lit - verse forms and forms of poetry
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rhymed verse
has end rhyme and regular meter
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blank verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter
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free verse
no rhyme or meter
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stanzas
divisions of a poem based on though, meter, or rhyme
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ballad
a narrative poem often derived from folklore, many of which end tragically
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refrain
a line or group of repeated lines throughout a poem
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sonnet
a fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter
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italian sonnet
a sonnet form popularized in italian literature by the poet __petrarch__
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english sonnet
a sonnet form in english literature by __shakespeare__
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haiku
a japanese form of poetry that comprises three lines, the first and last having __five__ syllables and the middle having __seven__
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cinquain
a quintet (5 lines), the first line contains __one__ stressed syllable; the second, __two__, the third, __three__, the fourth, __four__; and the fifth, __one__