What are poetic forms?
There are a few things that makes up a poetic form, but if you just want a basic meaning of what a poetic form is, it's the form of the poem. Poetic forms are made up of things like meter and rhyme schemes. The most popular poetic form is free verse. Most of the poems we read or write are free verse and a few of them has a rhyme scheme or rhyming words throughout the poem. Below are definitions of the elements that makes up a poetic form.
meter (n.)- the structure of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates a rhythmical pattern
mood (n.)- a primary feeling or emotion generated by particular word choices, images, settings, and plot
paraphrasing (n.)- restating what someone else wrote or said in your own words
mood (n.)- a primary feeling or emotion generated by particular word choices, images, settings, and plot
paraphrasing (n.)- restating what someone else wrote or said in your own words
Types of poetic forms
You had read in the text above that free verse is a poetic form, but that's not the only one. There is also haiku, lyric poetry, narrative poetry, and sonnets. If you are not familiar with these poetic forms there are definitions below, as well as examples.
free verse (n.)- poems that does not follow a fixed rhyme or rhythm pattern
haiku (n.)- Japanese poetic form that consist of three lines of 5,7,5 syllables and usually does not rhyme
lyric poetry (n.)- expresses feelings and thought of the speaker in a song-like poetic way
narrative poetry (n.)- a poem that tells a story
sonnets (n.)- a poem arranged in 14 lines that is written in iambic pentameter and usually rhymes;
two types of sonnets which are the Italian (Petrarchan) or the English (Shakespearean)
haiku (n.)- Japanese poetic form that consist of three lines of 5,7,5 syllables and usually does not rhyme
lyric poetry (n.)- expresses feelings and thought of the speaker in a song-like poetic way
narrative poetry (n.)- a poem that tells a story
sonnets (n.)- a poem arranged in 14 lines that is written in iambic pentameter and usually rhymes;
two types of sonnets which are the Italian (Petrarchan) or the English (Shakespearean)