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ERIC ED304701: Handbook of Poetic Forms.

Intended for secondary teachers and student writers but useful for anyone interested in poetic forms, this book defines 74 basic poetic forms, summarizes their histories, quotes examples from noted poets, and offers professional tricks of the trade on how to use each form. The book covers the following poetic forms: abstract poem, acrostic, allegory, alliteration, alphabet poem, assonance, ballad, ballade, blank verse, blues poem, bout-rimes, calligram, canto, canzone, cento, chant, cinquain, collaboration, concrete poem, couplet, eclogue, elegy, epic, epigram, epistle, epithalamium, event poem, the foot, found poem, free verse, ghazal, haiku, imitation, insult poem, light verse, limerick, the line, list poem, lune, lyric, macaronic, madrigal, metaphor, nonsense poem, occasional poem, ode, ottava rima, pantoum, parody, pastoral poem, performance poem, projective verse, prose poem, quatrain, rap, renga, rhyme, rhythm, ritual poem, rondeau, satire, senryu, sestina, Skeltonic verse, sonnet, spoonerism, the stanza, syllabic verse, tanka, tercet, terza rima, triolet, villanelle, and word play. Entries are cross-referenced, and a bibliography and list of cited authors are included. (MM)

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