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Panegyric

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A poem of praise

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Ballade

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A French form, it consists of three seven or eight-line stanzas using no more than three recurrent rhymes, with an identical refrain after each stanza and a closing envoi repeating the rhymes of the last four lines of the stanza.

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Epistle

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A letter or literary composition in letter form.

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Haiku

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A japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables.

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Couplet

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Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.

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Dirge

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A funeral hymn or mournful speech.

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Sestet

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A six line stanza.

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Refrain

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A regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song.

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Free Verse

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Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

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Dramatic Monologue

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A poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events.

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Doggerel

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Crude, simplistic verse, often in sing-song rhyme.

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Concrete Poetry

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Poetry in which the meaning or effect is conveyed partly or wholly by visual means, using patterns of words or letters and other typographical devices.

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Mock Epic

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A parody of traditional epic form. It usually treats a frivolous topic with extreme seriousness, using conventions such as invocations to the Muse, action-packed battle scenes, and accounts of heroic exploits.

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Epitaph

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A poetic inscription on a tombstone or burial place.

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Lyric

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A type of poetry that explores the poet's personal interpretation of and feelings about the world.

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Envoi

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A brief ending (usually to a ballade or sestina) no more than 4 lines long; summary.

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Acrostic

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Verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message.

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Limerick

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A kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet.

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Sestina

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A poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line-ends in six different sequences that follow a fixed pattern, and with all six words appearing in the closing three-line envoi.

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Pastoral

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A work of literature dealing with rural life.

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Ode

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A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.

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Lament

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A poem expressing deep grief or sorrow.

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Ballad

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A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style.

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Villanelle

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A nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain.

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Found Poem

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A poem that has not been deliberately composed but discovered, by chance, in some other context.

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Hymn

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A religious song; a song of praise.

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Sonnet

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A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

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Anagram

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A word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.

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Epigram

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A witty poem expressing a single thought or observation.

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Didactic Poetry

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Poetry designed to teach an ethical, moral, or religious lesson.

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Georgic

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A poem or book dealing with agriculture or rural topics.

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Elegy

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A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

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Epic

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A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society.

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Bucolic

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Pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic.

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Palinode

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An ode that recants a previous poem.

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Ars Poetica

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The art of poetry.

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Romance

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An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places.

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Aubade

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A love poem set at dawn which bids farewell to the beloved

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