forme fixe
three fourteenth- and fifteenth-centuries French poetic forms: the ballade, rondeau and virelai
Qasida
form of Arabic poetry
Qasida
form of Arabic poetry
Rondelet
French form of poetry
sestina
fixed verse form consisting of six stanzas of six lines each, normally followed by a three-line envoi
ottava rima
rhyming stanza form consisting of eight iambic lines
crown of sonnets
sequence of linked sonnets
rondeau
French medieval and Renaissance poetic and musical genre
ghazal
form of poetry in South Asia and the Middle East, whose first and every even-numbered lines rhyme
Sicilian octave
verse form
lay
type of lyrical, narrative poem
ritornello
recurring passage in Baroque music
rondel
13-line poem with rhyme scheme ABba abAB abbaA
sonnet
form of poetry with fourteen lines and strict rhyming structure
villanelle
fixed verse form; nineteen-line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain; genre of ballad-like song
triolet
forme fixe
ballade
form of medieval and Renaissance French poetry; poetic form (forme fixe); musical chanson form
gatha
a poetic meter, used in legends in Epic Sanscrit or Prakrit, but not used in the Vedas; often found in Jain and Buddhist texts in prakrit
eclogue
poem in a classical style on a pastoral subject