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Poem Forms with Examples

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Acronet
A L'Arora
Alfred Dorn Sonnet
Allitterative Acrostic Trigee
Alouette
American 767
Amphion
Analogue
Anaphora
Anna
Aquarian
Australian/Bowlesian Sonnet
Balance
Balancing Quatrains
Beginning Refrain
Bev-a-Lynn Rhyme
Bio Poem
Blitz Poem
Brady Touch
Bragi
Bref Double
Brevee
Brevette
Briolette
Brisbane Sonnet
Cadae
Cadence
Cameo
Cancione
Candlelight
Canopus
Carol Sonnet
Cascade
Catena Rondo
Chazz Effect
Cherita
Choka
Cinqku
Cinqku #2
Cinq Trois Deca La Rhyme
Cinquain
Cinquetun
Cinquo
Cinquo Chain
Clarity Pyramid
Coin Poem
Collaborative Couplets
Compound Word Poem
Conditionelle
Constanza
Converse in Couplets
Cornish Sonnet
Count Down and Count Up
Couplets
Couplet with Refrain
Cromorna
Daisy Chain
Dansa
Dead Metaphor Poems
Decannelle
Decathlon
Decuain
Deten
Diagonal Acrostic
Diamante
Diatelle
Distorted Diablo
Dixdeux
Dizain
Dodoitsu
Donna
Donzet
Double Dactyls
Double Etheree
Double Five
Double Nonet
Duo-Rhyme
Eleventh Power
Empat Empat
Envelope Couplets
Epulaeryu
Ercil
Essence
Etheree
Faceted Diamond
Fantasy
Fib and Trimeric Combo
Fib Octave
Fib Quatro
Fib Sequence
Fib Variations
Fibroquatro
Five Triplets and a Quatrain Refrains
Florette
For-Get-Me-Not
Garland Cinquain
Ghazal
Ghazanelle
Glawn
Glosa
Goethe Stanza
Golda
Go Vat
Grayette
Grossblank
Haiku
Haikuette
Hautt
Hay(na)ku
Hexaduad
Hexsonnetta
Hourglass
Huitain
Hybridanelle
I AM Poem
Instant Pensee
Inverted Hexaduad
Johnn
Joseph's Star
Juggling Quatrains and Quintains
Kerf
Kerf2
Kimo
Kyrielle
Kyrielle Dialogue
Kyrielle Hymn
Lady's Slipper
Lai
Lai Nouveau
La'Libertas
Lannet
Lanturne
La'Tuin
Laurette
LaVelle
Lentino
Lento
Leona Rima
Lilibonelle
Limerick
Line Messaging
Lira
Lira II
List Poem
Logolift
Loop Poetry
Loose Sonnet
Lune Variations
Lyrelle
Lyrette
Manardina
Marianne
Markette
Mathnawi
McWhirtle
Memento
Metric Pyramid
Michelle's Heart
Mid Swap
Miku
Miniature
Minuette
Minute
Mini-monoverse
Mirrored Refrain
Mirrored Sextet
Mirrored Ten By Ten
Mixed Rhyme
Monchielle
Monoku
Mono-Rhymed Triplets
Mono-Syllable Poems
Monoterra
Musette
Nestorian Sonnet
Neville
Nonce Sextet
Nonce Sonnet
Nonet
Nove Otto
Novelinee
Octain
Octameter
Octaz Rhyme
Octelle
Octet
Octo
Octodil
Odd Ode
Oddquain
Onda Mel
Oriental Octet
Onzain
Ottava Rima
Palette
Pantoum
Pantun
Paradelle
Parallelogram de Crystaline
Pathya Vat
Pirouette
Pleiades
Pseudotaph
Puente
Qasida
Quadrilew
Quatern
Quaternion
Quartina
Quatrain Experiments
Quinnette
Quintain
Quintella
Quintette
Quintilla
Quintina
Quintinelle
Quinzaine
Raccontino
Recondilla
Remy La Rhyme
Repete
Retourne
Retournello
Reverse Abecedarium or Zyxedarian
Rhupunt
Rhymed Acrostic
Rhymed Quatrains
Rhymethor
Rictameter
Rime Royal
Rimas Dissolutus
Rispetto
Rondeau
Rondel
Rosarian Sonnet
Rubaiyat
Saraband
Sardine
Scallop
Scicinque
Seafonn
Senryu
Seox
Septet Stanza
Sept
Sept II
Sept III
Septanelle
Septet
Septone
Septolet
Sestina
Sestina Bob
Sestenelle
Sevenelle
Sevenlings
Sextina
Shadorama
Sijo
Sixains
Soft Songed Tercet
Soledad
Sonnette
Sonnetina Rispetto
Staccato
Stave Stanza
Swannet
Sweetbriar
Swinburne's Rhymed Sestina
Synchronicity
Tableau
Tailgaters
Tango
Tanka
Ten Minute Stipulation
Tercet-tina
Termelay
Terse Verse
Terzanelle
Terza Rima
Terza Rima Sonnet
Tetractys
Tigerjade
Tina's ZigZag Rhyme
Trente-Sei
Tri-Fall
Trijan Refrain
Trilinca
Trilonnet
Trimeric
Trinet
Trio
Triolet
Triplets
Triptinelle
Tritrina
Triquain
Triquain Tristich
Triquatrain
Triquint
Trolaan
Troismieme
Tuanortsa
Tweeku
Two Trois-par-Huit
Tyburn
Unrhymed Couplet Fourteener
Unrhymed Tercets
Unrhymed Trolaan
Varselle
Veltanelle
Vers Beaucoup
Verso-Rhyme
Villanelle
Violette
Virelet
Waltz Wave
Whitney
Wrapped Refrain
Zanila
Zanze
Zejel
Zenith