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ballad
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a narrative poem that tells a story often straightforward in manner and dramatic. often about love, honor and courage
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lyric
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a short poem that expresses the private emotions or thoughts of the writer
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sonnet (lyric poem)
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14 lines long and in iambic pentameter. end rhyming scheme
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ode (lyric poem)
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expressing lofty emotion. often celebrate an event or are addressed to nature, some admired person, place or thing. of moderate length and serious subject
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elegy
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a sustained and formal poem setting forth mediations on death or another solemn theme
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epigram
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a pithy saying, short satirical and witty poem usually a couplet, quatrain or one line long phrase
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epilogue
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a final address to the audience, often delivered by a character in the drama, a ending speech to serve as a comment or conclusion on the previous events
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epigraph
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In literature it is a phrase, quotation on the title page of a book or a motto heading a section of a work
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epic
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a long poem often about a heroic character - the style is elevated and the poetry often represents religious or cultural ideals
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free verse
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a poem that often does not rhyme or have a regular meter. If it rhymes it is often irregular
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blank verse
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written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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metrical poetry
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written in regular repeating rhythms and may be rhymed or unrhymed
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caesura
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a technique in poetry - a pause or break in a line of poetry
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internal rhyme
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rhymes which occur within the lines
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