Poetic Forms

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Open form or free verse

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Poetry which does not adhere to these patterns

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Closed or fixed form

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Poetry characterized by regular patterns of rhyme, metre, and structure

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Stanza (coll. verse)

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A group of lines separated from others by a space

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Syllable

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A unit of sound in language, organized around a vowel sound

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Stress

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Occurs wen a syllable is emphasized more than another

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Accentual verse

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Poetic form that uses a set of numbers of stresses per line, wit a varying number of syllables

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Foot

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A cluster of (stressed and/or unstressed) syllables making up a unit

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Metre

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A regular pattern of feet

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Iambic pentameter

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Iambic: a foot of two syllables, with the stress on the second
Pentameter: a line composed of five feet, and therefore ten syllables

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Blank verse

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Unrhymed pentameter

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Rhyme scheme

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• pattern formed by the end of rhymes in each line

- can be signified using letters (ie. Abab, cdcd, efef, gg)

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Couplet

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• a two-line stanza often with a similar length and metre, usually rhyming
• heroic couplets: couplets in jam is pentameter

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Tercet

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A three line stanza with a regular rhyme scheme - aba aba aba
- terms rima: terceta with a set interlocking rhyme scheme - aba bcb cdc

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Quatrain

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A four line stanza with a regular rhyme scheme - abab bcbc

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Sonnet

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A fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter with a regular rhyme scheme

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Octave

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An eight-line unit (usually referred to within a sonnet)

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Sestet

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A six-line unit (usually referred to within a sonnet)

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Petrarchan or Italian sonnet

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-Sonnet divided into octave and sestet:
Problem and resolution
-set rhyme scheme: abba abba cde cde