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9 Cards in this Set
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lyric
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poetry that focuses on expressing emotions or thoughts, rather than telling a story
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elegy
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a poem that mourns the death of a person or laments something lost
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ode
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a complex, generally long lyric poem on a serious subject
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english/shakesperean sonnet
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3/4 line unit, quatrains followed by a concluding couplet
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italian/petrarchan sonnet
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divided into two parts: an octave and a sestet, presents a problem, poses a question or expresses an idea followed by the answer
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villanelle
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a 19 line poem that is divided into five tercets, each with the rhyme scheme aba, and a final quatrain with the rhyme scheme abaa
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epic
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a long narrative poem that relates to the great deeds of a larger-than life hero who embodies the balues of a particular society
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ballad
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a song or songlike poem that tells a story, have rhythm or rhyme, and refrains
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dramatic monologue
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a poem in which a character addresses one or more listeners who remain silent or whose replies are not revealed
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