Types of Poetry

a poem arranged according to the alphabet

• Alphabet Poem
• Catalog Poem
• Villanelle
• Ode

poetry that defines a word or an idea creatively

• Definition Poem
• Alphabet Poem
• Italian Sonnet
• English Sonnet

a five line stanza

• Cinquain
• Quatrain
• Ode
• Ballad

a seven-lined poem set up in a diamond shape

• Diamante
• Ballad
• Found Poem
• Acrostic

presents a list of things to describe a certain subject

• Catalog Poem
• Diamante
• Ballad
• Haiku

a poem in which certain letters in each line form a word or words

• Acrostic
• Found Poem
• Villanelle
• Limerick

A four line stanza

• Quatrain
• Tanka
• Acrostic
• Villanelle

A five line poem in which lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme.

• Limerick
• Quatrain
• Villanelle
• Found Poem

A japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables

• Haiku
• Found Poem
• Cinquain
• Diamante

a poem with a shape that suggests its subject

• Concrete Poem
• Definition Poem
• Clerihews
• Cinquain