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3 types of poetry

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-lyric
-narrative
-dramatic

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types of lyric

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-elegy
-haiku
-limerick
-ode
-pastoral
-sonnet

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types of dramatic

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-ballad
-epic
-medieval romance

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types of narrative

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-comedy
-morality play
-mystery play
-tragedy

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form of literature that follows a specific forms to create a rhythm

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Poetry

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no rhyme

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free verse

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prose from word

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prosa oratio

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prosa oratio means

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straight forward speech

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usually short and written in stanza; narrated in first person

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lyric poetry

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death and mourning

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elegy

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ex elegy

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Thomas Gray’s Elegy written in a country church yard

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short traditional Japanese poem; 3 lines 575 syllables

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Haiku

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authors of haiku

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-Basho
-Yosa Buson
-Kobayashi Issa

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Consists of five lines and has _ rhyme scheme; humorous and nonsensical; marriage and love as themes

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aabba, limerick

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ex limerick

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Young Lady of Dorking by Edward Lear

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first, second, fifth limerick

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7-10 syllables

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third and fourth limerick

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5-7 syllables

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shepherds and pastures; human and nature

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pastoral poem

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ex of Pastoral poem

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The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe

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exaltation; praise or tribute

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ode

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ex ode

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Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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14 lines related to love

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sonnet

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Elizabethan rhyme scheme

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abab, cdcd, efef, gg

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Petrarchan rhyme scheme

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8 - abbaabba = 6 - cdecde

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2 types of sonnet

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Elizabethan and Petrarchan

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ex ballad

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William Shakespeare’s All the world’s a story

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story with use of rhymes and other poetic devices

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narrative poetry

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long narrative poem; popular in ancient; record of history and culture

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Medieval romance

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narrative poem intended to be sung

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ballad

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ex of epic

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Shin-leqi-Unninni’s ‘‘The Epic of Gilgamesh

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tales of marvelous, religious crusade, love, and other

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medieval romance

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ex of mr

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Sir Gawain and the green knight

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dramatic work verse, lyrical in nature, stage performance

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dramatic poetry

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triumph over hardship; happy successful ending; amuse

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Oscar Wilde’s The importance of Being Earnest

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teachings of church; good conduct

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Morality play

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ex of morality play

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John Bunyan’s Pilgrims Progress

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religious and teach people abt bible; biblical stories

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Mystery play

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ex of mystery play

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quem quaeritis?

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sorrowful and tragic events; misfortune or downfall

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Tragedy

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ex of Tragedy

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William Shakespeare’s ‘‘Macbeth and Hamlet’’

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