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Set of 12 posters. One poster defines poetic terms. Each of the other 11 posters defines one poetry form and gives an example or examples of that form: Free Verse (Ego Tripping by Nikki Giovanni); Sonnet (How Do I Love thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning); Villanelle (Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas; Cinquain (Triad by Adelaide Crapsey); Ballad (John Henry); Blank Verse (passage from Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare); Haiku (Japanese haiku by Basho and Chiyo-ni); Epic (selection from the Popol Vuh); Ode (excerpt from Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats); Rap (excerpt from making Progress by Blackalicious); and Limerick (three examples). | |