Definition and types

Definition and types
A term applied to the many forms which humans
have given rhythmic expression to their most
intense perceptions of the world, themselves, and
the relation of the two.
Haiku
Free Verse
Sonnet
Limerick
Concrete
Acrostic
Lyric
Slam
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A Japanese form of poetry which usually
deals with nature
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FREE VERSE
A type of poem which has no clear restrictions.
Sonnet
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A 14-line poem with a definite rhyme scheme.
Shakespearian sonnet ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG. Written in
Iambic Pentameter.
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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
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Petrarchian/Italian sonnet: ABBA/ABBA/CDCDCD or
CDECDE
Originates from Limerick, Ireland.
9-9-5-5-9
Usually humorous
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A poem which makes a shape using its words.
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A poem in which the first letter of every line
ends up spelling something out.
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Poetry that often times is set to music.
Includes Odes, Elegies, Songs, Ballads
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Spoken word poetry that is performed as
opposed to read.
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"What teachers make"
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"Hell"
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A group of lines within a poem.
Quatrain- 4 line stanza
Cinquain- 5 line stanza
Sestet- 6 line stanza
Heptastich- 7 line stanza
Octave- an 8 line stanza
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The rhythmical pattern of a poem
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Iambic- a foot with one unstressed syllable followed by
a stressed one. (u /) “again”
Trochaic- a foot with a stressed syllable followed by an
unstressed one. (/ u) “wonder”
Anapestic- a foot with two unstressed syllables
followed by one strong stress. (u u /) “on the beach”
Dactylic- a foot with one strong stressed followed by
two unstressed syllables. (/ u u) “wonderful”
Spondee- a foot with two strong stresses. (/ /)
“spacewalk”
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Monometer- verse written in one foot lines
Dimeter- verse written in two foot lines
Trimeter- verse written in three foot lines
Tetrameter- verse written in four foot lines
Pentameter- verse written in five foot lines
Hexameter- verse written in six foot lines
Heptameter- verse written in seven foot lines
Blank verse- poetry written in unrhymed
iambic pentameter
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The privilege claimed by poets, of departing
from normal order, diction, rhyme, or
pronunciation.
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“Venus and Adonis”
154 Shakespearian sonnets
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“The Raven”
“The Bells”
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“Dreams”
“Dreams deferred”
“Weary Blues”
“The Negro speaks of Rivers”
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“Daddy”
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“The Road not Taken”
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
“Fire and Ice”
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“Oh Captain, my Captain”
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Emily Dickinson
John Keats
Sir Phillip Sydney
Christopher Marlowe
Maya Angelou
Pablo Neruda
Shel Silverstein
Theodore Geisel
Tupac Shakur