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Comes from the word “sonetto” meaning “little song.

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Sonnet

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Origins: Europe, more specifically Italy.

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Sonnet

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Each line is written in iambic pentameter.

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Sonnet

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Volta—sharp thematic or imagistic turn in the story being told, think climax; usually comes at the start of line 9

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Sonnet

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Rhyme Scheme:
a
b
a
b
c
d
c
d
e  (volta)
f
e
f
g
g
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Sonnet

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This poetry is a musical form.

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Ballad

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History of Prominence: 1200-1700 AD.

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Ballad

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Have a name in the title. (Usually a person’s name or the name of a place).

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Ballad

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Tells a story (usually has a sad end—not very happy poetry—think tragedy).

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Ballad

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Uses repetition and simple language. Tabloid-like sensationalism.

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Ballad

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Uses a rhyme scheme.

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Ballad

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Uses stanzas (quatrains). Stanza—a unit within a larger poem usually referred to as a verse; usually has a set meter and rhyme scheme. Quatrains—a 4 line stanza.

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Ballad

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Mostly written in iambic form.

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Ballad

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-The quatrain of this poem must follow the following meter and rhyme scheme. Each quatrain must follow this meter and rhyme scheme.
Line 1: Tetrameter            X
Line 2: Trimeter               A
Line 3: Tetrameter           X
Line 4: Trimeter               A
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Ballad

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A short, humorous poem that is often nonsensical or at times obscene.

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Limerick

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Japanese poem.

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Haiku

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Known for comparing two ideas.

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Haiku

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3 lines:

5-7-5 syllables.

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Haiku

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5 line stanza
AABBA rhyme scheme
Anapestic meter
Lines 1, 2, and 5 contain 3 metrical feet, while lines 3 and 4 only contain 2 metrical feet.

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Limerick

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Comes from the Italian word Villanella.

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Villanelle

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Translates to rustic song or dance.

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Villanelle

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Sung by farmers at work.

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Villanelle

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19 lines
5 tercets followed by a quatrain
Follows ABA rhyme scheme.

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Villanelle

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The first and third line are repeated alternately until the last stanza, which includes both repeated lines.

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Villanelle

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Malaysian poem.

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Pantoum

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Similar rural poetry as the villanelle.

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Pantoum

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Commonly structured as four quatrains.

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Pantoum

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Stanza 1: A B C D (or A C B D)
Stanza 2: B E D F (or C E D F)
Stanza 3: E G F H
Stanza 4: G I (or A or C) H J (or A or C)

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Pantoum

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Usually used in epic/narrative poetry.

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Heroic couplet

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Rhyming pairs of lines in iambic pentameter.

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Heroic couplet

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Dates back to 700 to 1000 A.D.

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Accentual alliterative poem

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Anglo-Saxon form of poetry that originated in old English language.

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Accentuate alliterative poem

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Old English is a dead language now, but it most closely represents German.

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Accentual alliterative poem

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Most people see this form of poetry as a creation of Viking cultures that are often discussed by their conquests in battle.

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Accentual alliterative poem

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This poetry has a fixed number of stresses (beats) per line or stanza regardless of the number of syllables that are present.

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Accentual alliterative poem

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This poem does not follow the metrical foot or metered pattern. It is all about the alliterative beats. Alliteration: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

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Accentual alliterative poem

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In this poem lines should be sparse to produce strong beat patterns.

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Accentual alliterative poem

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In this poem there should be very few words in-between alliterative beats.

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Accentual alliterative poem

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This poem requires at least 4 alliterative beats per line.

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Accentual alliterative poem

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Each line of this poem can be divided into two hemistichs. A hemistich is a half-line of verse, followed and preceded by a caesura. A caesura is a pause in a line of poetry or in a musical composition.

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Accentual alliterative poem

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There needs to be at least two alliterative beats in one of the two hemistichs in a line of verse.

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Accentual alliterative poem

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Dylan Thomas: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Goodnight.

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Villanelle

42
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–/

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Anapest

43
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/-

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Trochee

44
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-/-

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Amphibrach

45
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-/

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Iambic

46
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/–

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Dactyl

47
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Three metrical feet per line.

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Trimeter

48
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Four metrical feet per line.

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Tetrameter

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Five metrical feet per line.

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Pentameter

50
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Shakespeare allegedly wrote this sonnet to the Earl of South Hampton leading most to believe he is bisexual. Talking about beauty.

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Sonnet 18, “Shall I compare thee to a summer day.”

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