Every Sonnet

This form was invented by  Alberto J. Alvarez G. writing on Allpoetry as MystiqueWizzard It is Stanzaic with three qutrains and a couplet...

A Refrain Sonnet Rhyme Scheme: ABcdefABghijAB. No meter or line length specified. Quatorzain with no stanzas. Example Poem: A Poet...

4 tercets + couplet Generally Iambic Pentameter Volta at or following line 9 4 tercets + couplet First and seventh lines compose endin...

2 sestets + couplet (8-syllable lines) Rhyme Scheme:  ABaAab ABaAab AB Example Poem: Neighbor's Aria  (Triolet Sonnet) I was ha...

The Terza Rima or Diaspora Sonnet, appeared in England in the 19th century. It makes use of the interweaving pattern and forward movement o...

The Tet Zayin Sonnet was created by Amera M. Andersen.  Tet Zayin is the Hebrew number 16       A new Form with a strict structure it doe...

This form whilst not the creation of the Canadian poet, Gloria Carpenter, it has become her trademark being used in conjunction with her el...

The Slide Sonnet is created be Victoria Sutton aka "PassionsPromise."   Like most sonnets, it has 14 lines.  It is compose...

French Sonnet or Rondel Prime is simply a Rondel with an second refrain added to the end of the poem. This verse form unlike most sonnets i...

The original Quatern was a French form consisting of three, four line stanzas and containing a couplet refrain. As is normal with French ...

The Passion Sonnet, created by  Victoria Sutton, aka, PassionsPromise, is composed using the rhyme scheme of the traditional Shakesperian ...

Quatorzain made up of (three rhyming quatrain stanzas and  a non-rhyming couplet). Just like the traditional Kyrielle poem, the Kyrielle...

A "new poetic form" created by Jeff Green is based on the Kyrielle sonnet,  like the Kyrielle sonnet it has 3 quatrains and a co...

The Cross Sonnet was created by  Victoria Sutton aka "PassionsPromise." It is composed with eight syllables to each line. The ...

The Cornish Sonnet is said to be influenced by Arab traders to the Cornish coast. This verse form is a merging of Arabic meter and the sonn...

The defining features of the Blues Sonnet are: a quatorzain made up of 4 triplets and a heroic couplet. oddly metric, in iambic ...