Forms Of Poetry

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What is a Form of poetry?

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Form in poetry can be understood as the physical structure of the poem: the length of the lines, their rhythms, their system of rhymes and repetition

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Auto-biographical

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A poem about the poets life and experiences

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Ballad

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A form of poetry often set to music

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Blank verse

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Verse with no rhyme- usually ten syllables

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Dramatic monologue

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A character speaks to the reader

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Epic poem

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Tragic/Heroic story poems

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First person

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Poem written from the poets viewpoint or perspective using “I”

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Free verse

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No regular rhyme/rhythm

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Lyrical

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Emotional and beautiful

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Narrative

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A form of poetry that tells a story

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Ode

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Lyrical poem often addressed to one person

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Rhetoric

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Persuasive

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Sonnet

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14 line poem often to do with love

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Third person

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A detached perspective( someone who isn’t directly involved in the action) explains everything that is happening