Types of Poems

A poem honoring (praising) a specific person or subject.

• Haiku

• Ode

• Bio

• Diamante

Poetry that tells a story; like a song, usually has a repeating refrain

• Diamante

• Cinquain

• Ballad

• Acrostic

A poem that uses the letter in a topic or name to begin each line.

• Acrostic

• Haiku

• Couplet

• Sonnets

A poem that describes a person in 11 lines.

• Limerick

• Narrative

• Bio

• Cinquain

A five line poem with a very specific structure.

• Cinquain

• Free Verse

• Sonnets

• Couplet

Poems that are 7 lines long. The first line and last lines have one word. The second and sixth lines have two words. The third and fifth lines have three words. The fourth line has four words.

• Diamante

• Acrostic

• Narrative

• Bio

Poems with three lines. The first line has three syllables. The second line has seven syllables. The third line has five syllables.

• Cinquain

• Sonnet

• Haiku

• Couplet

A humourous verse of three long lines and two short lines following an AABBA rhyme scheme.

• Sonnet

• Limerick

• Ballad

• Ode

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

• Haiku

• Sonnet

• Couplet

• Free Verse

Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme.

• Ode

• Bio

• Couplet

• Free Verse