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this poem has no rhythming schemes
What is free verse?
100
he made the sonnet number 18.
who was william shakespeare?
100
"they'll see how beautiful i am and be ashamed...I too, am america."
What is I, too sing america by langston huges?
100
a poem that tells a story
What is narrative poetry?
100
this tells the story of someones life told by someone else.
What is an autobiography?
200
a poem which follows an a-b-a-b rhyme pattern
What is a sonnet?
200
she was the first black woman hollywood director.
Who is maya angelou?
200
"i am a woman phenomenally. phenomenal woman, thats me."
What is phenomenal woman by maya angelou?
200
a lengthy tha concerns important events or heroic nature.
What is epic poetry?
200
a story that tells a person's life.
What is a biography?
300
a poem that has a 5-7-5 structure
What is a haiku?
300
he wrote the poem minstrel man
Who was langston hughes?
300
"i hear the bright bee hum prithee my brother, into my garden come!"
What is "there is another sky" by emily dickinson?
300
a poem that is short, melodic, and contemplative, but in a personal nature.
What is lyric poetry?
300
a story about fairies, or other magical creatures, usually for children.
What is a fairy tale?
400
this poem tells a story, usually of human interest.
What is a narrative poem?
400
even after writing one his famous poems, he was a drug addict who commited suicide.
Who was edgar allen poe?
400
"is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream?"
What is "a dream within a dream" by edgar allen poe?
400
a poem used in politics
What is satirical poetry?
400
a narration demostrating a useful truth, especially when animals speak as humans, legandary, supernatural tale.
What is a fable?
500
a humorous frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba.
What is a limerick?
500
"a word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day"
Who was emily dickinson?
500
"follow no path all paths lead where truth is here"
What is "seeker of truth " by E. E. Cummings?
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this poem is mournful,melancholy,or plaintive.
What is elegy?
500
a story based on impact of actual, imagined or potential science, usually set in the future or on other planets.
What is science fiction?