogspot.com
Please let me know, by dropping a comment if you visit my blog or join it :)
Thank You it was great help
@Pragya Chaturvedi Glad to help - I will go and look at your poetic words...cheers
my pleasure hery - happ yto have helped...cheers
Following regimented classification stalls my creativity--write from the heart and the rest follows.
@ mauidawi - I know where you are coming from and totally agree and understand - I guess you could always write and then check to see whether your pearls fit any one category (if you wished) - after the fact...cheers
This very informative,it's a work well done. Thank you alot.
my pleasure Olakitan olusosun...cheers
Hi people reading this
we should put up more types of poems don't you think
I think that would be a great idea Loverhot - will think about it..cheers
Hi, ajcor. In honor of national poetry month, I am writting a Hub about the National Poet Laureate Phillip Levine. May I link this Hub into mine? Your article is filled with good info about the different types of poetry. I voted this UP, etc.
sure you can link mary615 ...hope your hub goes well...this one was written a couple of years ago in honour of the same thesis...cheers
i love your poemps marry ;p
thanks marry ;p
Well, I owe you an apology! My Hub was unpublished because of duplication. I'm sure I caused you to have a "broken link". I'm still not sure what caused the duplication alert. Could have been a couple of things. I copied the poem by Phillip Levine, that could have done it. Maybe my Hub was too similar to yours? Anyway, I'm sorry about that.
That's OK mary615 - thanks for your apology maybe you caused me a broken link or then again maybe you didn't - I don't know as I just go through and delete the bad links without any angst as people are publishing and unpublishing on hubpages a lot...cheers
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Laila Rajaratnam 3 years ago
Ajcor,wonderful hub!I had written an ode to be published here at HP and I came across this hub and now I am intimidated!Let me gather enough courage and publish it soon.I just do not know to which category it belongs ! :)