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Poetry Defined
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of totally Poetry Terms and Forms defined: Poetry Types Closed
Form: Poetry
form that has specific poetic structure regarding, stanzaic, rhyme scheme
or meter pattern. Limerick:
(Closed Form) A
limerick is a very structured poem that can be categorized as "short
but sweet." They are usually humorous, and are composed of 5 lines,
in an aacca rhyming pattern. In addition, the first, second and fifth
lines are usually 3 anapestic feet (uu/, 2 unstressed followed by 1
stressed) each. The third and fourth lines are usually 2 anapestic feet. Haiku:
(Closed Form) Haiku
style and format varies slightly depending on whom one is talking to, but
the basic, most widely recognized form is a 3 line stanza with a 5,7,5
syllable pattern. Cinquain:
(Closed Form) An
American form of poetry. Most cinquain poems consist of a single,
22-syllable stanza, but they can be combined into longer works. A cinquain
consists of five lines. The first line has two syllables, the second line
has four syllables, the third line has six syllables and the fourth line
has eight syllables, the final line has two syllables. The form goes as
2,4,6,8,2 - 22 syllable
pattern. Tanka:
(Closed Form) Tanka�s
is an older than a Haiku. It marks an occasion or moment. A Tanka is
usually divided in 5 syllabic lines consisting of a 5,7,5,7,7
- 31 syllable pattern as the English form. The Japanese form is
written in one straight sentence. Some American Tanka�s add many
stanza�s to the poem. Renga:
(Closed Form) Renga
is a Japanese form composed by several poets cooperatively. Members
alternately add verses of 17 syllables (5, 7, and 5 syllables) and those
of 14 syllables (7 and 7 syllables), until they complete a poem generally
composed of 100 verses typically divided into three movements, called Jo,
Ha, and Kyu, which are supposed to have a different tempo and different
types of linking. One poet would write three lines, the next poet would
"respond" to those three lines with two lines of his own, the
next poet wrote three lines in response to the two lines, and so on. Every
"link" in the collaborative effort is subversively connected the
prior link. Ballad: Ballads
are poems that tell a story. They are considered to be a form of narrative
poetry. They are often used in songs and have a very musical quality to
them Narrative poetry is one of the simplest forms, because there is only
one basic rule: the poem must tell a story. A ballad
is a narrative poem that has a musical rhythm and can be sung. Narrative
poems can be funny, sad, or solemn. Ode: An
ode is a poem that is written for an occasion or on a particular subject.
They are usually dignified and more serious as a form than other forms of
poetry. There are several versions and differing opinions on what the
rhyme form for an ode should be. In light of these disputes, it is of the
opinion that I believe them to be simply a poem that contains some form of
rhyming pattern, which is about a certain subject and contains the word
"ode" in the title. Narrative: Narrative
poetry is one of the simplest forms, because there is only one basic rule:
the poem must tell a story. A ballad is a narrative poem that has a
musical rhythm and can be sung. Narrative poems can be funny, sad, or
solemn. Dramatic
Monologue: A
dramatic monologue is a combination of the words dramatic and monologue
(obviously). The "dramatic" says that it could be acted out, and
is a form of drama, while the "monologue" defines it as a speech
that one person makes, either to them self or to another. A dramatic
monologue is written to reveal both the situation at hand and the
character herself. Villanelle:
(Closed Form) A
villanelle is composed of for stanzas, beginning with five three line
stanzas, and ending with one four line stanza. There are only two rhymes
in the usual villanelle . The format for the villanelle is 5 tercets and
one quatrain. The first line of the villanelle serves as the refrain. That
line (the refrain) should be repeated in lines six twelve and eighteen.
The third line of the poem serves as another refrain and that line should A
poem modified as a rondeau,
usually having seven lines and always two rhymes, with the first line
containing four syllables repeated as lines three and seven and the other
lines having eight syllables each.. The rhyme scheme is AbAabbA where A is
the refrain. Lines 1, 3 and 7 have 4 syllables and lines 2, 4, 5 and 6
have 8 syllables. Triolet:
(Closed Form) A
French verse poem or stanza form that consists of eight short lines rhyme
scheme of ABaAabAB (the capital
letters indicate lines that are repeated). The name triolet is taken from
the three repetitions of the first line. There is no set syllable count. Sestina:
(Closed Form) A
sestina is a difficult form of poetry to master. It is made up of seven
stanzas, the first six of which have six lines, the seventh having only
three. There is a very exact and complicated pattern to the sestina's
stanzas: The
first stanza is the defining stanza, and the six words that are used to
end each line are the defining words, as they will be repeated throughout
the rest of the poem. The
second stanza is made by taking the six words that were used to end the
last six lines and using them in a certain order: the last word used will
now end the first line of this stanza; the first word used will now end
the second line of this stanza; the second to last, the third: the second,
the fourth; the third to last, the fifth, the third, the sixth. For
each new stanza of the first six, the same pattern is continued by using
the previous stanza. For the last (seventh) stanza, there are only three
lines, using the last three ending words, and then having the other three
inside each line. Example:
for this, each letter represents the ending word of a line: a
b c d e f (first stanza), f a e b d c (second stanza), c f d a b e (third
stanza), e c b f a d (fourth stanza) Sonnet:
(Closed Form) A
fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are
typically five-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme. Pantoum:
(Closed Form) A
closed form of an intermediate length 4-line stanzas with lines rhyming.
The second and fourth lines of each stanza are repeated to form the first
and third lines of the succeeding stanza, with the first and third lines
of the first stanza forming the second and fourth of the last stanza, but
in reverse order, so that the opening and closing lines of the poem are
the same. Stanza: One
of the parts of a poem, composed of two or more lines usually
characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines. Acrostic: Acrostic
poetry is a form of short verse constructed with the initial letters of
each line taken consecutively form words, phrases or a name. The term is
derived from the Greek words akros, "at the end," and stichos, "line." ____________________________________________________________ Bookmark this page
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be repeated in lines nine, fifteen and nineteen. Both refrains rhyme
with eachother and with the opening line of each stanza. The middle
lines of each stanza rhyme
with eachother, so that there are only two different rhyme
sounds (a and b) throughout the entire poem.
Rondelet:
(Closed Form)
d e a c f b (fifth stanza), b d f e c a (sixth stanza)
a d (1st line of the 7th stanza, "a" must be in the line, but
the line must end with "d")
b e (2nd line of the 7th stanza, "b" must be in the line, but
the line must end with "e")
c f (3rd line of the 7th stanza, "c" must be in the line, but
the line must end with "f")
