Poetic Devices and Forms

A narrative poem in short stanzas, especially one that tells a popular story.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A poem mourning the dead.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Deliberate omission of unstressed syllables, typically in order to maintain rhythm- e.g. "o'er" for "over".

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The lack of a pause between two lines of a poem.

Verse that follows no particular form, meter or rhyme scheme.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Seventeen syllable poems, generally split into three lines of five, seven and five syllables, often with a theme related to nature.

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

A rhyme where two words have similar consonant sounds but different vowel sounds e.g. "bell" and "bill". Also called a slant rhyme or imperfect rhyme.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

A rhyme within the words of a line

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CCSS.RL.7.4

A dignified, lyric poem expressing praise or some other elevated notion.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A four line stanza.

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CCSS.RL.7.4