Concrete or shape poetry.

Concrete Poetry or Shape Poetry is defined as poetry that uses a visual form to convey meaning. So what does … More

Time to look at the Spenserian Sonnet

Invented and thus named after the English poet Edmund Spenser. Edmund Spenser lived in the 16th century. The Spenserian sonnet … More

Another type of sonnet is the Shakespearean sonnet. This type of sonnet has three quatrains (4 lines) which are then … More

Giacomo da Lentini is credited with creating the Italian sonnet. Later Guittone d’Arezzo tailored the sonnet to his own language … More

The basic concept of a sonnet is simple. 1. It takes two related and yet at the same time contrasting … More

A list poem is just that. A list of things. List poems first appeared thousands of years ago. The bible … More

A villanelle has 19 lines. The first 15 lines are written in tercet stanzas. A tercet is 3 lines of … More

An ABC poem can take two forms. Simply begin the poem with a word. The following line begins with a … More

Fibonacci poetry is based on a number sequence. Typically a Fibonacci poem has 6 lines and 20 syllables. Many poets … More

An Acrostic Poem tells its readers about the title word. It takes the letters of the title and uses that … More