Poetic Devices

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Tone

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what the author feels

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Metonymy

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replace the name of something with the name of something closely related

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Theme

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the authors opinion/ comment on the topic

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Simile

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comparison using like or as

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synecdoche

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referring to something by only naming a part

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symbol

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an object with a meaning other than a literal meaning

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Stanza

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poetry paragraph

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speaker

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narrator

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scansion

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process of analyzing a poem

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rhyme scheme

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repeated pattern of rhyme

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rhyme

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when 2 words sound the same

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repetition

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using the same word over again

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refrain

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a sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly

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point of view

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the perspective of the poem/ story

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personification

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giving human-like qualities to non-human things

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oxymoron

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two opposite ideas joined for affect

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onomatopoeia

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words that make you hear a sound

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motif

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a repetitive symbol

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mood

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what the reader feels

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metaphor

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a comparison between 2 things w/o using like or as.

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juxtaposition

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two things side by side in a poem to develop contrast or comparison

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internal rhyme

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an exact rhyme within a line of poetry

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imagery

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a picture of words

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hyperbole

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extreme exaggeration

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form

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1. poetry type

2. shape of the poem

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figurative language/ figurative speech

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used to create an image " he was as slow as a snail"

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extended metaphor

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a long metaphor

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enjambment

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line carries over to the next line

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end-stopped line

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the line ends at the end.

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denotation

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the literal or primary meaning of a word

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didactic

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learning intention- morals

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consonance

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repetitive consonant sound in a line of poetry

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connotation

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the feelings a word invokes

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conceit

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something developing a shocking comparison that is unlikely but imaginative

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cacophony

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loud harsh noises

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caesura

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purposeful punctuation in the middle of a line

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apostrophe

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when the speaker addresses a person when they're not there or to an animal/ object as if they were a person

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allusion

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indirect reference

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alliteration

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series of words with the same beginning sound

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Ballad

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A poem or song narrating a story

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Blank verse

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Verse without rhyme

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Blank verse

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Verse without rhyme

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Concrete poem

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Poetry where the meaning or effect is conveyed by visual means

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Blank verse

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Verse without rhyme

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Concrete poem

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Poetry where the meaning or effect is conveyed by visual means

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Couplet

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2 line stanza

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Dramatic monologue

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A poem in the form of a speech by an imagined person

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Elegy

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A poem for a person who died

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Elegy

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A poem for a person who died

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Epic

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A long poem derived from ancient tradition

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Epigram

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A short poem with a witty ingenious ending

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Epigram

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A short poem with a witty ingenious ending

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Epitaph

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A phrase / statement in memory of someone who died

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Epigram

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A short poem with a witty ingenious ending

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Epitaph

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A phrase / statement in memory of someone who died

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Foot

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Combination of stressed/ unstressed syllables

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Free verse

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Poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter

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Free verse

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Poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter

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Haiku

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Japanese poem usually about nature 17 syllables 3 lines of 5,7,5

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Idyll or pastoral

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Rural life & landscape

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Free verse

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Poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter

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Haiku

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Japanese poem usually about nature 17 syllables 3 lines of 5,7,5

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Idyll or pastoral

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Rural life & landscape

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Iambic pentameter

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Line of verse with 5 metrical feet each consisting of 1 unstressed 1 stressed

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Free verse

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Poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter

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Haiku

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Japanese poem usually about nature 17 syllables 3 lines of 5,7,5

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Idyll or pastoral

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Rural life & landscape

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Iambic pentameter

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Line of verse with 5 metrical feet each consisting of 1 unstressed 1 stressed

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Light verse

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Poetry that attempts to be humorous

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Free verse

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Poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter

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Haiku

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Japanese poem usually about nature 17 syllables 3 lines of 5,7,5

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Idyll or pastoral

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Rural life & landscape

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Iambic pentameter

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Line of verse with 5 metrical feet each consisting of 1 unstressed 1 stressed

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Light verse

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Poetry that attempts to be humorous

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Limerick

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Humorous verse of 3 long and 2 short lines

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Free verse

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Poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter

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Haiku

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Japanese poem usually about nature 17 syllables 3 lines of 5,7,5

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Idyll or pastoral

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Rural life & landscape

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Iambic pentameter

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Line of verse with 5 metrical feet each consisting of 1 unstressed 1 stressed

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Light verse

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Poetry that attempts to be humorous

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Limerick

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Humorous verse of 3 long and 2 short lines

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Lyric

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Expressing writers emotions usually Briefly in stanzas

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Octave

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8 line stanza

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Octave

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8 line stanza

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Ode

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Long lyrical stanza

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Octave

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8 line stanza

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Ode

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Long lyrical stanza

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Meter

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Basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines

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Octave

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8 line stanza

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Ode

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Long lyrical stanza

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Meter

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Basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines

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Narrative

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Form of poetry that tells a story

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Octave

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8 line stanza

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Ode

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Long lyrical stanza

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Meter

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Basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines

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Narrative

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Form of poetry that tells a story

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Quatrain

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4 line stanza

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Octave

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8 line stanza

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Ode

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Long lyrical stanza

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Meter

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Basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines

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Narrative

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Form of poetry that tells a story

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Quatrain

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4 line stanza

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Sestet

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6 line stanza

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Petrarchan sonnet

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14 line Italian poem iambic pentameter ABBAABBA CDECDE

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Petrarchan sonnet

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14 line Italian poem iambic pentameter ABBAABBA CDECDE

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Shakespearean sonnet

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14 line iambic pentameter ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

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Petrarchan sonnet

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14 line Italian poem iambic pentameter ABBAABBA CDECDE

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Shakespearean sonnet

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14 line iambic pentameter ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

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Villanelle

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19 line poem repeating rhymes 2 refrains