CREATIVE WRITING - SHORT FLASHCARD 2

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Short poem with 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter.

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Sonnet

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A simple tale in simple verse.

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Ballad

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Dignified, structured lyric poem praising an individual

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Ode

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Lyric poem expressing sorrow for the deceased.

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Elegy

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Japanese poetry with 17 syllables, nature theme (5-7-5)

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Haiku

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Poem with 4 lines, 7 syllables.

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Tanaga

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Japanese poetry with 31 syllables (5-7-5-7-7).

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Tanka

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Attitude and mood of a poem.

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Tone

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Repetition of similar sounds in final stressed syllables of two or more words.

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Rhyme

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Poetry's measured accents and syllable arrangement.

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