Types of Poetry: All the Different Types of Poems

What are the different types of poetry? Read on to find out about the different types of poems that are written…
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SHAZIA THE TYPES ARE GOOD EXPLAINED 1/15/2010
Kelly On Limerick, I believe your second to last sentence should read, "The THIRD and fourth lines have the same metrical structure and rhyme with each other." All caps is the suggested change area. 1/8/2010
klch a limerick should be used in a poem to ur so. 12/16/2009
emmanuel poems can as well be misunderstood if not well put. 12/16/2009
runNopunup ya bob u r rite. person who said that is Sad sad sadddd. 12/7/2009
leelee O wait. emily u r 34? 12/7/2009
leelee can someone please give me some inspiration. in the past two years i have written over 200 poems. poetry comes naturally to me and i write one in about two minutes. its not ALL i do. at all. i do it when i need to express myself. but lately i have come short of inspiration and i need something to spark and idea. ! help please ! after christmas when i get my new camera i will start more photography and then write poems about each picture. does that sound like a good idea? people say i am very talented and artsy but i sometimes feel so stupid. 12/7/2009
leelee emily f, u r very talented:) i love poetry too and am only 14 12/7/2009
leelee okay i love poetry. the person who said poems are stupid and that none of us poets have lives is a complete... im not going to say it. why did u search this site then? seriously? poetry is a form of expression and it helps people to figure things out in there lives. 12/7/2009
stewart zobian O to thee poet;s shall we waddle with thee in-the mist of-thee enimies?. Poetry is another way to express onesselve. than you 11/28/2009
Halo I think that they put the common basics wich was good, but needed more variety. 11/26/2009
tc 14 I AM 10 AND FORGOT MY HOMEWORK.YOU HELPED ME! YOU SAVED ME! 11/23/2009
pastry k i love this site 11/21/2009
CatherineKay Good. This site helped alot. I was able to learn the differences from different peoms. Its gave me alot more to look forward to in the line of education. One question though... In the mix of all this music can me poetic in some cases so would Pop be considered poetic and if so why ? 11/9/2009
jam what do you mean about simple lyrics 11/8/2009
KOOL101 This site is the best 11/5/2009
KOOL101 Thanks this will help my writing 11/5/2009
Laura hi how are you? 11/5/2009
Thomas Williams i think that these types of poems can help other children know how these types of poems can be? 10/30/2009
chelsea there more 10/15/2009
Jennifer is this considered a poem?

Breathe...

Looking up you see a shower head. Laying in the bathtub. Thinking. Pondering. Wondering. Jesus. God. The walk with him. Is there really a light? A stairway to heaven? An angel that greets you? A gate? A line? You go under. Curiosity. Hold your breath. You can't. Up. Breathe. Deep. Inhale. Exhale. Blurry. A light. Heaven? The bathroom?

or this...

Scars...

Each scrape, a little dirtier. Sand. Soil. Mud. Each cut, a little deeper. Blood. Blue to red. Each bruise, a little darker. Brown. Red. Black. Blue. Each burn, a little hotter. Warm. Hot. Fire. And then, pieces. A puzzle. In need of gle. Inn need of you. Each scar, a memory. A burn. A bruise. A cut. A scrape. A puzzle. Mended. Loved.

Or this one?...

She, Whom...

She, whom is barren of love. She, whom loves to love and gives to give. She, whom accepts no gifts and gives thanks. She, whom wears tattered cloths and worn shoes. She, whom eats scraps and is an utterly unhealthy skinny. She, whom is in danger and doesn't know well enough to understand. She, whom never begs nor asks of a favor. She, whom is still barren of love, is the loveliest creature. She, whom loves to love needs love. She, whom wears tattered clothes and worn shoes shall wear the finest of silk. She, whom eats scraps and is an utterly unhealthy skinny shall dine with the queen. She, whom gives thanks will continue just this. She, whom never begs nor asks of a favor will be granted courage. She, whom is in danger and doesn't know well enough to understand shall be introduced to quidance and safely. She, whom is now cared for. She, whom is now loved. She, whom is now the most gorgeous woman in the universe, we are all our own, that is just she.

please tell me what form of writing this is! I wrote these! TEll me what you think!
10/14/2009
Hannalee Hansen That is very interesting. This was a home work asiment and now all ioose one. have to choose one. Thank-you for the Help

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10/11/2009
debra more information should have been here 9/24/2009
jimmy great;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;keep at the good work;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; 9/19/2009
T i think the best site this is EVER 9/8/2009
anonymous. helps me alot... 7/6/2009
wobble this site has good information! 6/21/2009
nicole I absoutely LOVE poetry! 6/14/2009
khadija m emily f. great poem. it's good to see someone your age writing like that. 5/7/2009
kanwal its helpful but not enough... 4/27/2009
Callie you have 10 types of poetry. Wow, really helpful guys, not. 4/16/2009
casandra thomas is u missing any more types of poems but it still a good resource to use.
Thank you
4/14/2009
kc u seriously need to have more poems than that 4/12/2009
ally you should have more types of poems like figurative language and things like that. 4/8/2009
Rushane You should have examples of each type of poetry,but you're quiet helpful. 3/31/2009
chloe soz this was not helpful i asked for different types of ballads but this is a good page 3/31/2009
grace ann henry a poem 3/23/2009
af That was dreadfull 3/15/2009
stacia poems are interesting 3/3/2009
hate 101 stupid 3/2/2009
Mealyn D. Your website hangs..It makes us angry. 2/23/2009
the devil emiley f 2/20/2009
the devil EMILEY is s a d 2/20/2009
bob yes you are yes you are
p.s the giy who said you need to get lives is a sad sad person
2/20/2009
POETS ARE DUMB NONE OF U POETIC FREAKS HAVE LIVES! 1/14/2009
Emily F. Im actulley am 34 soorry foor liing ,NOOT! and i am so not advanced in mwriting becaused i kant speel 1/14/2009
tu tu yea yea yea 1/10/2009
Sox I think it would be better to give examples 1/7/2009
Jasmine I like this site because i write poetry and i like poetry! 12/17/2008
Anonymous This didn't have a whole lot of variety like other articles I read before. But still it was kind of helpful 12/16/2008
steve terranova I do agree that poetry does hit on a wide range of human motion but I also feel some that some poetry like cryptic poetry the subject as not been written much at all that is sad. 12/12/2008
goku hey 12/10/2008
ravkiran i just need help to write a limerick another couplet and a haiku thats it so i did;nt get any but it it was a great help sort of but anyways bye 12/10/2008
Tiffany Jenkins I think this website will help alot of people learn about poetry,including children. This a wonderful website. 12/4/2008
Emily F. Last week they got into a fight
just last week nothing felt right
so she sit on the steps alone at recess
replying the memories of the past in her mind
she watches her old friend play truth or dare in the group
she was in
remembering all the fun they had
breaking the rules, staying up late, sneaking out
and laughing all the time
she hears girls laughing and changes her train of thought
when she looks up she sees her old friend start walking up to her
She would tell herself to act cool
so she sits up, crosses her arm and looks straight ahead
she changes her expression and becomes very confident
her friend comes up and says hi
and with a reply she says what!?
Her old friend notices that she shouldn’t have gotten the courage to
talk to her after what happened

As the school bell rang they all ran outside and once again she was alone
when she turns to leave she sees her friend again
but this tie she was smoking
but she couldn't go stop her so she turned around and walked straight home

Last week she went to the councilor
Just last week she told someone
she said how she was worried and how she didn’t want anything to happen to her.
As the tear streamed down her face she realized
that people in this world also have problem
and don’t know how to deal with it
so she goes to the girls house to apologize
and when she rings the door bell
she can feel her cheeks get red with despair
a lady answer the door crying
she asks what’s wrong
and the lady explains
That now the girl who she fought with
the girl who used to be her best friend
is now in the hospital
and has been diagnosed with cancer
She feels her face get warm and her eyes water
she cant hid her feelings anymore

The next morning she questions if she should go to the hospital
but finally gets the confidence
When she gets there she finds a empty bed
and a sympathy
11/7/2008
Emily F. this is one of my fav. stories i wrote! and i am only 12! if ya like... say so!
NIGHTMARE


It was a dark and eerie night. Desony and her racing heart pushed farther and farther. The house was in sigh, the nightmare was close on her frozen, raw bare feet. Now she wished she was equipped with the correct utensils, perhaps a jet pack to speed up. As she got closer and closer to her protect house it grew smaller. She looked back. The nightmare was almost a completely black mist with a face that speaks for it’s self. Desony really didn’t even know if it technically was in existence. All she knew is she had to escape the dreadful claw-like mist fingers. She tried to exaggerate the pain so a small flicker of hope would form and the nightmare would feel bad and give up. But no that awful critter caught up and actually told her "excellent running" before swallowing her up. When morning came Desony never woke.


11/7/2008
emily i really like your site. i am 12, and very advacened wrirter. 11/7/2008
Habib and Fred This was a fully awesome sick funny habib site. 10/30/2008
cluless idk wat type of poem i wrote 10/30/2008
Mr. Raoul Roman The Tacit Knowledge intuition of Poetry,,
Sets the soul apart from the reality of the mind,,,,
To wonder into a venture of it's own,,,
And fluorish like a rose,,,
It should be wise to see the bright...ness of the mind of others,,
So you too ,, may wonder off and be like others,,,,,,
9/9/2008
Mr. Raoul Roman The Tacit Knowledge intuition of Poetry,,
Sets the soul apart from the relaiy of the mind,,,,
To wonder into a venture of it's own,,,
And fluorish like a rose,,,
9/9/2008
shanice this is great i got everything i wanted thank you 9/5/2008
jaline what is poem? 8/20/2008
manushi it use to studansof litreture.very good.thanks to you. 7/4/2008
ciara so not interested 6/19/2008
lololololololol did nothave alltypes of poems u feg 6/11/2008
Laura I think this was a very good writen piece this girl will have a big and brigth furture 5/30/2008
Mrs. Kutsle You missed a number of "basic" poetry forms. Like concrete, for example. I suggest you do more research about poetry and re-write this page. Keep trying, dear. 5/29/2008
hailninja32 what about clerihew poetry and bio narrative poetry 5/22/2008
Tabitha i think thats a great way to express poems 5/22/2008
towlgoochi um..i need more info, but was goood 5/21/2008
Kayli She did not list all of the poem types! 5/19/2008
badboy it needs the meaning of the poem 5/13/2008
jake i wanted types of poems
there names
5/13/2008
Laura Last week they got into a fight
just last week nothing felt right
so she sit on the steps alone at recess
replying the memories of the past in her mind
she watches her old friend play truth or dare in the group
she was in
remembering all the fun they had
breaking the rules, staying up late, sneaking out
and laughing all the time
she hears girls laughing and changes her train of thought
when she looks up she sees her old friend start walking up to her
She wold tell herself to act cool
so she sits up, crosses her arm and looks straight ahead
she changes her expression and becomes very confident
her friend comes up and says hi
and with a reply she says what!?
Her old friend nitices that she shouldnt have gotton the courage to
talk to her after what happened

As the school bell rang they all ran outside and once again she was alone
when she turns to leave she sees her friend again
but this tie she was smoking
but she couldn't go stop her so she turned around and walked straight home

Last week she went to the councilor
Just last week she told someone
she said how she was worried and how she didnt want anything to happen to her.
As the tear streamed down her face she realized
that people in this owrld also have problem
and dont know how to deal with it
so she goes to the girls house to apologize
and when she rings the door bell
she can feel her cheeks get red with despair
a lady answer the door crying
she askes whats wrong
and the lady explaines
That now the girl who she fought with
the girl who used to be her best friend
is now in the hospital
and has been diagnosed with cancer
She feels her face get warm and her eyes water
she cant hid her feelings anymore

The next morning she uestions if she should go to the hospital
but finally gets the confidance
When she gets there she finds a empty bed
and a sypathy card

Thats a poem i wrote i worked hard on it but i didnt really like the way it turned out =\
5/5/2008
munos whaz up?

5/2/2008
Madisonlynney®™ Those are not all the types of poetry! 4/25/2008
Sithabile HEY Thnx alot for the information that you have givin i am also apoetry writer and this has helped me alot so the next time i write a poem ill know what type is it 4/25/2008
ashante you should also try 2 put ALL poems not some 4/24/2008
ashante i love poetry it gives a chance to inspire and to let your freedom out 4/24/2008
dj how you doing 4/22/2008
1997ykf very good poems
4/16/2008
Mee Your site kisses my bum
4/15/2008
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