Poetry Styles

Kyoka is a poetry form that is used to make fun of politicians or leaders, and to make fun of certain events that took place.  It follows the syllable count of tanka: 5-7-5-7-7

~ The Ae Freslighe can have more than one stanza. For this event, write one stanza in any topic. ~ Each stanza is built up out of four lines (a quatrain) ~ Each line has seven syllables. # Line one and three use a triple rhyme (three syllable rhyme) # Line two and...

One of Neuvain’s forms, is built in a rhyming scheme called “rhytmus tripertitus" : which follows the scheme AAB/CCB/DDB  

The quintine is a one-stanza poem built up out of five lines, and with the following syllable count:   x xxx xxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx

  Created by Jan Haag, the eintou is built this way:      line 1: 2 syllables/words      line 2: 4 syllables/words      line 3: 6 syllables/words      line 4: 8 syllables/words      line 5: 6 syllables/words      line 6: 4 syllables/words      line 7: 2...

Inspired from the Fibonacci form of poetry that counts the number of words per line.   Fibbosyllacci is developed by Rham Dhel that uses syllables rather than words. It is a 6-line poem that has the following elements-   syllable count    line 1: 1    line...

A Classical Greek and Latin metrical line consisting of 11 syllables: typically a spondee or trochee, a choriamb, and two iambs, the second of which has an additional syllable at the end. The classical Latin poet Catullus favored the line. It is seldom used in...

This is  a form created by Udit Bhatia.  It is a simple seven-lined poem with a specific syllable pattern and two alliterations per line. For example: Glorious Graves, and wonderful waves.  Alliteration is the succession of similar consonant sounds. They are not...

A Skinny is an American short poem (a fixed form) that consists of eleven lines. The first and eleventh lines can be any length (although shorter lines are favored). The eleventh and last line must be repeated using the same words from the first and opening line...