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Poetic Forms (PF)
Learn about old & new poetic forms.
If you are familiar with one or have a favorite style, share it with others. Or just try writing a few and posting them here.

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Alliterative Verse Alliterative Verse The alliterative verse poem is an Old English style. It was commonly written from pre-Norman times through to the 15th century. The style has fallen out of favour since then, b... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:20pm by Jess	0	25	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:20pm By: Jess
Hudibrastic Hudibrastic The odd name for this style of poetry is named after the first poem to utilize this unique form: "Hudibras" by Samuel Butler. Most people who choose to attempt the style follow the sa... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:22pm by Jess	0	24	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:22pm By: Jess
Sapphic Verse Sapphics This is a tough one, because it originated in Greece and English is much harder to fit into the sapphic mold. Sappho developed the poetic style between the 7th and 6th centuries BC (a po... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:22pm by Jess	0	8	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:22pm By: Jess
Heroic Couplet Heroic Couplet Most people are familiar with the heroic couplet as it appears in other styles of poetry...at the end of some sonnets for example. The heroic couplet is one of the most widely empl... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:23pm by Jess	0	20	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:23pm By: Jess
Ottava Rima Ottava Rima This is an interesting style that was developed in Italy. Luigi Pulci would be an excellent place to start if you have an interest in Italian verse. The style made its way into the En... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:24pm by Jess	0	17	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:24pm By: Jess
Royal Rhyme Royal Rhyme This poetic form is attributed to King James I of Scotland. It has alternately been called the Chaucerian stanza. It is not commonly seen in this day in age, but it was extremely tren... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:26pm by Jess	0	19	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:26pm By: Jess
Byr a Thoddaid Byr a Thoddaid *Byr a Thoddaid* is a Welsh syllabic quatrain form consisting of 2 couplets, either of which can appear as the first couplet of the stanza. One couplet is two 8-syllable lines that r... Started Jul 29^th, 2009 at 4:19pm by Just_Daniel	2	28	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:27pm By: Jess
Canzone Canzone This is an extremely intricate form of poetry that derives its origins from the troubadour and Italian traditions. What is interesting to know about the canzone is that it may be the orig... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:28pm by Jess	0	20	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:28pm By: Jess
Prose Poetry Prose Poetry Prose poetry is hard to distinguish from short articles or vignettes. There is no single definition of a prose poem; nor is there a solid boarder between prose poetry and simple pros... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:32pm by Jess	0	30	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:32pm By: Jess
Georgic Poems Georgic Poems Georgic poems are much older than the saint they have been named after. They predate the Greeks and may have found their roots in the first formal scholastic schools. The Georgic po... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:32pm by Jess	0	22	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:32pm By: Jess
Imagist Poem Imagist Poem Imagism is a term first used by Ezra Pound, although the style it describes is much older. At its most fundamental level imagism represents an image and lets that image carry the whole poe... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:35pm by Jess	0	11	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:35pm By: Jess
Cacophony and Euphony Cacophony and Euphony Cacophony or euphony may be used to describe short poems that utilze either or both of these two writing devices. The main contribution to poetry of these two principles, however, is in... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:38pm by Jess	0	12	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:38pm By: Jess
Rannaicheacht Ghairid Rannaicheacht Ghairid (ron-a'yach cha'r-rid): *Rannaicheacht Ghairid* is another one of those Irish/Welsh poetic forms that are such fun to write. Each stanza is a quatrain in which the first line ... Started Feb 23^rd, 2004 at 11:19pm by Normpo	0	36	Feb 24^th, 2004 at 1:19am By: Normpo
Clogyrnach Clogyrnach: (clog-ir-nach): *Clogyrnach* is an old Welsh poetic form of 32 syllables. It's usually has a six line stanza with this rhyme scheme: A-A-B-B-B-A. The first two lines are 8 syllables, the ... Started Feb 23^rd, 2004 at 11:23pm by Normpo	0	46	Feb 24^th, 2004 at 1:23am By: Normpo
Cyhydedd hir Cyhydedd hir *Cyhydedd hir* (cuh-hee-dedd heer) is another Welsh form, consisting of an eight line stanza formed of two quatrains. Each quatrain has three lines of five syllables that carry the sa... Started Jan 19^th, 2005 at 12:04pm by Normpo	1	61	Mar 26^th, 2004 at 5:08pm By: Normpo
Welsh Forms Welsh Forms ^{Ed. Unfortunately, the first link that Salem provided here no longer exists, but here is the second that she offered us:} A helpful link that has other forms including Irish forms on a... Started Oct 10^th, 2003 at 1:46pm by silkenlightning	7	139	Mar 27^th, 2004 at 9:17pm By: alanmdouglas
Epitaphs Epitaphs These little ditties predate recorded history, which always seemed a little odd to me. It is amazing how linguists can reconstruct traditions that were seldom or never written down...any... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:33pm by Jess	1	48	Jul 24^th, 2004 at 4:45pm By: Pen
ABCDerius ABCDerius One type of *ABCDerian* poem is an *acrostic* of 26 lines (or I suppose any multiple of 26, although I can't say I've ever seen one). The first letter of each line begins with a successive lette... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:49pm by Jess	2	78	Jul 26^th, 2004 at 3:18pm By: Pen
Coupletameter Coupletameter I came here seeking [ but not finding, so I'm posting ] this interesting form that Norm has invented using the rictameter (well, almost, he says) and rhyming couplets in combo — with two lines of each meter: monomet... Started Apr 26^th, 2005 at 2:15pm by Just_Daniel	3	83	Oct 31^st, 2005 at 1:35pm By: Richie
The Alliterisen The Alliterisen This form was created by Udit Bhatia (also known as "The Risen Sun"). I think he invented a winner here. It is a challenging form that I found a lot of fun. Here is how it wo... Started Feb 14^th, 2006 at 2:14pm by Normpo	1	53	Feb 14^th, 2006 at 5:46pm By: the_risen_sun - Ex Member
Paradelle Paradelle The *paradelle* is a very difficiult French form of poetry that has very strict repetition throughout the poem. There are a total of four 6-line stanzas, with the last stanza being a summa... Started Aug 2^nd, 2003 at 4:17pm by Shanti	6	158	Apr 10^th, 2006 at 12:43am By: Just_Daniel
Cyrch a cywta Cyrch a cywta Cyrch a cywta is another Welsh poetic form: a stanza of eight 7-syllable lines Lines 1-6 and 8 share a single rhyme L7 ends in a second, cross-rhyme in the 3^rd syllable of L8 x x x x x x a x x x x x x a x x x x x x a x x x x x x ... Started Nov 8^th, 2005 at 10:26pm by Normpo	3	82	Oct 5^th, 2006 at 12:52am By: Pen
Ae Freslighe Ae Freslighe (ay fresh lee) is a Celtic form of poetry: Each stanza is a quatrain of seven syllables. Lines one and three rhyme with a triple (three syllable) rhyme and two and four use a double ... Started Feb 19^th, 2004 at 2:29am by Normpo	1	80	Oct 5^th, 2006 at 1:02am By: Pen
free fall sonnet free fall sonnet What we'll call a free fall sonnet is an "abNORMal" sonnet, which is intended to be partly comical but also expresses a point of view about strict form. I am a strong advocate of the p... Started Oct 22^nd, 2006 at 5:25pm by Normpo	0	13	Oct 22^nd, 2006 at 7:25pm By: Normpo
Quintine Quintine This poetic form is a syllable-counting form, like nonet, cinquain, lanturne and Etheree. There are no restrictions as to subject matter, nor is there a prescribed rhyme scheme. It is a five line poem with the follow... Started Oct 26^th, 2006 at 11:51am by Normpo	0	12	Oct 26^th, 2006 at 1:51pm By: Normpo

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