
Both forms of poetry are defined by their structure in exactly the elements described above: line length, meter, rhyme scheme. Two well-known poetry forms are the haiku and the limerick. That brings us to poetry forms: defined poetic structures used across multiple poems and generally by multiple authors. Two well-known examples are the haiku and the limerick. Poetry forms are defined poetic structures used across multiple poems, generally by multiple authors.


A poem’s form is its structure: elements like its line lengths and meters, stanza lengths, rhyme schemes (if any) and systems of repetition.Ī poem’s form refers to its structure: elements like its line lengths and meters, stanza lengths, rhyme schemes (if any) and systems of repetition. Every poem has a form-its own way of approaching these elements-whether that form is unique just to that poem, or part of a more widely used poetic form.
