This is a word list of Types of Poetry. From Acrostic to Zuihitsu, there’s something here for everyone!
A
Acrostic
Alexandrine
Anacreontic
Aubade
B
Ballad
Blank verse
Burlesque
C
Canzone
Cinquain
Clerihew
Concrete
Couplet
D
Diamante
Didactic
Dramatic monologue
E
Eclogue
Ekphrastic
Elegy
Epic
Epigram
Epitaph
Etheree
F
Found
Free verse
G
Ghazal
Glosa
H
Haiku
Heroic couplet
Hexaduad
Horatian ode
I
Italian sonnet
L
Lai
Limerick
List poem
Lyric
N
Narrative
O
Occasional
Ode
Ottava rima
P
Palindrome
Pantoum
Pastoral
Petrarchan sonnet
Prose poetry
Q
Quatrain
R
Rhyme royal
Rondeau
Rondel
S
Senryu
Sestina
Shakespearean sonnet
Shape poem
Sonnet
Spenserian sonnet
T
Tanka
Terza rima
Terzanelle
Triolet
Tritina
V
Verse drama
Villanella
Villanelle
Vogon poetry (the 3rd worst poetry in the universe)
Z
Zappai
Zuihitsu