Forms and Structures of Poetry Flashcards
1
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couplet
A
two line poem and the lines rhyme
2
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limerick
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it tells a tale
A, A, B, B, A, rhyme pattern
3
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haiku
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Japanese origins, 3 lines with 17 total syllables, and 5, 7, 5 syllables
4
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narrative poem
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tells and entire story, it is usually very long, includes all of the elements of fiction: characters, setting, plot
5
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free verse
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it has no rules, may seem like a stream of thought, and it usually doesn’t rhyme