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An Introduction to Poetry - 13th Edition
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Literature
Undergraduate 2
11/26/2011

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Form
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In a general sense. Form is the means by which a literary work expresses it's content. In poetry, form is usually used to describe the design of the poem.
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Fixed form
Definition
A traditional verse form requiring certain predetermined elements of structure. Ex: a stanza pattern, set meter, or predetermined line length
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Closed Form
Definition
Poetry written in a patter of meter, rime, lines, or stanzas. Adheres to set structure
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Open Form
Definition
Verse that has no set scheme. No regular meter, rime or stanzaic pattern. AKA Free Verse
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Blank Verse
Definition
contains five iambic feet per line and is not rimed
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Couplet
Definition
a two lined stanza in poetry, usually rimed and with lines of equal length
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Closed couplet
Definition
Two rimed lines of iambic pentameter that usually contain an independent and complete though or statement. AKA heroic couplet
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Quatrain
Definition
a stanza consisting of four lines, it is the most common stanza form in English language poetry
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epic
Definition
a long narrative poem tracing the adventures of a popular hero. Usually written in a consistent form and meter throughout
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Epigram
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A very short, comic poem, often turning at the end with some sharp wit or unexpected stinger
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Sonnet
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A fixed form of fourteen lines, traditionally written in iambic pentameter and rimed throughout.
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Italian sonnet
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AKA Petrarchan Sonnet. Rimes the octave (first and eighth lines) the sestet (the last six lines) may follow any rime pattern as long as it does not end in a couplet. The poem turns, or shifts in mood or tone after the octave.
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English Sonnet
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AKA Shakespearean Sonnet. Has the following rime scheme organized into three quatrains and a concluding couplet: abab cdcd efef gg. The poem may turn (shift the mood or tone) between any of the rime clusters.
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Parallel
Definition
Placing a pair of words, phrases, clauses, or sentences side by side in agreement or similarity
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Antithesis
Definition
opposite of Parallel
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Prose Poetry
Definition
Poetic language printed in prose paragraphs, but displaying the careful attention to sound, imagery, and figurative language characteristic of poetry.
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Concrete Poetry
Definition
A visual poetry composed exclusively for the page in which a picture or image is made of printed letters and words. Concrete poetry attempts to blur the line between language and visual objects, usually relying on puns and cleverness.
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