| A | B |
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| rhythm | repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| rhyme | words ending in similar sounds |
| internal rhyme | rhymes occur within lines |
| couplet | two consecutive rhyming lines |
| approximate rhyme | imperfect, near rhyme like fellow and hollow |
| free verse | no regular meter or rhyme scheme |
| ballad | songlike poem that tells a story, refrain |
| epic | long narrative poem about the deeds of a great hero such as Odysseus or Beowulf |
| narrative | poem that tells a story |
| lyric poem | expresse the personal feelings of the poet, not a story |
| ode | long lyric poem, praising some subject |
| elegy | poem of mourning, sad tribute to something that is gone forever |
