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Top 20 Most Popular Types of Poetry on PoetrySoup

Here is a list of the Top 20 most popular forms of poetry on PoetrySoup with examples and definitions. We have ranked the most common types of poems written by PoetrySoup members and today's international poets. The popularity of particular forms of poetry changes over the years and centuries, but these are the forms contemporary poets are using today.

RankFormPoemsDefinition and Example
1 Free verse Poems Definition and Example
2 Rhyme Poems Definition and Example
3 Haiku Poems Definition and Example
4 Light Verse Poems Definition and Example
5 Verse Poems Definition and Example
6 Lyric Poems Definition and Example
7 Couplet Poems Definition and Example
8 Limerick Poems Definition and Example
9 Acrostic Poems Definition and Example
10 Quatrain Poems Definition and Example
11 Sonnet Poems Definition and Example
12 ABC Poems Definition and Example
13 Blank verse Poems Definition and Example
14 Narrative Poems Definition and Example
15 Prose Poetry Poems Definition and Example
16 Senryu Poems Definition and Example
17 Ballad Poems Definition and Example
18 Tanka Poems Definition and Example
19 Bio Poems Definition and Example
20 Dramatic Verse Poems Definition and Example

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