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1
Q

Open

A

No pattern of rhyme or length

2
Q

Closed

A

Follows specific form or a pattern

3
Q

Sonnets

A

3 Quatrains + 1 Couplet

4
Q

Couplets

A

Pairs of rhyming lines

5
Q

Quatrains

A

4 lines , usually rhyming

6
Q

Blanks verse

A

Iambic pentameter with inconsistent rhyming

7
Q

Iambic Pentameter

A

The most common meter in English verse. It consists of a line ten syllables long that is accented on every