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  2. Rhyme scheme - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. William Ernest Henley - Wikipedia

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    The poems of In Hospital are noteworthy as some of the earliest free verse written in the UK. Arguably Henley's best-remembered work is the poem "Invictus", written in 1875. It is said that this was written as a demonstration of his resilience following the amputation of his foot due to tubercular infection.

  4. Poetry analysis - Wikipedia

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    Some forms are strictly defined, with required line counts and rhyming patterns, such as the sonnet (mostly made of a 14-line poem with a defined rhyme scheme) or limerick (usually a 5-line free rhyme poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme). Such poems exhibit closed form, meaning they have strict rules regarding their structure and length. [7]

  5. Invictus - Wikipedia

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    "Invictus" is a short poem by the Victorian era British poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). Henley wrote it in 1875, and in 1888 he published it in his first volume of poems, Book of Verses , in the section titled "Life and Death (Echoes)".

  6. Poetic devices - Wikipedia

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    A poem which follows a set pattern of meter, rhyme scheme, stanza form, and refrain. Ballad–A narrative poem written in a series of quatrains in which lines of iambic tetrameter alternating with iambic trimeter. It typically adopts a xaxa, xbxb rhyme scheme with frequent use of repetition and refrain. Written in a straight-forward manner with ...

  7. Line (poetry) - Wikipedia

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    Conventions that determine what might constitute line in poetry depend upon different constraints, aural characteristics or scripting conventions for any given language. On the whole, where relevant, a line is generally determined either by units of rhythm or repeating aural patterns in recitation that can also be marked by other features such as rhyme or alliteration, or by patterns of ...

  8. I'm Nobody! Who are you? - Wikipedia

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    The poem employs alliteration, anaphora, simile, satire, and internal rhyme but no regular end rhyme scheme. However, lines 1 and 2 and lines 6 and 8 end with masculine rhymes. Dickinson incorporates the pronouns you, we, us, your into the poem, and in doing so, draws the reader into the piece. The poem suggests anonymity is preferable to fame.

  9. George Puttenham - Wikipedia

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    The matching of line lengths, rhymed at the end, in symmetrical patterns, is a further accommodation. A number of graphs are shown to illustrate the variety of rhyme schemes and line-length patterns, or situation. The poet who can work melodiously within the strictures of versification proves a "crafts master", a valuable literary virtue.