limerick
Ode
Free Verse
Haiku
Sonnet
Ballad
2 or more stanzas; rhymes; usually about a topic important to the poet
Does not follow any rhyme scheme or rhythm
three lines; 5-7-5 syllables per line; usually about nature
5 lines; regular meter and rhyme; usually funny
14 lines; 10-12 syllables per line; has a turn
A poem that tells a story; stanzas of 2-4 lines; has lines that repeat
