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Poetry Flashcards

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Sestet

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6 line stanza of poetry

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Octave

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8 line stanza of poetry

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Quatrain

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4 line stanza of poetry

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Couplet

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Two rhymed lines of poetry

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Italian/Petarchan Sonnet

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One octave and one sestet
Rhyme scheme abba abba cdc cdc
[variant abba abba cde cde]

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Elizabeth/Shakespearean/Elizabethan Sonnet

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Three quatrains and one couplet

Rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg

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