1. (n.) A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule.

2. (n.) See Rondo.

English sonnet Horatian ode Italian sonnet Petrarchan sonnet Pindaric ode Sapphic ode Shakespearean sonnet alba anacreontic balada ballad ballade bucolic canon canso catch chanson clerihew dirge dithyramb eclogue elegy epic epigram epithalamium epode epopee epopoeia epos fugato fugue georgic ghazel haiku idyll jingle limerick lyric madrigal monody narrative poem nursery rhyme ode palinode pastoral pastoral elegy pastorela pastourelle poem prothalamium rhyme rondel rondelet rondino rondo rondoletto round roundel roundelay satire sestina sloka song sonnet sonnet sequence tanka tenso tenzone threnody triolet troll troubadour poem verse verselet versicle villanelle virelay