poetry

n.

1. poem, paean, song, versification, metrical composition, rime, rhyme, poesy, stanza, rhythmical composition, poetical writings; see also verse 1.

   Types of poetry include: idyllic, lyric, pastoral, epic, heroic, dramatic, erotic, elegiac, ballad, narrative, symbolic, light, humorous, satiric, didactic.

2. Forms of poetry include: sonnet, Shakespearean sonnet, Italian sonnet, Miltonic sonnet, Wordsworthian sonnet; Chaucerian stanza, Spenserian stanza; heroic couplet, rocking-horse couplet*, Alexandrine, iambic pentameter, rhyme royal, ottava rima, couplet, triplet, sextet, septet, octet, distich, ode, epode, triolet, rondeau, rondel, rondelet, tanka, haiku, kyrielle, quatrain, quinzain, ballad, sestine, sloka, triad, gazel, shaped whimsey, villanelle, limerick, parody; blank verse, free verse, stop-short, stichic verse, strophic verse, stanzaic verse, accentual verse, alliterative verse.