Types of English Poetry

Types of English Poetry

1. ballad
2. couplet
3. dramatic monologue
4. epic
5. free verse
6. haiku
7. limeric
8. narrative
9. ode
10. song
11. sonnet
12. villanelle

Ballad : The traditional ballads as a whole have certain well-marked characteristics. They deal with episodes of well-known stories, condensed and impersonally presented, often by means of juxtaposed pictures or direct speech of the persons involved
Couplet: In English verse, a unit consisting of a pair of lines of the same length, linked by rhyme. The couplet may be closed if the sense and syntax are complete within the metrical unit, or open if the couplet is itself a part of a longer unit.
Dramatic Monologue: a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events.
Epic: a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation.
Free Verse: poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular rhythm.
Haiku: a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
Limerick: a humorous five-line poem with a rhyme scheme aabba.
Narrative poetry: it is a form of poetry that tells a story, often making the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metered verse.
Ode: a lyric poem, typically one in the form of an address to a particular subject, written in varied or irregular metre.
Song: a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung.
Sonnet Technically the sonnet is easy to identify: fourteen lines divided (usually) by rhyme and argument into units of eight lines (octave) and six (sestet).
Villanelle: a pastoral or lyrical poem of nineteen lines, with only two rhymes throughout, and some lines repeated.