The Main Forms of English Poetry in the Middle Ages

the main forms of English poetry are alliteration in the old English period (166 -15), double-rhyme (five-step iambic rhymes for every two lines) initiated by Chaucer, sonnets (three paragraphs, four sentences and the last two sentences) and blank-rhyme poems rising in the Renaissance. The themes of English poetry include epics that record the history of the old English period, ballads of knight legends, long narrative poems, and fables that reflect religious thoughts, etc.