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Title

Poetry Terms Types of Poems

Description

TYPES OF POEMS

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Subject

English

Level

Undergraduate 1

Created

04/09/2008

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Term

Sonnet

Definition

14-line poem, usually either Shakespearean/English or Petrarchan/Italian

Term

Villanelle

Definition

19-line poem, French form, alternating refrains with 5 tercets and a quatrain.

Term

Elegy

Definition

A poem praising someone who is dead

Term

Ode or ballad

Definition

Covers a wide range of subjects, usually lofty style, regular rhyme/meter.