Fixed Form

• The Poetic Form Triolet
  The triolet is a short poem of eight lines with only two rhymes used throughout. The requirements of this fixed form are straightforward: the first line is repeated in the fourth and seventh lines; the second line is repeated in the final line; and o ...
  http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5795

• Ode Form
  An ode is a poem that is written for an occasion or on a particular subject. They are usually dignified and more serious as a form than other forms of poetry. Unfortunatly, todays society has distinctly less respect for propriety, morality, and digni ...
  http://library.thinkquest.org/3721/poems/forms/ode.html

• Poetry Form Pantoum
  The Pantoum originated in France, based on a form from Malaya. The Pantoums name and form derive from the Malayan pantun. Historically, the Pantoum became popular in Europe and later North America in the nineteeth and especially the twentieth centur ...
  http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/pantoum.htm

• The Poetic Form Sestina
  The sestina is a complex form that achieves its often spectacular effects through intricate repetition. The thirtynineline form is attributed to Arnaut Daniel, the Provencal troubadour of the twelfth century. The name troubadour likely comes from tro ...
  http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5792

• The Poetic Form Rondeau
  The rondeau began as a lyric form in thirteenthcentury France, popular among medieval court poets and musicians. Named after the French word for round, the rondeau is characterized by the repeating lines of the rentrement, or refrain, and the two rhy ...
  http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5789

• Limericks Form
  This site is dedicated to Limericks as an art form. Only the most humorous which scan and rhyme are included. ...
  http://freewebs.com/limericks/index.htm

• Poetry Form
  How to write a Triolet: Description and explanation of the Triolet, a poetry form from France. ...
  http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/triolet.htm

• Poetry Form
  How to write a Villanelle: Description and explanation of the Villanelle, a poetry form from France. ...
  http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/villanelle.htm

• The Eikon
  The many examples of this cinqku fixed form cinquain with guidelines to this concise 17 syllable image verse form by Brian Strand. ...
  http://eikon-ichthys.blogspot.com/

• The Poetic Form Cinquain
  The cinquain, also known as a quintain or quintet, is a poem or stanza composed of five lines. Examples of cinquains can be found in many European languages, and the origin of the form dates back to medieval French poetry. ...
  http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5775