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Rhyming Scheme
- Any -
(a)b(a)c(a)cd
1. aabb; 2 and 3. abab.
a bab a cac a ...
a-abcddceefeff
aa
aa ababcc (repeating)
aa and refrain
aa bb cc ...
aa bbba ccca ddda
aa bcbccdcdefef
aa, abab, abaab or ababb, aabcbc, ababccd
aa, bb, cc, etc
aaa
aaa (triplets), aabb (quatrains), aa (couplet)
aaa bbb ccdd eeffgg
aaa bbba
aaa, aaabb
aaaa
aaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaabcbcbc
aaaab aaaab
aaaabbb
aaaabbbb
aaaabbbbb
aaab
aaab cccb
aaab cccb ...
aaab cccb ....
aaab cccb dddb
aaab cccb dddb ...
aaab cccb ddde fffe ...
aaab ccccb ...
aaab, abab
aaabaaab
aaabaaabccc
aaabaab (refrain) cc dd ...
aaabab
aaabb
aaabbba
aaabbbbbccb
aaabbbbbcccb
aaabbbccddeee
aaabbccddee
aaabbccddeeffgg
aaabcccb
aaabccccb
aaabcccd
aab
aab ccb
aab ccb (repeating pairs of stanzas)
aab ccb ...
aab ccb ddb
aab ccb ddb eeb
aab ccb dde ffe ...
aab ccb dde ffe ggh iih
aab cdd eff ffc gg
aaba
aaba bbcb ...
aaba bbcb ccdc dddd
aabaaaa cdaeaaa fgagaaa hijhaaa klmlaaa
aabaab
aabaab (title stanzas) and aabbcc (sub-stanzas)
aabab
aababaa
aababbabcc
aababccbaa
aabacbdcdeffe
aabaccb / aabbbab / aabbba
aabb
aabb (consonant-rhymes)
aabb (first stanza)
aabb (quatrains)
aabb ababb
aabb and abab
aabb and refrain
aabb end rhymes
aabb [ignoring the Chorus]
aabb, abab
aabb, abab, aaaa ...
aabb...
aabba
aabba aabc aabbac
aabbaaa
aabbaabb
aabbab
aabbabccc
aabbac aabc aabba
aabbac deffgg hdggii aajjkk llmmnn ooppnn qqrrss
aabbaccddc
aabbaccdde
aabbacddccee
aabbb
aabbbc
aabbbcc
aabbbccddd, followed by couplets
aabbbcdcdee
aabbc aabd aabbad
aabbc ddeec ....
aabbcac aabbcdc
aabbcbb
aabbcbc
aabbcc
aabbcc . . . .
aabbcc ddeecc
aabbcc ddeeffgg
aabbcc in three lines
aabbccb
aabbccc
aabbccc, couplets
aabbccca
aabbcccc
aabbcccccc (first stanza); abab (second stanza); abab (fourth stanza); aabbcc (fourth stanza)
aabbccccdd
aabbcccddd
aabbccd
aabbccdc
aabbccdcd
aabbccdd
aabbccdd (last stanza: aabbbbdd)
aabbccdd...
aabbccddd
aabbccdddeeffgg
aabbccdded etc.
aabbccddee
aabbccddee, aabbccddee, ababccdeedff
aabbccddeeff
aabbccddeefffgggh
aabbccddeeffgg
aabbccddeeffggaa
aabbccddeffe
aabbccdeed
aabbccdeefgd
aabbcd
aabbcdcdefefaaabb
aabbcdda
aabbcddc
aabbcddceee
aabbcdddc
aabbcdeecd
aabc
aabc ddef gghf iijk llmk
aabcaadb
aabcb
aabcbcaa
aabcbcac
aabcbcb
aabcbcbdd
aabcbcdd
aabcbcddee
aabcbdcdeefgfg
aabccb
aabccb ...
aabccb aabb ....
aabccbcb ?
aabccbccb (1); ababb (2, 3, 5); abbabc (4); abaabc cdcdde efeffcc (6); ababcdcdeeb (7); ababcbcc (8); ababbc (9)
aabccbdd
aabccbddbeeb
aabccbddbeebb
aabccbddbffb
aabccbddee
aabccbddeffe
aabcccb
aabccdb eefggdf
aabccddb
aabccdeebffddbggd
aabcdb
aabcdccc (last stanza: aabcdcbb)
aabcdcdab
aabcdcdeeb
aabcddbc
aabcde
aa[bb]aa[cc]aaaaaa
ab baab abab baab abab
ab cb dd ee
ab cdcb efeb ... (macaronic)
aba
aba ... abab
aba bcb cdc ...
aba bcb cdc ded ...
aba bcb cdc ded ee
aba bcb cdc eff
aba, bcb, cdc ... a
aba; abaa (quatrains)
abaaab
abaaab cdeed
abaaabab
abaaabcc dedddeff gghh
abaab
abaabb
abaabcbcb
abaabcc
abaabccdde
abaabcdde
abaac
abaaccb
abaaccbeefgghhf, aabcbbcb, ababcc, ababccdeed
abab
abab (quatrains)
abab (quatrains), aa (couplet)
abab (varying)
abab ... ababcc
abab aabb
abab abab
abab abab cdc dee
abab ababccdd
abab and couplets
abab and refrain abab
abab and triplets
abab bab abab
abab cc deed
abab ccc
abab ccdc (refrain) varying
abab cdcd
abab cdcd bebe fgfg hbhb idid jeje kbkb
abab cdcd efef ghgh
abab cdcd efef ghgh ii
abab cdcd efeffe
abab cdcd effe gg
abab cdcd efgf
abab cddc effe ghgh
abab cded fghg ijkj lmim nopo
abab or abaab
abab, ababcc
abab, ccdd
abab, continuously
abab, with one stanza of ababab
abab; aabcccb; abaaaab; abababcdcdb; irregular
ababa
ababa (irregular)
ababaaab
ababaaab ababaaab ababccdb
ababaab
ababaabc
ababab
ababab ... aaaa
ababab, abbaab, ababba, abbaab, ababba, ababba, ababba, ababba, aabbab.
ababab; abacad
abababab
abababab and aabbcdcd
abababab or ababcbcb
ababababababaa
ababababababcc
ababababccdeed
ababababcdcdcd
ababababcdcdee
ababababcddcee
ababababefgefg
abababb
abababcc
abababcc.
abababcdcdccdd
ababacac
ababacacad efefegegad ...
ababacacdede
ababacc
ababacdcdad ...
ababacdcdc
ababacdcdefefgg
ababacdcedefef
ababb
ababba
ababbab
ababbabacdcdcd
ababbabacdcdee
ababbabacddcdc
ababbabcdcdcbb
ababbb
ababbbab, varying
ababbbbc
ababbbccddeeff
ababbcac
ababbcbc
ababbcbc ... bcbc
ababbcbc ababbcbc ababbcbc bcbc
ababbcbc, last stanza abab
ababbcbcadadaa
ababbcbcc
ababbcbccdcdee
ababbcbcdede
ababbcbcdedede
ababbcbcdedeff
ababbcbcdefdeff
ababbcc
ababbccc
ababbccdc
ababbccdcd
ababbccdd
ababbccdede
ababbcddc
ababbd efeffd ghghhi
ababc abcbb bcaca
ababc ccdcc
ababc dedec ...
ababcad
ababcb
ababcbc
ababcbcb
ababcbcbbb
ababcbcbdedeff
ababcbcdc etc.
ababcbcdcded ...
ababcbdb
ababcbdcebfgfdbge
ababcbdd
ababcc
ababcc (first stanza), aabccb
ababcc (first stanza); heroic couplets (second stanza)
ababcc dedeeff
ababcc dedeff gg hh
ababcc or ababbb
ababccaaab ababccaab
ababccab
ababccb
ababccbceefggffhh
ababccbdd
ababccc
ababccc dedefff
ababccca
ababcccb
ababcccb ddee
ababcccc
ababccccd
ababcccd
ababcccd efefgggd ...
ababccd
ababccd efefggd
ababccd, where d is the refrain
ababccdcddeeeff
ababccdd
ababccdd or abcbddee
ababccdda and variants
ababccddbbefef
ababccddc
ababccddd
ababccddee
ababccddeee
ababccdede
ababccdee
ababccdeed
ababccdeed abab ...
ababccdeedffghhg
ababccedd
ababcdad aefeghah aiaijhah
ababcdccd
ababcdccdefegg
ababcdcd
ababcdcd (except stanza 1)
ababcdcd ...
ababcdcd ... abab
ababcdcd ....
ababcdcd aeaefgfg hihijkjk lmlmnana
ababcdcd eeff
ababcdcd eefgfg
ababcdcd efefcgcg ...
ababcdcd efefgg
ababcdcd effegg
ababcdcd efgefg
ababcdcd irregular
ababcdcd [and chorus]
ababcdcd, aa
ababcdcd, abcdcef, aabbbcc...
ababcdcda
ababcdcdaa ababcdcdee ababcdcdbb
ababcdcdaabb
ababcdcdaaeaea
ababcdcdbcfgfg
ababcdcdd
ababcdcdd efef
ababcdcdddd
ababcdcddeef
ababcdcde
ababcdcdececff
ababcdcdee
ababcdcdeee
ababcdcdeeff
ababcdcdeeffgg
ababcdcdeefgfg
ababcdcdeefggf
ababcdcdeefggfhh
ababcdcdef
ababcdcdefeeef
ababcdcdefef
ababcdcdefef and ababcdcded
ababcdcdefefbb
ababcdcdefefef
ababcdcdefefff
ababcdcdefefgg
ababcdcdefefgghh
ababcdcdefefghgh
ababcdcdefefghghiijjklkl (with some variation)
ababcdcdefegg
ababcdcdefeggf
ababcdcdeffefe
ababcdcdeffegg
ababcdcdeffgeg
ababcdcdefgefg
ababcdcdefgfhh
ababcdce
ababcddc
ababcddc, ababcbbc
ababcddccee
ababcddcd
ababcddcefeaafe
ababcddcefeed
ababcddcefeeef
ababcddcefef
ababcddcefefef
ababcddcefeffe
ababcddcefefghghii
ababcdecde
ababcded
ababcded aaaabbba
ababcded cdcbdefe
ababcdedcce
ababcdedce
ababcdedd
ababcdedec
ababcdeded
ababcdedeffc
ababcdedfggfh
ababcdef
ababcdefdghgh
abac
abac, abab; aabbca
abacadac
abacb dedce ....
abacbabc
abacbaccddeffggefhehheee
abacbbcb repeating
abacbc
abacbdd
abaccab adaeeed
abaccb
abacccdc
abacdcdbb
abacddc (with one variant)
abacdddd
abacdefe
abadbd
ABB abAB abbABB
abba
abba ... aaa
abba abba cdcdcd
abba abba cddcdc
abba abba cdecde
abba abca dedede
abba acca aaaa
abba ccdd efef gb
abba..
abbaaa cddccc aeeaaa
abbaab
abbaabba ccdeed
abbaabba cdccdc
abbaabba cdcdcd
abbaabba cdcdee
abbaabba cdceed
abbaabba cdd ede
abbaabba cdecde
abbaabba cdedce
abbaabbaccdbbd
abbaabbaccdccd
abbaabbaccdcdd
abbaabbaccdeed
abbaabbacdccdd
abbaabbacdcdcd
abbaabbacdcdcddccceeefff
abbaabbacdcddc
abbaabbacdcdee
abbaabbacdcdff
abbaabbacdcede
abbaabbacdcede abbaabbacdcdee abbaabbacddcee abbaabbacdcdcd
abbaabbacdceed
abbaabbacddccd
abbaabbacddcdc
abbaabbacddcdd
abbaabbacddcee
abbaabbacddece
abbaabbacdecde
abbaabbacdedce
abbaabbacdedce and variants
abbaabbacdedec
abbaabbacdeecd
abbaabbacdeedc
abbaabbaeffeef
abbaabcc
abbaacc
abbaacca deedde
abbaacca defdef
abbaaccaddaeea
abbaaccaddeffe
abbaaccadedede
abbaaccadedeff
abbaaccadedeff; abbaaccadedffe
abbaaccadeeded
abbaaccadeedff
abbaaccadeefdf
abbaaccadeeffd
abbaaccadefdef
abbaaccadefdfe
abbaaccadefefd
abbaaccadeffde
abbaaccadeffed
abbaaccaefeffe
abbaaccbddee
abbaaccc
abbaacdcddeefeffgg
abbab
abbab bababab
abbaba
abbabaab
abbabaabbcdcdb
abbabaabcddece
abbabaabcdeedc
abbabacdcddeee
abbabbaccdeed
abbabcbcdedeff
abbabcc
abbabccddccdff
abbabcdcdceffeggg
abbac
abbacaacdedeff
abbacc
abbacc abbab ...
abbacca
abbaccacdd
abbacccaa
abbacccadede
abbacccdd
abbaccdd abbaccbc
abbaccddaa
abbaccddd
abbaccddee
abbaccdedfefghhhgijigkjlklmnnmoopqrpqststr
abbaccdeede
abbacdccde
abbacdcd
abbacdcdee
abbacdcdefefghghh
abbacddc
abbacddc efegfg
abbacddcceceff
abbacddccefgfghfh
abbacddcddeeff
abbacddcee
abbacddceee
abbacddceeffgg
abbacddceefggf
abbacddcefefef
abbacddcefeffe
abbacddcefegfg
abbacddcefeggf
abbacddceffe
abbacddceffegg
abbacddceffeghhg
abbacddcefgefg
abbacddcefgefg
abbacddcefgefg
abbacddcefgfeg
abbacdecde
abbacdeced
abbacdeedc
abbb accc
abbba
abbbac
abbbacccbbdeedfggf
abbbc
abbbcdcdefefgg
abbc deec
abbcac
abbcac ddaeaeff ghgafahfii
abbcaddc
abbcaddcc
abbcbc
abbcc
abbccaddee ...
abbccca
abbcccd daeeb
abbccdda
abbccddee
abbcd
abbcdac, aabcddbc, ababc
abbcddcef
abcabc
abcabcdbede
abcabcdefdefghighijklk
abcabdcabcdede
abcac
abcacb
abcad efde
abcadcc
abcadedfghghe aabcddbc
abcb
abcb (abab once)
abcb (irregular)
abcb (last stanza: abab)
abcb (off-rhyme)
abcb (varying)
abcb ...
abcb and abab
abcb bbaab
abcb dede fghf iiii
abcb defe
abcb or abab
abcb, aabb, irregular
abcb, abab
abcb, abcbdb
abcb, or unrhyming, or couplets
abcba adeda afgfa
abcbab (first two stanzas); abcbdb (rest of poem)
abcbabcb
abcbacdedffgeeg
abcbadcd
abcbaded
abcbbb
abcbcabdde
abcbcadeed
abcbcdbbcbbbbc
abcbd (where d is a varied refrain)
abcbdaea
abcbdb
abcbdb (mainly)
abcbdb efgfg hihii
abcbdb efgfhf f
abcbdb, ababdb, ababcb
abcbdbeb
abcbdbefgf
abcbdd
abcbdd ebebff gbgbhh
abcbddab
abcbddceae
abcbdddb
abcbdddee
abcbdeae
abcbdedde
abcbdede
abcbdedeff
abcbdefe
abcbdefe (and varies)
abcbdefe (chorus: abcbdbb)
abcbdefe (some variations)
abcbdefe (with variations)
abcbdefe ...
abcbdefe and (aaa)ab(cc)cb
abcbdefe and refrain abab
abcbdefe...
abcbdefedfgf, varying
abcbdefeffe
abcbdefeg
abcbdefege
abcbdefegg
abcbdefeghgh
abcbdefeghih
abcbdefeghih, ababcdedcfgf
abcbdefeghihjklk
abcbdefgef dhijkcff
abcbebfb abcbdefe
abcbefgh ijkjlhgh mnonphgh
abcc
abcc, abbacdd, abaca, aabbcc, abacc
abccaab
abccab
ABccabAB ABccabAB dBccdbAB
abccac
abccb
abccb adeed ...
abccba
abccbabddb efddfefddf
abccbdbebfbggb
abccbdddde
abcccb
abcccdefghi
abccdbeb
abcd bced afgc hijk flml nn
abcda
abcdb
abcdbdc
abcdc (off-rhyme)
abcdcec
abcddabc
abcdebfdgbhd
abcded
abcdeedfggfhihijkjkabc
abcdeeffghijkk
abcdef faebdc ecbfad deacfb bdfeca (ab)(c)(ed)
abcdefeghigjkljmcnnh
abcdefghiijjkk
after abcb, unrhyming
assonantal
ballade
continuous quatrains (abcbdefe ...)
couplet
couplets
couplets and quatrains
couplets and triplets
couplets, quatrains ...
couplets, triplets, etc
final assonance and consonance
final quatrain: abab
first setting: abcb; second setting: aabb
frequently couplets
heroic couplets
heroic couplets; abab (refrain)
irregular
irregular (with assonance)
irregular abcbdefe
irregular couplets and quatrains
irregular couplets, triplets, quatrains
irregular rhyming
irregular.
Irregular: quatrains, triplets, couplets.
irregularly aabcccb
irregularly abcb, abcbdb
irregularly rhyming
irregularly rhyming (ababcdefghi ...)
irregularly rhyming (quatrains and couplets)
irregularly rhyming.
mainly aabba
mainly abaab
mainly abcabcc
mainly abcbdefe ...
mainly unrhymed
mainly unrhyming
mostly abcb
non-rhyming
none
none (blank verse)
occasional couplets
occasional quatrain patterns
occasional rhymes
occasionally
occasionally rhyming
Off-rhyme at poem's end
partly rhyming (closing with couplets and a quatrain)
pentameter couplets
quatrain and couplets
rhyming irregularly
rhyming variously
Sestets - ababcc
some identical and off-rhymes
tercets, rhyming abc dec fgc hic ...
unrhymed
unrhymed and abab
unrhymed except for lyric interludes
unrhyming
unrhyming.
various but mainly ababcdcdefefgg
variously rhyming and unrhymed
varying
varying (mainly couplets)
varying ababbaccddeeff, abcbaddc, couplets, aabccbddeefg
varying rhyme scheme
[Solo] aabb [Chorus] bb
[Solo] ababcdcd [Chorus] baab
[Solo] ababcdcd [Chorus] bb
[Solo] ababcdcd [Chorus] eded [later efef as well]
Poem Form
- Any -
"haiku-like"
10-line stanzas
11-line stanzas
11-syllable or hendecasyllabic lines
12-line stanzas
13-line stanzas
17-line stanzas
7-couplet stanzas
aa
aaa
aaab cccb
aab
aabaaaa cdaeaaa fgagaaa hijhaaa klmlaaa
aabaab
aabaabbcbccb
aabb
aabb end rhymes
aabba
aabbc ddeec
aabbcc
aabbcc dd
aabbccdd
aabbccdd . . .
aabbccdddeeffgg
aabbccddee
aabbccdedefggf
aabbcddc
aabcb
aabcbc
aabcbcac
aabccb
aba bcb cdc ded ee
aba bcb cdc ded efe fgf ...
aba bcd cd
abaa cc
abaab
abaac
abab
abab abab ccd ede
abab abab ccdede
abab abab cdd cee
abab abba ccd ede
abab cdcd eef ggf
abab cdcd eefgfg
abab cddc eefgffg
abab cddc eff edd
ababa
ababab
ababababcdcdee
abababcc
abababcc.
ababacdc
ababacdc efefacdc
ababb
ababbaab cdcddc
ababbaba ababbaba ...
ababbcbc
ababbcbc abab
ababbccdcd
ababcbcdc etc.
ababcc
ababccca
ababcccb
ababcccd
ababccdd
ababccdd or abcbddee
ababccddefefgghhii
ababccdede fccf
ababcdcd
ababcdcdeeffgg
ababcdcdeefgfg
ababcdcdeefggf
ababcdcdefef
ababcdcdefefgg
ababcddece
ababcdecde
ababcded
abac dedc ...
abba
abba abab abba a
abba abba ccd ede
abba abba ccd eed
abba abba ccdede
abba abba ccdeed
abba abba cdd cee
abba acca aaaa
abba baab abba baab
abba baab ccd eed
abba cc
abba cddc eef gfg
abba cddc efe gfg
abba cddc effe gg
abbaaabbcdeedc
abbaab
abbaabba ccd bbd
abbaabba cddcdc
abbaabba cdedce
abbaabbaccdede
abbaabbaccdeed
abbaabbacdcdcd
abbaabbacdcddc
abbaabbacdcdde
abbaabbacdcdee
abbaabbacdce
abbaabbacddcdc
abbaabbacddcee
abbaacaccdeedd
abbaaccaddefef
abbaaccaddeffe
abbaaccadefdef
abbabccdaedecd
abbacc
abbaccddeeffgg
abbaccddefefgg
abbacdccde
abbacdcd
abbacddc
abbacddcee
abbacddcefefgg
abbacddceffe
abbacdecde
abbbaabbaccdeed
abbccdda
abcabcdefdefghighijklk
abcb
abcb (off-rhyme)
abcb ...
abcbb
abcbdb
abcbdd
abcbdefe
abcbdefe ...
abccbaddee
abcded
alexandrines
alliterating four-stress lines
assonantal
balade
Ballad
ballad quatrain
Ballad Stanzas
ballade
Blank Verse
blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter)
blank verse and quatrains
blank verse, sestets, couplets, triplets
blank verse, varying
cinquain
cinquains
Common Measure
Common Measure (ballad stanza)
concrete poem, eye poem
continuous quatrains
couples
couplet
Couplet-stanzas
couplets
couplets and quatrain
couplets and quatrains
Couplets and Sestets
couplets and triplets
couplets and varying
couplets in stanzas of varying length
couplets with a refrain
couplets, quatrains, quintanes, sestets
couplets, sonnets plus a single
couplets, triples, quadtuples
couplets, triplets
couplets, triplets, quatrains
dixaine
dixaines
dixains
dizains
Double Ballade
double sestina
douzaine
eight-line stanzas
elegy
eleven-line stanza
eleven-line stanzas
English Ode
English Sonnet
English Sonnet (variant)
English Sonnets
English Sonnets (with variants)
Epic
epigram
extended sonnet
five-character-ancient-verse
Five-character-quatrain
five-character-regular-verse
five-line stanzas
folk-song-styled-verse
four-line stanzas
four-stress alliterative line
four-stress alliterative lines
fourteen-line stanza
fourteen-line stanzas
fourteeners
free
free form
free verse
free verse with prose
glosa
Haiku
Heroic Couplet
Heroic Couplets
Heroic Couplets, triplets
Heroic Sestet
Heroic Sestets
hexameters
Horatian Ode
Horatian Ode - short couplets
Hymnal Measure
Hymnal Measure (variant)
Hymnal Meaure (doubled)
iambic pentameter
iambic tetrameter
iambic trimeter quatrains
irregular
irregular (couplets, quatrains)
irregular (couplets, quatrains, unrhyming)
irregular and quatrains
irregular couplets
irregular couplets and quatrains
irregular couplets with refrain
irregular couplets, triplets, etc
Irregular English Ode
Irregular Ode
irregular quatrains
irregular rhyming stanzas
irregular stanzas
irregular, couplets and quatrains
irregular: couplets, triples, etc.
irregularly rhyming
irregularly rhyming (couplets and quatrains)
Italian Sonnet
Italian Sonnet (variant)
Italian Sonnets (with variants)
limerick
limericks
linked quatrains
Little Willie Rhyme
Long Hymnal Measure
Long Hymnal Measure
Long Measure
mainly couplets
Masque
mixed stanzas
monometer couplets
nine-foot lines
nine-line stanza
nine-line stanzas
non-rhyming
occasionally rhyming
octave
octave followed by a quatrain refrain
octave, quatrain, sestet
octaves
octaves and eight-line refrain
octaves and quatrain
octaves concluded by a ten-line stanza
octaves quatrains varying
octaves with quatrain refrain
octaves, concluded by a ten-line stanza
octaves, final couplet
octaves, final quatrain
octets
octets, quintets, quatrains
octosyllabic couplets
Octosyllabic couplets (one triplet).
octosyllabic quatrains and couplets
Ode
Ode (irregular)
Off-rhyme at poem's end
pentameter
Pentameter couplets
pentameter lines
Pindaric Ode
play
Poulter's Measure
prose
prose poem
quatrain
quatrain and couplet refrain
quatrain and couplets
quatrain, octave, quatrain, octave
quatrain, octaves
quatrain, triplet, triplet, quatrain
quatrains
quatrains (continuous)
quatrains and a couplet
quatrains and couplets
quatrains and irregular stanzas
quatrains and quintains
quatrains and septet in couplets
quatrains, couplets, triplets
quatrains, final couplet
quatrains, final septet
quatrains, final sestet
quatrains, septets
quatrains, triplets, couplets
quatrains; sestet (chorus)
quintain
quintain and four-line chorus
Quintains
quintains, triplets, and quatrains
quintanes
quintet
quintets
quintets, final couplet
Regular Ode
rhyme royal
Rhymed couplet
Rhymed couplets
Rhymed pentameter couplets
rhyming couplets
Rime Royal (variation)
rondeau
rondeau redoublé
rondel
roundel
Sapphic metre of Horace
Sapphics
septet
septets
sestet
Sestets
sestets with a quintain refrain
sestets, ending with a tercet
sestets, twelve-line stanza, final couplet
sestina
seven-character-ancient-verse
seven-character-quatrain
seven-character-regular-verse
sextains
sextains and couplet refrain
Short Couplets
Short Couplets in 8-line stanzas
Sicilian Quatrain
Sicilian Quatrains
Sicillian Quatrains
singles
six couplets
six-line stanzas
six-line, iambic tetrameter stanzas
song
sonnet
sonnet (15 lines)
sonnet (eleven-syllable lines)
Sonnet (unrhymed)
Sonnet (variant)
sonnet and blank verse
sonnet manqué
Sonnet Sequence
sonnet; blank verse
sonnets
Spenserian Sonnet
Spenserian Stanza
Spenserian Stanzas
stanzaic
stanzas composed of quatrains and couplets
syllabic verse
telestich (where the word spelled out down the last letters of the lines is the alphabet)
ten-line stanza
ten-line stanza, final quatrain
ten-line stanzas
tercet
Tercets
terza rima
terza rima in sonnet units
terzains
tetrameter couplets
Tetrameter Quatrains
The first line appears not to rhyme.
thirteen-line stanzas
Three stanzas of 3, 4, and 5 lines
tri-columnar
trimeter octaves
Trimeter Quatrains
Triolet
triple roundel
triples
triples and refrain
triplet
Triplets
triplets and couplet
triplets and quatrains
triplets, final quintet
triplets, quatrains, final couplet
Twelve-bar blues with refrains
twelve-line stanza
twelve-line stanza, twenty-line stanza, sestet
twelve-line stanzas
twelve-line verse
twenty-line stanza
two septets, making a sonnet
two-stress alliterative line
unrhymed
unrhymed heptameter
unrhyming
unrhyming couplets
unrhyming pentameter
unrhyming quatrains
unrhyming, flexible heptameter
various
variously rhyming and unrhymed
varying
varying stanza lengths
varying-length stanzas
varying: abcb and abab
villanelle
villanelle and a sort of rustic song
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