Poetry Knowledge - Forms of poetry Flashcards

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Auto-biographical

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A poem about the poet’s life and experiences

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Ballad

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A form of poetry often set to music / Poems that can be a song

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Blank verse

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Verse with no rhyme - usually 10 syllables

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Dramatic monologue

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A character speaks to the reader

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Epic poem

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Tragic/heroic story poems

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First person

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Poem written from the poet’s viewpoint or perspective using ‘I’

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Free verse

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No regular rhyme/rhythm

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Lyrical

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Emotional and beautiful

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Narrative

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A form of poetry that tells a story

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Ode

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Lyrical poem often addressed to 1 person

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Rhetoric

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Persuasive

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Sonnet

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14 line poem often to do with love

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Third person

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A detached perspective (someone who isn’t directly involved in the action) explains everything that is happening

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