Villanelle - Five three-line stanzas and a closing quatrain with the first and third lines of the first stanza repeating alternately in succeeding stanzas., Anagrammatic Poetry - Each line of verse forms to be an anagram., Ode - A formal,often ceremonious lyric poem that addresses and (often) celebrates something. , Ballad - A popular narrative song that is passed down orally- it usually follows a form of rhymed quatrains alternating 4 stress and 3 stress lines., Free Verse - Lines with irregular length, rhyming (if at all) very irregularly., Rondeau - A French form of poetry composed of 15 lines, each containing 8-10 syllables. , Ottava Rima - Italian stanza, containing 8-11 syllable lines, rhyming ABABABCC., Ekphrasis - Poems written about works of art in ancient. In Greek, it translates to 'describing things with vivid detail'., Haiku - A Japanese poetic form that consists of three lines; 5 syllables in the first, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third., Ghazal  - A poetic depiction of the agony of loss or separation, as well as the beauty of love. It is normally composed of at least 5 couplets., Sonnet - 14 line poem in iambic pentameter., Limerick - A closed-form poem with a light and humorous subject matter. A 5 line poem that only contains 1 stanza. The subject is a short, pithy tale/description., Madrigal - A song or short lyric poem intended for multiple singers. , Waka/Tanka - 31 syllable Japanese poem that is customarily written in a single line. Like Haiku poetry, they have a particular syllable requirement. ,

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