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| cinquain | a poem with five lines that must follow a 2-4-6-8-2 syllable pattern |
| haiku | a Japanese poem with three lines that must be about nature or the seasons |
| limerick | a humorous poem with five lines that is from Ireland |
| senryu | a Japanese poem with three lines that can be on any subject except nature or the seasons |
| couplet | a two-line poem that rhymes and has the same amount of syllables in each line |
| diamante | an opposite poem with seven lines that uses different parts of speech |
| ballad | a poem that tells a story and is usually written with four-line stanzas |
| free verse | a poem that does not have a regular rhythm or rhyme scheme |
