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| anagram | A word or phrase created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase |
| light verse | Poetry that is intended to be humorous, amusing, or entertaining. |
| ballad | A form of poetry, usually suitable for singing, that tells a story in stanzas of two or four lines, and often has a refrain. |
| limerick | A humorous 5-line poetic form with an AABBA rhyme scheme. |
| cinquain | A five-line poetic form in which the lines have 2, 4, 6, 8, and 2 syllables, in that order. |
| internal rhyme | Rhymes within a line of poetry. |
| concrete poem | A poem in which the meaning is conveyed by the placement and design of the words on the page instead of, or in addition to, the usual arrangement of words. |
| epitaph | A short poem written about someone who has died, often inscribed on the headstone of their grave. |
| free verse | A poetic form that avoids using fixed patterns of meter. |
| haiku | A short, unrhymed Japanese poetic form with three lines of five syllables, seven syllables, and five syllables. |
| meter | Rhythmical patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry. |
| rhyme scheme | The pattern of end rhymes in a poem, written out as letters, such as AABB or ABAB. |
