Classical or Traditional English Poetry: Sonnet, Ballad, Elegy, Limerick, Villanelle, Narrative Poetry, Acrostic.
A 14-line poem, typically written in iambic pentameter, with various rhyme schemes. The two most common types are:
Shakespearean (English) Sonnet, which comprises three quatrains followed by a couplet, following the rhyme scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG.
Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet: Divided into an octave (ABBAABBA) and a sestet (CDECDE or CDCDCD)
Balllad
Characteristics:
Narrative: Ballads tell a story, often about a tragic, comic, or heroic event
Rhyme scheme: Ballads often follow an ABAB or ABCB rhyme scheme, where the first and third lines rhyme, and the second and fourth lines rhyme
Iambic verse: Ballads are often written in iambic verse, where every other syllable is stressed
Simple language: Ballads use simple language and repetition
Third-person point of view: Ballads are usually told through an objective third-person point of view
Types of ballads
Traditional ballads: Anonymous ballads that were passed down orally through generations
Literary ballads: Ballads written by known poets, imitating the form of traditional ballads
Broadside ballads: Ballads printed on large sheets of paper and sold in the streets, often about current events
Examples of ballads "La Belle Dame sans Merci" by John Keats, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe, "Barbara Allen, and "John Henry.
Source: Turito, Kompasiana
Traditional or folk ballad
Limerick
Villanelle
Narrative Poetry
Acrostic