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9 Cards in this Set
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This stanza consists of two rhyming lines expressing a complete thought
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couplet
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This stanza consists of four lines that may rhyme in different ways--ABCB (ballad stanza), ABAB (heroic stanza), ABBA, AABB, or even AAAA.
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quatrain
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This type of stanza consists of three lines with a rhyme scheme of ABA or AAA.
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tercet
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This type of humorous poem has five lines with the rhyme scheme of AABBA. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have three accented syllables, while lines 3 and 4 have just two.
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limerick
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This type of short poem consists of three lines in which lines 1 and 3 contain five syllables, and line 2 contains seven (a total of seventeen syllables altogether). Usually the rhyme scheme is ABC.
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haiku
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This type of poem contains fourteen lines and may have various rhyme schemes. One popular form that Shakespeare used had this rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
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sonnet
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This poem is named after the man who devised it. The first line is always the name of a person who is being ridiculed in the poem. The rhyme scheme is AABB.
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clerihew
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A poem in which the first letters of the lines spell out words or names vertically. (It may be of any length and may rhyme in any manner.)
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acrostic
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A poem of praise that does not follow any particular meter or rhyme.
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ode
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