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1 How are poems organised?
Poetic structure How are poems organised?

2 Poems are organized into
Stanzas: a group of lines or verses. Lines or verses: they are made up by a number of feet. Feet are made up by syllables ( i.e. iambic: an unstressed and a stressed syllables) Feet can have 2 or 3 syllables. Feet and Meters: lines are divided into different feet. The number of feet and the length of the line determines the type of meter ( see below )

3 Dividing feet By the shining Big Sea water
At the doorway of his wigwam

4 METERS, LINES AND FEET.

5 Rhythm and rhyme Rhythm is usually determined by the type of meter.
Syllabes usually rhyme with one another. Rhyme can be assonant or consonant According to the rhyme, a poem can have a structured form or not ( Free verse )

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7 Acrostic Concrete

8 Important According to the form, theme, rhyme pattern, type of feet and meter and number of lines and or stanzas, we may have different types of poems. See below!

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10 sonnet

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