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Poetry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Villanelle | 19 line poem with five tercets and a quatrain in a fixed verse form |
| Haiku | A short three line poem usually written about nature |
| Volta | The 9th line of a Petrarchan sonnet |
| Limerick | Humorous five line poem with a consistent AABBA rhyme scheme |
| Sonnet | A 14 line stanza with a specific rhyme scheme also lyrical |
| Shakespearean sonnet | Three quatrains and a couplet ABAB CDCD EFEF GG |
| Ballad | Contains an ABCB or ABAB rhyming stanzas as part of a longer poem it is also a narrative |
| Petrarchan Sonnet | A 14 line poem in which the last words in the first fourth fifth and eighth lines rhyme also combines an octave which is eight lines with a sestet which is six lines ABBA ABBA (octave) CDE CDE(sestet) |