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vocab poetry
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English
10th Grade
04/13/2009

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Ballad
Definition
A story told in verse and usually meant to be sung
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blank verse
Definition
unrhymed words all in the same meter
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Concrete Poetry
Definition
Concrete poetry, pattern poetry or shape poetry is poetry in which the typographical arrangement of words is as important in conveying the intended effect as the conventional elements of the poem, such as meaning of words, rhythm, rhyme and so on
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couplet
Definition
2 lines that rhyme
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dramatic poem
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a narrative poem in which more than one person speaks
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Elegy
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A poem of mourning, usually over the death of an individual
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Epic
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a long nattarive poem describing death of great hero.
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Foot
Definition
a unit usually used to measure the metter of rythmic pattern of a line of poetry
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Free verse
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unrhymed verse
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haiku
Definition
a japanese verse form consisting of 7 lines and 17 sylables
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iambic pentameter
Definition
Iambic pentameter is a type of meter that is used in poetry and drama. It describes a particular rhythm that the words establish in each line. That rhythm is measured in feet.
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lyric
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A poem ( usually short) that expresses a persons thoughts and feelings
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meter
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A generally regulat pattern of stressed and unstressed sylables
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Octave
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an 8 line poem or stanza
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Ode
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A complex and lengthy lyric poem written in a dignified style on some lofty or serious object
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Quartrain
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4 line poem or stanza
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requiem
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a prayer poem or song in response of a death
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Rhyme
Definition
repition of sound in 2 or more words of phrases that appear close in a poem
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Scansion
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the analysis of verse in terms of meters
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sestet
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6 line poem or stanza
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Sonnet
Definition
A lyrical poem of 14 lines visuually rhymed iambic pentameter.
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