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  2. Line (poetry) - Wikipedia

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    In Italian literature the hendecasyllable, [10] which is a metre of eleven syllables, is the most common line. In Serbian ten syllable lines were used in long epic poems. In Polish poetry two types of line were very popular, an 11-syllable one, based on Italian verse and 13-syllable one, based both on Latin verse and French alexandrine.

  3. Poetic devices - Wikipedia

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    In poetry, it has a consistent meter with 10 syllables per line . Unstressed syllables are followed by stressed syllables, five of which are stressed but do not rhyme. Trochee–A trochee is a two-syllable metrical pattern in poetry in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.

  4. Rhyme scheme - Wikipedia

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    References. External links. Rhyme scheme. A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme; lines designated with the same letter all rhyme with each other. An example of the ABAB rhyming scheme, from "To Anthea, who may Command him ...

  5. Stanza - Wikipedia

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    In poetry, a stanza (/ ˈstænzə /; from Italian stanza, Italian: [ˈstantsa]; lit.'room') is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line or indentation. [ 1 ] Stanzas can have regular rhyme and metrical schemes, but they are not required to have either. There are many different forms of stanzas.

  6. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Rondel (or roundel): a poem of 11 to 14 lines consisting of 2 rhymes and the repetition of the first 2 lines in the middle of the poem and at its end. Sonnet: a poem of 14 lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes; in English, they typically have 10 syllables per line. Caudate sonnet; Crown of sonnets (aka sonnet redoublé) Curtal sonnet

  7. Do not go gentle into that good night - Wikipedia

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    Poet Dylan Thomas c. 1937–1938. " Do not go gentle into that good night " is a poem in the form of a villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), and is one of his best-known works. [1] Though first published in the journal Botteghe Oscure in 1951, [2] the poem was written in 1947 while Thomas visited Florence with his family.

  8. Poems by Edgar Allan Poe - Wikipedia

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    Alone (Poe) "Alone" by Edgar Allan Poe. " Alone " is a 22-line poem originally written in 1829, and left untitled and unpublished during Poe's lifetime. The original manuscript was signed "E. A. Poe" and dated March 17, 1829. [1] In February of that year, Poe's foster mother Frances Allan had died.

  9. Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey - Wikipedia

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    The Abbey and the upper reaches of the Wye, a painting by William Havell, 1804. Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey is a poem by William Wordsworth.The title, Lines Written (or Composed) a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798, is often abbreviated simply to Tintern Abbey, although that building does not appear within the poem.