sonnet (It. from L. sonus ‘sound’): This is a special verse form with 14 lines, usually iambic pentameter in English. There are two main kinds of sonnet, Italian or Petrarchan and Shakespearean or English.

rondel

Rondels are a French poetic form from the 14th century consisting of 13 or 14 lines. It’s a variation of the rondeau. Its metre is open, but it usually has eight syllables.

Spenserian sonnet

Sonnet A lyric poem that consists of 14 lines which usually have one or more conventional rhyme schemes.

Roundabout is: A 20 line poem, attributed to David Edwards. Stanzaic: Consisting of 4 five-line stanza.

Cinq-Cinquain A poem of five cinquains. A poem of 25 lines.

septet

A quintain (also known as a quintet) is any poetic form or stanza that contains five lines.

8-line stanzas An 8-line stanza of any kind is called an octave (or occasionally an octet). The word octave is also used for the first 8 lines of a sonnet.

Nine-line stanza (for example ababbcbcc, it is Spenserian stanza) Ten-line stanza (for example ababccdeed)

Popular poetry types include haiku, free verse, sonnets, and acrostic poems.

There are various types of short poems, including a rhyme, a lyric, an epigram and a haiku. A rhyme is a form of poetry, which has lines ending in similar sounds, while a nursery rhyme is a short poem written specifically for young children.