Poem Types Flashcards
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Two poetry types:
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formed and free-verse
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Formed poetry ex
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Concrete, villanelle, sestina, sonnet
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Free Verse Poetry ex
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Lyric, ode, ekphrastic, extended metaphor, narrative
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Concrete (Fo)
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visual shape of the poem matches the topic
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Villanelle (Fo)
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- 19 lines, 6 stanzas (5 tercets 1 quatrain)
- 2 repeating end rhymes
- 2 lines are repeated refrains
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Sestina (Fo)
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- 7 stanzas, 6 sestets and 1 tercet
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Sonnet (Fo)
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- 14 lines iambic pentameter
- 10 syllables each line
- 3 types: Spenserian, Shakespearean, Petrarchan
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Spenserian sonnet
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- subject is love
- interlocking rhyme scheme (ABAB BCBC CDCD EE)
- 3 quatrains/rhyming couplet
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Shakespearean sonnet
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- alternating rhyme scheme (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)
- often about love… or mortality, politics, writing
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Petrarchan sonnet
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- different rhyme schemes
- known by OCTAVE and SESTET
- 8 lines = problem, 6 lines = solution –> identified by volta
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Lyric (Fv)
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- short poem
- songlike qualities, single authors expresses thoughts/feelings
- sonnets and odes are this
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Ode (Fv)
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- ceremonious lyric poem
- addresses/celebrates a person, place, thing, or idea
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Ekphrastic (Fv)
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- vivid description of a scene or work of art
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Extended metaphor (Fv)
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- long metaphorical comparison
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Narrative (Fv)
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- tells a story
- epics and ballads are this
