FORMS Flashcards
1
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ballad
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a poem that usually tells a story; similar to a folk tale
2
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Elegy
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a poem that is sad and thoughtful, and often said in lament of a person who has died
3
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Epic
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a long narrative poem
4
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lyric
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a poem that expresses the personal mood, feeling or meditation of a single speaker
5
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narrative
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a poem that tells a story
6
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sonnet
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14 lines. However, there are many differnt types of sonnets
7
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petrarchan sonnet/ italian sonnet
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each of it’s 14 lines are in iambic pentameter. There will be an octave at the beginning, and sestet at the end
8
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shakespearean sonnet / english sonnet
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each of its 14 lines are written in iambic pentameter of three quatrains, and a couplet with A-B-A-B, C-D-C-D, E-F-E-F, G-G rhyme scheme
