Types Of Poetry Flashcards
1
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Elegy
A
- sad thoughts
- usually about death
2
Q
Limerick
A
- 5 lines
- non- serious
- regular rhythm
- rhyme scheme = aabba
3
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Quatrains
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- 4 lines of poetry
- can have rhyme scheme
4
Q
Ode
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- serious thoughts or reflections
- elevated language
- in praise of someone or something
5
Q
Blank verse
A
- no- rhyme
- uses iambic pentameter
6
Q
Free verse
A
- no restrictions on rhyme scheme or rhythm
7
Q
Sonnets
A
Shakespearean, Italian Modern
- definite rhyme schemes
- 14 lines
- definite rhythm
8
Q
Lyric poems
A
Express one powerful emotion
9
Q
Narratives
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Tell stories
10
Q
Ballads
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- 4 line stanzas
- abcb rhyme scheme
- usually about love, death
- supernatural events
11
Q
Epics
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- very long story poems
- complicated plots
- many characters
- supernatural events
12
Q
Imagist poems
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Try to show pictures through words
13
Q
Concrete
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- shape is as important as content
- takes the shape of the content
14
Q
Imagist
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- no rhyme
- no rhythm
- tries to create a single image
15
Q
Cinquains
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1- noun 2- 2 adjectives 3- 3 verbs 4- 4 words in prepositional phrase 5- noun
1 syllable 2 syllables 3 syllables 4 syllables 1 syllable
16
Q
Hokku
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Usually about nature
17
Q
Haiku
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5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables
18
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Tanka
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5 syllables 7 syllables 5 syllables 7 syllables 7 syllables
