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chapter 18 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Closed form poetry | poetry written in specific and traditional patterns produced through control of rhyme, meter, line length, and line groupings |
| Blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| Parallelism | a figure of speech in which the same grammatical forms are repeated |
| Antithesis | a rhetorical device of opposition in which one idea or word is established, and then the opposite idea or word is expressed |
| Tercet/triplet | a three line unit or stanza of poetry usually rhyming in aaa, bbb, etc. |
| Sonnet | a poem of fourteen lines (originally designed to be spoken and not sung) in iambic pentameter |
| Italian/Petrarchan | an iambic pentameter poem of fourteen lines, divided between the first eight lines (the octave) and the last six (sestet) |
| Shakespearean/English | a sonnet form developed by Shakespeare, in iambic pentameter composed of three quatrains and a couplet |
| Lyric/song | a short and concentrated poem or song, usually meditative, often personal, and sometimes philosophical |
| Ode | a stanzaic poem with varying line lengths and often intricate rhyme schemes that contrast it with songs and hymns |
| Elegy | a poem of lamentation about a death |
| Pastoral | a traditional poetic form with topic material drawn from the usually idealized vocabulary of rural and shepherd life |
| Ballad | a narrative poem, originally a popular form, composed of quatrains in ballad measure |
| Terza rima | a three line stanza form with the interlocking rhyming pattern |
| Villanelle | a closed form poem of nineteen lines, composed of five tercets and a concluding quatrain |
| Common measure | a closed poetic quatrain, rhyming abab, in which lines of iambic tetrameter alternate with iambic trimeter |
| Hymnal stanza | consists of four lines of four stresses or else of four lines of alternating four and three stresses rhyming abab |
| Haiku | a verse form derived from Japanese poetry, traditionally containing three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, in that order, and usually treating a topic derived from nature |
| Epigram | a short and witty poem, often in couplets, that makes a humorous or satiric point |
| Epitaphs | a short comment or description marking someone’s death |
| Limerick | a brief poem with established line lengths and rhyming patterns, designed to be comic |
| Open Form/Free Verse | poems that avoid traditional structural patterns |
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