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10 Cards in this Set
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Ballad
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Typical stanza of folk ballad
-rhyme scheme: abcb EX: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Colerdige |
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In Memoriam
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Four line of iambic tetrameter
-rhyme scheme: abba EX: Tennyson's "In Memorium A.H.H" |
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Ottava Rima
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-right line stanza
rhyme: abababcc EX: Lord Byron's Don Juan |
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Rhyme Royal
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seven line iambic pen
scheme: ababbcc |
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Spenserian
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nine line stanze
-first eight in iambic pent, last line in alexandrine -Spenser-Fairie Queen |
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Terza Rima
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three line stanza (Terza) with interlocking rhyme scheme
EX: aba, bcb, cdc, ded TERZA RIME was invented by DANTE for Divine Comedy |
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anapestic tetrameter
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"twas the (night) before (chris)tmas and (all) through the house
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Iambic tetrameter
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Be(cause) I (could) not (stop) for (death)
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trochaic tetrameter
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(pe)ter (pe)ter (pump)kin (ea)ter
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Dactylic Tetrameter
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(lu)cy in the (sky) with (di)amonds
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