What is an example of a traditional poem?

A traditional poem is typically structured with a regular meter and rhyme scheme, and often employs figurative language and imagery. Here's an example of a traditional poem, a Petrarchan sonnet by William Wordsworth:

The World Is Too Much with Us

The world is too much with us; late and soon,

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;

Little we see in Nature that is ours;

We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!

This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;

The winds that will be howling at all hours,

And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;

For this, for everything, we are out of tune;

It moves us not.--Great God! I'd rather be

A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;

So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,

Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;

Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.

This sonnet features a traditional rhyme scheme (ABBABACDCCDCDEE) and iambic pentameter. It employs figurative language (e.g., "Nature that is ours" and "sleeping flowers") and imagery to convey the poet's thoughts and feelings about the state of humanity and the natural world.