I already know one, the 'free verse' style.
2007-11-01 15:29:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
What they both said....
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2007-11-05 12:13:42 · answer #1 · answered by Dondi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there are many popular forms...you already mentioned "free verse", but there is also "open verse", "rhymed verse", of which there are many types such as sonnets, ballads, full end stopped rhymes, slant rhymes, half rhymes, terza rima, grue, carmen figuraturum, etc., plus Haiku, Tanka...the list simply goes on and on and on. You could easly google "poetic styles" and get dozens of them. What's "popular" today could be passe tomorrow and if you look around, you'll see that all the forms and styles have supporters all over the world.
hope this helps
2007-11-01 20:10:25 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free verse isn't really a form. As you say, it's more a style of poetry language.
Forms include: sonnet, haiku, villanelle, toddaid, pantoum, tanka, englyn cyrch, terza rima, sestina...just to name a few. Basically, a form is anything that fits a prescribed shape, or frame to a poem...the exact opposite of free verse actually, making "formal verse" the other style of poetry.
2007-11-01 20:10:09 · answer #3 · answered by Nathan D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋