Name a type of poem

Last seen Dive #37. 78 accepted answers on the published sheet.

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Hints

Hint 1. 78 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 6 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Cinquain

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Aubade · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Aubade Deep Cut 85 pts

Ranked by rarity × how easy it is to type in 25 seconds. Too Clever answers are treated as risky.

Best rare answers

  • Aubade 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Ballade 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Cento 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Clerihew 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Decima 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Diamante 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Dirge 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Doha 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Cinquain 60 pts
  • Couplet 60 pts
  • Doggerel 60 pts
  • Epigram 60 pts
  • Epitaph 60 pts
  • Ghazal 60 pts
  • Hymn 60 pts
  • Quatrain 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

Everyone else will type these. Ten points is a surface skim.

  • Haiku 10
  • Limerick 10
  • Sonnet 10

All accepted answers

Prompt 1 of 1

Name a type of poem

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 45 ● Rare · 16 ● Schooler · 11 ● Too Clever · 2 ● Plankton · 3
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Skeltonic verse +100
Deep Cut +85 45 answers — tap to reveal
  • Abecedarian +85
  • Ars poetica +85
  • Aubade +85
  • Ballade +85
  • Cento +85
  • Chant royal +85
  • Clerihew +85
  • Decima +85
  • Diamante +85
  • Dirge +85
  • Doha +85
  • Eclogue +85
  • Ekphrastic +85
  • Epistolary poem +85
  • Epithalamium +85
  • Etheree +85
  • Fib +85
  • Found poem +85
  • Golden shovel +85
  • Haibun +85
  • Idyll +85
  • Kenning poem +85
  • Kyrielle +85
  • List poem +85
  • Mock epic +85
  • Monorhyme +85
  • Nonet +85
  • Nonsense verse +85
  • Ottava rima +85
  • Palindrome poem +85
  • Pantoum +85
  • Persona poem +85
  • Psalm +85
  • Renga +85
  • Rhyme royal +85
  • Riddle poem +85
  • Rondeau +85
  • Rondel +85
  • Rubaiyat +85
  • Sapphic +85
  • Senryu +85
  • Sijo +85
  • Spenserian stanza +85
  • Terza rima +85
  • Triolet +85
Rare +60 16 answers — tap to reveal
  • Blackout poetry +60
  • Blank verse +60
  • Cinquain +60
  • Concrete poem +60
  • Couplet +60
  • Doggerel +60
  • Dramatic monologue +60
  • Epigram +60
  • Epitaph +60
  • Ghazal +60
  • Hymn +60
  • Light verse +60
  • Pastoral poem +60
  • Prose poem +60
  • Quatrain +60
  • Tanka +60
Schooler +30 11 answers — tap to reveal
  • Acrostic +30
  • Ballad +30
  • Elegy +30
  • Epic +30
  • Free verse +30
  • Lyric poem +30
  • Narrative poem +30
  • Nursery rhyme +30
  • Ode +30
  • Slam poetry +30
  • Spoken word +30
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Sestina +15
  • Villanelle +15
Plankton +10 3 answers — tap to reveal
  • Haiku +10
  • Limerick +10
  • Sonnet +10