What poetic forms did Thomas Hardy experiment with?

Thomas Hardy was a versatile poet who persistently experimented with a broad range of forms and structures throughout his career. His work spanned various styles, including the lyric, meditation, ballad, satirical vignette, and dramatic monologue or dialogue.1

Beyond these established forms, Hardy frequently experimented with different, often invented, stanza forms and metres. Additionally, he authored the massive poetic drama The Dynasts, which is written primarily in blank verse. His approach to poetry was characterized by this wide-ranging technical experimentation, which remained a consistent feature of his work regardless of the period in which the poems were written.1