Types of poetry
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KallenMeep on April 19, 2012
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Mrs. V's 2nd semester poetry unit at Eton Academy
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Free Verse | consists of lines of poetry that do not have a regular rhythm and do not rhyme |
| Lyric | of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a song-like way) |
| Limerick | a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba |
| Quatrain | A stanza or group of four lines of poetry |
| Cinquain | a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables. |
| Haiku | a japanese poem form that is composed of 3 lines of 5,7,5 (consonants) |
| Diamonte | Shaped like the subject in a poem |
| Narrative | consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story |
| Sonnet | a short poem with fourteen lines, usually ten-syllable rhyming lines, divided into two, three, or four sections |
| Epic | a long narrative poem written in elevated style which present the adventures of characters of high position and episodes that are important to the history of a race or nation |
| Ballad | a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. |
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