Poetry Flashcards
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What is an acrostics ?
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Across the poems play with words: the first letter of each line spells a word that can be read vertically .
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What is a limericks ?
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One of the forms of poetry. It is short , humorous , non sense poems that are easy to understand . And also usually 5 lines long .
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What are shape poems ?
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A poem that creates shapes with their writings !
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What is a haikus ?
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Is a poetry form , which has seventeen syllables , divided into lines of five seven and five syllables respectively !
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What is a ballad ?
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A ballad is a poem that tells a story about an a event or social issues .
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What is free verse ?
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Free verse give a poet freedom and flexibility but it is still well organised and flows easily and naturally from the tongue !
