1. Sonnet (Shakespearean)
> Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
> Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
> Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
> And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
> ... (William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18)
2. Haiku (Japanese)
> An old silent pond...
> A frog jumps into the pond—
> Splash! Silence again.
> ... (Matsuo Bashō)
3. Free Verse
> The world is a beautiful place
> When you’re in love.
> The birds sing sweeter,
> The flowers smell stronger.
> The sun shines brighter,
> The moon looks larger.
> Everything seems new,
> Everything seems possible.
> ... (Original poem)
4. Ballad (Traditional)
> In Scarlet Town, where I was born,
> There was a fair maid dwellin',
> Made every lad that looked on her
> To wish her well and tellin'.
> ... (Traditional Ballad)
5. Limerick (Humorous)
> There once was a man from Nantucket
> Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
> But his daughter, named Nan,
> Ran away with a man
> And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
> ... (Traditional Limerick)
6. Ode (Formal, Elevated)
> "Ode to a Nightingale"
> My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
> My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,
> Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains
> One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk:
> ... (John Keats)
7. Concrete (Visual)
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8. Epic (Long Narrative)
> *The Odyssey* by Homer, *The Epic of Gilgamesh* are examples.
9. Elegy (Mournful)
> "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray
10. Lyric (Expressing Personal Emotion)
> "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost
These are just a few examples, and there are many other forms and styles of poetry. What makes a poem unique is not just its form but also its language, imagery, and themes.