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HAIKU |
Short poem |
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ODELET |
Short poem |
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RONDEL |
Short poem |
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SONNET |
Short poem |
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RHYME |
Short poem |
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IDYLL |
Short poem about rustic life |
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RONDEAU |
Short poem with only two rhymes |
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VIRELAY |
An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two
rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain. |
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EPILOGUE |
A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and
recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play. |
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MEASURE |
The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or
long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in
iambic measure. |
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BALLAD |
A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or
singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic
poem in short stanzas. |
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ODE |
A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or
sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble
sentiment and appropriate dignity of style. |
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TRIOLET |
A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first
line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the
second being, repeated as the eighth. |
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EPIGRAM |
A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single
thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the
reader with a... |
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IDYL |
A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls
of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive
poem, written... |