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poem - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines |
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literary composition,
literary work imaginative or creative writing
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line of poetry,
line of verse a single line of words in a poem
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abecedarius a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order
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alcaic,
alcaic verse verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus
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ballad,
lay a narrative poem of popular origin
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ballade a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy
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blank verse unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
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elegy,
lament a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
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epic,
epic poem,
epos,
heroic poem a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
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free verse,
vers libre unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
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haiku an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
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lyric,
lyric poem a short poem of songlike quality
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rondeau,
rondel a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
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sonnet a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
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tanka a Tibetan religious painting on fabric
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terza rima a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.
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rhyme,
verse correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
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canto a major division of a long poem
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verse,
verse line a piece of poetry
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versicle a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation
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stanza a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
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poetic rhythm,
prosody,
rhythmic pattern (prosody) a system of versification
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rhyme,
rime correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
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