Types of Rhyme Flashcards
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Epigram
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brief to the point and witty poem that takes no poetic form
2
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limerick
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always light and humorous and usually consists of five lines rhyming aabba
3
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sestina
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thirty-nine lines of any length divided by six six lines and three-line that concludes the stanza called the envoy
4
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sonnet
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a fourteen-lined poem, penned in iambic pentameter - Italian and Shakespearian
5
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couplet
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two lines that rhyme and have the same meter
6
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heroic couplet
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a couplet that is rhymed in iambic pentameter
7
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stanza
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grouping of lines that usually has a set pattern of meter and rhyme.
8
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quatrain
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four-lined stanza; most common (aabb, abab, )
