poetic structure Flashcards by elysia taylor | Brainscape

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Elegy

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Laments the death of a person

or sad and thoughtful

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Ballad

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Narrative poem

four line stanzas (quatrain)

story telling like a folk tale

often repeated refrain

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Quatrain

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four line stanza in poem

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Tercet

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three line stanza

not all rhyming

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Terza Rima

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three line stanza

tetrameter or pentameter

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Pastoral

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rural life in idealic way

often couplets arachaic language

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Villanelle

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three line stanzas x5

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Hymnal Form

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Quatrains of 8/6/8/6 syllables

Rhyme scheme ABCB

theme of religion

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Dramatic monologue

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acted out like a play

one person speaking to another person

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Ode

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Lyric poem

Serious tone

Formal structure

Often written in praise of something (person, event etc)

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Blank Verse

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iambic pentameter that doesn’t rhyme

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Free Verse

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rhymed is not rhymed

no set meter

focuses on lineation

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Lyric

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thoughts and feelings of persona

expressive and emotional

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