Poetry
Lyric poetry is characterized by the expression of personal emotions or thoughts, often in the first person, ranging from complex structures to simple expressions.
Narrative poetry tells stories through verse, including epics, ballads, and lays, weaving rich tales that span cultures and centuries.
Epic poetry involves long, narrative verses that recount the heroic journeys and profound exploits of legendary figures and historical events.
Dramatic poetry combines the intensity of drama and the lyrical beauty of poetry, using monologue or dialogue to convey stories.
Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry known for its three-line structure and natural themes, encapsulating vivid imagery in a few words.
Sonnets are 14-line poems with a specific rhyme scheme and meter, often exploring themes of love, mortality, and nature.
Free verse poetry eschews traditional structural constraints, allowing poets to craft their expressions without adherence to rhyme or meter.
Odes are formal, often ceremonious lyric poems that address and praise a person, place, thing, or idea.
Pastoral poetry romanticizes rural life and nature, featuring idyllic landscapes and the simplicity of country living.
Elegies are mournful poems that reflect on loss and death, offering somber remembrances and reflections.
Ballads are narrative poems that tell stories, often set to music, and are characterized by repetition and a simple rhyme scheme.
Ghazals are a form of poetry common in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Persian literature, built of couplets that share a common theme of love or loss.
Villanelles are a complex form of poetry with a distinct repetitive rhyme scheme, often the vessel for passionate expression.
Concrete poetry takes visual form as seriously as verbal content, creating a visual representation through the arrangement of text itself.
Limericks are humorous, often ribald or nonsense verses of three long and two short lines with a pronounced meter and an AABBA rhyme scheme.
Acrostic poetry is where the first letter of each line spells out a word or message, engaging readers both visually and contextually.