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24 Cards in this Set
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Traditional Form |
Poem broken into 4 lines stanzas with 2 sets of rhyming couplets |
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Free verse |
Poem in which the poet lets the idea drive where each line breaks and when each stanza ends |
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Ballad |
A narrative poem that tells a story originally intended to be a song, focuses on a single tragic event |
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Elegy |
Formal poem that is sad and thoughtful in nature, often reflecting in death |
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Haiku |
I'll add later |
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Lament |
Poem, song, or musical, illustrating regret, sorrow, grief or boredom |
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Lyric |
A short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings on a strong, singular topic |
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Narrative |
A poem that tells a story and includes a formal plot, setting, characters, and conflicts |
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Sonnet |
Formally structured lyric poem with 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme and meter |
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Couplet |
A pair of rhyming lines |
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End rhyme |
Rhyme found at the end of lines |
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Enjambment |
The continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line of poetry to the next |
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Figurative language |
Examples include: Similes, metaphors, idioms, hyperbole |
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Foot |
The metrical unit in which meter is measured |
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Idioms |
An expression that differs its literal meaning |
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Imagery |
Descriptive words or phrases that recreate a visual and sensory experience for the reader
Appealing to one or more of the 5 senses |
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Internal rhyme |
Rhyme that occurs in the middle of a line |
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Juxtaposition |
Direct side by side comparison of opposites |
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Meter |
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem |
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Ode |
A lyric poem that deals with serious themes, including justice, truth, or beauty |
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Personification |
Giving human attributes to non-human things |
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Slant Rhyme |
Consonance on the final consonants of a line |
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Stanza |
A group of two or more lines in a poem |
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Verse |
The literary classification of poetry, distinguishing it from pros |
