Different types of Poetry

[mohammadali]

Hello every body. I have this book Perrine literature structure and sound poetry. but i don`t see different kinds of poetry in it. I mean i need to know different kinds of poems like sonnet. I wan to know how many different poems we have in english language and what are their features. does any one know the different types of poems?
for example: sonnet is one kind of poem which is 14 line we have mostly 2 major and one minor type of sonnet. english italian and espenserean... would you please give me some information like this?
lyrical ballads for example what are they and so on.

[Charles Darnay]

This is one of those times where Google or Wikipedia would be your best option.

[MorpheusSandman]

Most Introductory textbooks exist to cover the majority of devices that are utilized in most poetry (metaphor, imagery, sound, etc.) and not as a compendium of styles and forms. For that, you'd probably be better helped with something like Lewis Turco's Book of Forms (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1611680352/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=), The Making of a Poem, (http://www.amazon.com/The-Making-Poem-Norton-Anthology/dp/0393321789/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y) or Princeton's Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. (http://www.amazon.com/The-Princeton-Encyclopedia-Poetry-Poetics/dp/0691154910) For something a bit less comprehensive, you might try Fry's The Ode Less Traveled (http://www.amazon.com/The-Ode-Less-Travelled-Unlocking/dp/1592402488) as it covers a great variety of forms in a very accessible manner.