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This form of poetry has no set rules or themes
Free Verse
This form of poetry has 14 lines, is written in iambic pentameter and was popular during the Renaissance
Sonnet
This form of Japanese poetry has 3 lines, is 17 syllables or Japanese characters in length, and often depicts a single moment in nature.
Haiku
This form of poetry is a song of old. It usually has an aabb or abab rhyme scheme and is often sung about heroic deeds or love.
Ballad
This form of poem was written to honor the dead. It was sung over graves in medieval days and during the Renaissance. In ancient Greek, it was a poem set up with alternating lines of 8 and 10 syllables.
Elegy
An indirect comparison between two unlike things using the words, “than,” “like,” or “as.”
Simile
A direct comparison between two unlike things.
Metaphor.
A metaphor where something inanimate is given the characteristics of a human or living creature, or where an animal is given a human personality.
Personification.
A reference to a well-known place or event in history, pop culture, literature or mythology.
Allusion.
Writing that appeals to the five senses or paints a picture.
Imagery.
Rhyme.
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Alliteration.
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Assonance.
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Consonance.
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Iambic pentameter. DAILY DOUBLE
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Water Jar Cracks
Haiku.
Sk8ter Boi
Ballad.
For Jane
Elegy.
Turn About
Sonnet.
Reflections
Free verse.
The shade sang with her.
alliteration, assonance, personification
Lightening: Heron’s cry stabs the darkness
imagery, personification
Daily Double Haunted, am I, by her tormented cry
inversion, rhyme
It wanders like some lost child
simile, alliteration, assonance
Oh Captain, My Captain, our fearful trip is done
allusion, repetition, metaphor