This document provides definitions and descriptions of various types of poems. It discusses lyric poetry, haiku, sonnets, limericks, elegies, villanelles, free verse, odes, and ghazals. Each type of poem has distinct characteristics, such as structure, form, themes, origins, and stylistic qualities.

1. poems
A piece of writing arranged in short lines. Poems
try to express thoughts and feelings with the help of
sound and rhythm…

2. Types Of Poem
poetry Lyric poetry Haiku Sonnet
Limerick Elegy Free verse Ode
Epic Villanelle
Ghazal

3. POETRY
rhythmic qualities of language
− such as verse, is a form of
literature esthetic and often
evoke meanings in addition
to, or in place
ophonaesthetics, sound
symbolism, and metre −
tothat uses aostensible
meaning. Poetry, also called f,
a prosaic

4. LYRIC
POETRY
They can use rhyming
verse, or free form. Lyric
poetry differs from epic
and narrative poetry as
the focus is on a feeling
rather than a story.

5. haiku
Haiku is a type of short
form poetry originally from
Japan. Traditional Japanese
haiku consist of three
phrases composed of 17
phonetic units in a 5, 7, 5
pattern; that include a
kireji, or "cutting word";
and a kigo, or seasonal
reference

6. sonnet
A sonnet is a poetic
form that originated
in the poetry
composed at the
Court of the Holy
Roman Emperor
Frederick II in the
Sicilian city of Palermo

7. limerick
limerick is a form of verse,
usually humorous and
frequently rude, in five-line,
predominantly anapestic
trimeter with a strict rhyme
scheme of AABBA, in which
the first, second and fifth
line rhyme, while the third
and fourth lines are shorter
and share a different rhyme

8. ELEGY
An elegy is a poem of
serious reflection, and in
English literature usually
a lament for the dead.
However, according to
The Oxford Handbook of
the Elegy, "for all of its
pervasiveness ... the
'elegy' .

9. villanelle
' .
A villanelle, also
known as
villanesque, is a
nineteen-line poetic
form consisting of
five tercets
followed by a
quatrain

10. Free
verse
Free verse is an open form of
poetry, which in its modern
form arose through the
French vers libre form. It does
not use consistent meter
patterns, rhyme, or any
musical pattern. It thus tends
to follow the rhythm of
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11. ODE
An ode is a type of lyric
poetry. Odes are
elaborately structured
poems praising or glorifying
an event or individual,
describing nature
intellectually as well as
emotionally. A classic ode is
structured in three major
parts: the strophe, the
antistrophe, and the epode.

12. GHAZAL
The ghazal is a form of
amatory poem or ode,
originating in Arabic poetry.
Ghazals often deal with topics
of spiritual and romantic love
and may be understood as a
poetic expression of both the
pain of loss or separation
from the beloved and the
beauty of love in spite of that
pain…..
Mainly written in URDU.

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