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| ballad |
a poem or song that tells a story. |
| epic |
having to do with a long poem that tells the story of a hero or heroine. [2/3 definitions] |
| haiku |
a Japanese verse form made of three lines, or any poem written in this form. The first line has five syllables, followed by a line of seven syllables, then another line of five. |
| hero |
the main male character of a play, poem, story, or book. [1/2 definitions] |
| heroine |
the main female character in a play, poem, story, or book. [1/2 definitions] |
| hymn |
a song or poem written in praise of God or a country. |
| jingle |
a light, lively song or poem that is easy to remember. Jingles are often used to help sell products on radio and television. [1/4 definitions] |
| limerick |
a humorous poem that has five lines, with the first two lines rhyming with the last, and the third and fourth lines rhyming with each other. |
| lyric |
a lyric poem. [1/3 definitions] |
| psalm |
a sacred or holy song or poem; hymn. |
| refrain2 |
a phrase or melody that is repeated regularly during a song or poem. |
| rhyme |
a poem, often short and amusing, that uses words that rhyme at the ends of lines. [1/6 definitions] |
| sonnet |
a poem of fourteen lines that usually rhymes in set ways. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| verse1 |
poetry or a poem. [2/3 definitions] |
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