http://members.cox.net/berniehpoetry/ Poetry Styles with example and diffinitions of each. en-us application/rss+xml Everyone application/rss+xml Poetry from the Heart 2005 application/rss+xml http://members.cox.net/berniehpoetry/Bernies_Poetry.rss Poetry Styles with example and diffinitions http://members.cox.net/berniehpoetry/type/villanelle.html A Villanelle is a nineteenline poem consisting of a very specific rhyming scheme: aba aba aba aba aba abaa. The first and the third lines in the first stanza are repeated in alternating order throughout the poem, and appear together in the last couplet (last two lines). http://members.cox.net/berniehpoetry/type/pantoum.html The pantoum consists of a series of quatrains rhyming ABAB in which the second and fourth lines of a quatrain recur as the first and third lines in the succeeding quatrain; each quatrain introduces a new second rhyme as BCBC, CDCD. The first line of the series recurs as the last line of the closing quatrain, and third line of the poem recurs as the second line of the closing quatrain, rhyming ZAZA. The design is simple: Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 (repeat of line 2) Line 6 Line 7 (repeat of line 4) Line 8 Contine with as many stanzas as you wish, but the ending stanza then repeats the second and fourth lines of the previous stanza (as its first and third lines), and also repeats the third line of the first stanza, as its second line, and the first line of the first stanza as its fourth. So the first line of the poem is also the last. Last stanza: Line 2 of previous stanza Line 3 of first stanza Line 4 of previous stanza Line 1 of first stanza http://members.cox.net/berniehpoetry/type/palindrome.html A palindrome, by definition, is a word, phrase, verse, sentence, or even poem that reads the same forward or backward. It stems from the Greek word palindromos: palin, meaning again, and dromos, meaning a running. Combining the two together, the Greek meaning gives us, running back again... The carefully placed words form the same sentence, whether it is read forward or backward. For example, 'Mirrored images reflect images mirrored' which includes a word in the center as a reversal point for the sentence or even the poem. http://members.cox.net/berniehpoetry/type/monorhyme.html A Monorhyme is a poem in which all the lines have the same end rhyme http://members.cox.net/berniehpoetry/type/limerick.html A Limerick is a rhymed humorous, and or nonsense poem of five lines. With a rhyming scheme of: aabba http://members.cox.net/berniehpoetry/type/Haiku.html Haiku (also called nature or seasonal haiku) is an unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all. Haiku is usually written in the present tense and focuses on nature (seasons). The 5/7/5 rule is rumored to have been made up for school children to understand and learn this type of poetry. http://members.cox.net/berniehpoetry/type/acrostic.html Acrostic Poetry where the first letter of each line spells a word, usually using the same words as in the title. http://members.cox.net/berniehpoetry/type/damante.html A Diamante is a sevenlined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape. Line 1: Noun or subject Line 2: Two Adjectives Line 3: Three ing words Line 4: Four words about the subject Line 5: Three ing words Line 6: Two adjectives Line 7: Synonym/antonym for the subject http://members.cox.net/berniehpoetry/type/didactic.html Didactic Poetry is a form of poetry intended for instruction such as for knowledge or to teach. http://members.cox.net/berniehpoetry/type/epitaph.html An epitaph is a brief poem inscribed on a tombstone praising a deceased person, usually with rhyming lines.