- Sonnet: 14-line poem
- Villanelle: 19-line poem
- Ballad: a narrative poem in quatrains with a specific ABAB rhyme scheme
- Cinquain: short five-line poem with a specific 2-4-6-8-2 syllable count
- Terza rima: 3-line stanzas with the first and third lines rhyming each other and the second line rhyming with the first and third lines of the subsequent stanza
Free verse form:
- Free verse: has no consistent structure, rhythm, or rhyme scheme
Hybrid verse form:
- Blank verse: composed of unrhymed iambic pentameter
- Haiku: a 3-line poem with a syllable count of 5-7-5