Amanda Stewart

 Poetry is classified into different categories. A list of these categories can be found on the Types of Poetry web page. Types of Poetry HaikuLimerickEpigramSonnet

 Haiku Poetry Type is a Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Haiku poetry originated in the sixteenth century and reflects on some aspect of nature and creates images.

Stanza by Basho Ah, summer grasses! All that remains Of the warriors dreams.

 a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet.

 a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty or ingenious turn of thought.

Limerick from the Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear There was an Old Man with a gong, Who bumped at it all day long; But they called out, 'O law! You're a horrid old bore!' So they smashed that Old Man with a gong.

A Lame Begger by John Donne I am unable, yonder beggar cries, To stand, or move; if he say true, he lies

 poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.

O thou my lovely boy by William Shakespeare O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy power Dost hold Time's fickle glass his fickle hour; Who hast by waning grown, and therein show'st Thy lovers withering, as thy sweet self grow'st

Dictionary.com. (n.d.). Retrieved October 29, 2008, from et Types of Poetry. (2005, October 20). Retrieved October 29, 2008, from of-poetry.org.uk/