English - Poem Forms

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X O T A O T W X B S W T J T E Y A X R G C
F E W J C Q L N M N C P P Q M L L B E C L
R C L O S E D F O R M Q A S R M X L A N B
E D R M Y C I C O X L C U O O F S J W Y T
O V Q L J T V C R Y H H H D F G T M P T F
E D J T L H X E P N U U W H N E B D E B X
Q V K C D M A R M V N M U A E X P N F P X
S U K S V N L T A K X L H H P T N L G N Y
J T F S D D D U M V C A U C O O R I N I S
C F P P M X L C G F V V K H S D N L M U G
G Y U Q V K F K V P U C O U P L E T C F W
Y Q U N Y V Q A P J A V Q U A T R A I N S
E Q P E T R A R C H A N S O N N E T P S V
F V C G E S I S U E S D K G R W J G B T E
R J R L N H A W S L D E V E W D Y H O M L
M Q D I M F N V W I E B D J N W T N F I T
S H A K E S P E A R E A N S O N N E T R S
W V Q O J W Y B I P O Y W E C R M J Q R R
U U V K G H J R U C K U R T J V E N P F E
B S X W K U M V S W U E Y I G U W I E Y K
Y L U Y P R S V E O R V M M O I O B J K V

Clues

  • a form of sonnet made popular by Petrarch with the following rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdecde OR cdcdcd. Its first octave generally presents a thought, picture, or emotion, while its final sestet presents an explanation, comment or summary (10, 6)
  • a pair of lines, usually rhymed (7)
  • a sonnet probably made popular by Shakespeare with the following rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg (13, 6)
  • four-line stanza or grouping of four lines of verse (8)
  • fourtee-line poem in iambic pentameter with a prescribed rhyme scheme; its subject is traditionally that of love (6)
  • poetic form free from regularity or consistency in ryhme, line length and metrical form (4, 4)
  • poetic form subject to a fixed structure and pattern (6, 4)

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