A guide to verse forms, aimed mainly at the would-be poet. This site does not claim to be complete or authoritative. And to avoid copyright problems, I wrote all the examples myself. You have been warned!
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Here's a list of all the verse forms covered on the site. There are many other standard verse forms which are not included, and not all of the forms on this site are standard. More forms will be added as and when they come to my notice and/or I succeed in writing presentable examples of them.
Closed forms | Open forms | Chained forms | Syllable-counting forms |
Popular forms | Neglected forms | Recommended forms | Recent additions to this site |
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This page last updated 01/04/2013