Chain of Abolition - a 22-line poem with an increasing stanza length and an external rhyme scheme with an interesting twist
Incremental Poetry ~ 21 Lines
Diminishing Hexaverse - a 21-line poem with a diminishing line and stanza length
Incremental Poetry ~ 20 Lines
The Balance - a 20-line poem with an ebb-and-flow rhythm and a closing refrain
Incremental Poetry ~ 19 Lines
Terzanelle - a 19-line poem with an interlocking rhyme scheme
Incremental Poetry ~ 18 Lines
Rhyming Wave - an 18-line poem that mimics the motion of the waves upon the shore
Incremental Poetry ~ 17 Lines
Lucubration - a 17-line poem with a very strict structure
Incremental Poetry ~ 16 Lines
Domino Rhyme - The object is to give the feel of an unrhymed poem by keeping the rhymes distant from one another.
Incremental Poetry ~ 15 Lines
Compound Word Verse - The third line of each tercet is a compound word related to a word in the title.
Incremental Poetry ~ 14 Lines
Word Sonnet ~ one word per line
Incremental Poetry ~ 13 Lines
Chaucerian Roundel ~ a tercet, quatrain, and sestet with a refrain


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