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poems and sonnets
poem definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| petrarchan sonnet | a sonnet containing an octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba and a sestet that is either cdecde or cdcdcd. it is written n iambic pentameter |
| Shakespearian sonnet | a sonnet consisting of 3 quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg |
| haiku | a Japanese poem with 3 unrhymed lines of 5,7,5 syllables |
| tanka | an unrhymed poem of 5 lines containing 5,7,5,7,7 syllables |
| limerick | a 5 line poem with a strict form of aabba rhyme scheme and 8,8,5,5,8 syllables |
| mad song stanza | a 5 line poem rhymed xabba with the sylables 6,6,4,4,6 |
| rondeau | 15 line poem in 3 stanzas, a quintet, a quatrain and a sestet. (lines 3 and 5 are the same |
| clerihew | a witty poem containing two couplets and mentioning a famous person |
| triolet | a poem containing of one octet with the rhyme scheme abaaabab and is often in iambic pentameter |
| cinquain | a 5 line poem which consist of 2,4,6,8,2 syllables |