The three main structural elements of poetry are the line, the canto or verse paragraph, and bigger combinations of stanzas or lines such as cantos. Even the visual presentation of words and calligraphy is used to an extent. These crucial units of poetic form are frequently joined into bigger structures, called poetic forms, known as the sonnet. The first formation is the lines. Line here is referred to as the usual lines that build up a poem on a particular page. It could also end in a rhythmic flow. They are often categorised into groups and stanzas.

The second is the stanzas and verse paragraphs. Where four lines together form a quatrain, six lines is a sestet and eight lines is an octet. Two lines outline a couplet, three lines a triplet or tercet, and five lines a quintain. The third part of the poem is the Visual presentation. It is the appearance of the written poetry which often reflects the meaning or depth.