a poem or piece of music appropriate to the dawn or early morning

a form of narrative poetry that presents a single dramatic episode, which is often tragic or violent

a funeral song of lamentation; a short lyric of mourning

a poem in which a single character, overheard speaking to a silent listener, reveals a dramatic situation

a poem of sorrow or mourning for the dead; also a reflective poem in a solemn or sorrowful mood

a song or poem celebrating a marriage

one of the earliest forms of literature; composed anonymously and transmitted orally from generation to generations; originally sung or recited

short descriptive and narrative piece, usually a poem, about picturesque country life, an idealized story of happy innocence

the presentation to the reader of the flow of a character’s inner emotional experience, or stream of consciousness, at a particular moment

narrative poetry written by known authors that imitates the general rhythm and stanza patterns of folk ballads; also called art ballads

a usually short, personal poem expressing the poet’s emotions and thoughts rather than telling a story

secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong,the number of voices varies from two to eight, and most frequently from three to six

a recounting of a series of actual or fictional events in which some connection between the events is established or implied

a long and elaborate lyric poem, usually dignified or exalted in tone and often written to praise someone or something or to mark an important occasion

type of a poem that contains six stanzas, each stanza having six lines

a 14-line lyric poem in iambic pentameter

a form of verse composed of three-line stanzas, or tercets, linked by rhyme, as follows: ABC, BCB, CDC, DED, and so on

a song of death, a dirge

a subdivision of an epic or other long narrative poem

a pair of rhymed lines of poetry in which thought and grammatical structure are complete

2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and that are written to the same meter, or pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

a line of poetry consisting of 2 metrical feet

a line of poetry consisting of 7 metrical feet

a pair of rhyming iambic pentameter lines; the favored verse form of 18th-century neoclassical poets

a line of poetry consisting of 6 metrical feet

a rare form of verse in which each line consists of a single metrical unit

a poetic line containing 8 metrical feet

the first eight lines, or octet, of the Italian (or Petrarchan) sonnet

a 5 foot line of verse

a stanza of 4 lines, rhymed or un-rhymed; also a poem consisting of 4 lines only

a phrase, line, or group of lines repeated at intervals during a poem, usually at the end of a stanza

A poem or stanza consisting of 7 lines, having any form or meter

a 6 line poem of stanze

a section or division of a poem; specifically, a grouping of lines into a recurring pattern determined by the number of lines, the meter of the lines, and the rhyme scheme

a group, often a stanza, of 3 lines usually having the same rhyme; also called a triplet

a line of poetry composed of 4 metrical feet

a line of poetry consisting of 3 metrical feet