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AP English Lit
Types of Poetry
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English
12th Grade
10/05/2010

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ballad
Definition
similar to folk tale or legend.
repeated refrain
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cinquain
Definition
5 lines
1 word title
2 describing words
3 action words
4 feeling words
1 word title repeated
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dramatic (monologue)
Definition
1+ characters speaking.
monologue 1 speaks others no reply
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elegy
Definition
sad & thoughtful about a death
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epic
Definition
extensive, serious
about hero
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epigram
Definition
short, ironic, witty. brief couplet or quatrain
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free verse
Definition
un/rhymed no set fixed metrical pattern
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haiku
Definition
japanese. 3 unrhymed lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables. season word
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italian sonnet
Definition
octave with abbaabba rhyme pattern. 6 lines with cdecde or cdcdcd rhyme pattern
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limmerick
Definition
short, vulgar, humorous.
5 anapestic lines.
lines 1, 2, 5 have 7-10 syllables, rhyme, & have same verbal rhythm.
lines 3 & 4 have 5-7 syllables, rhyme, & have same rhythm
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list
Definition
list of items or events
any length & un/rhymed
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lyric
Definition
expresses thoughts & feelings of poet
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narrative
Definition
tells a story
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ode
Definition
lengthy lyric poem. serious or meditative. elevated style & formal stanza structure
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pastoral
Definition
depicts rural life in peaceful, romanticized way
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petrarchan
Definition
14 line sonnet. octave rhyming abbaabba followed by cddcee or cdecde
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quatrain
Definition
stanza or poem with 4 lines.
lines 2 & 4 rhyme with similar # of syllables
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sestina
Definition
6 6 line stanzas & 3 line envoy. end words of 1st stanza are repeated in varied order as end words in other stanzas & also recur in envoy
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shakespearean
Definition
14 line sonnet with 3 quatrains of abab cdcd eded followed by couplet gg. iambic pentameter
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shape
Definition
poetry in shape or form of object
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sonnet
Definition
lyric poem consists of 14 lines. usually have 1+ conventional rhyme schemes
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terza rima
Definition
10 or 11 syllable lines arranged in 3 line tercets
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villanelle
Definition
19 line of 5 tercets & final quatrain on 2 rhymes. 1st & 3rd lines of 1st tercet reapeat alternately as refrain closing the succeeding stanzas & joined as final couplet of quatrain
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