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Three major types of poetry
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narrative, dramatic, lyric
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tells a story
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narrative poetry
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narrative poetry of greater length, uses strong symbolism & has heroic central character
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epic poetry
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long narrative, romantic tale in verse
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metrical romance
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sung or recited narrative
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ballad
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typically involves a portrayal of life or character, or the telling of a story involving conflicts and emotions thru actions & dialogue
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dramatic poetry
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comprises a brief subjective work by employing strong imagination, melody, and feeling to create a single, unified and intense impression of the personal emotion of the poet
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lyric poetry
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two types of lyric poetry
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Petrarchan, Shakespearean
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the most finished form of lyric poetry
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sonnet
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what developed the sonnet to its highest expression?
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Petrarch (fixed verse form, 14 lines)
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who adapted the Petrarchan sonnet?
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Shakespeare
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places where normal English sentence order is turned around for emphasis
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inversions
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places where words seem to have been left out
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ellipses
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atmosphere, aura, or mood which surrounds words and suggests wider associations and significances
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connotation
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reference to anything outside the poem- an event, work of art, person, place, which may not be specified by the author but which he or she expects you to know
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allusion
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