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Poetry noun - Writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response.
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A variant in some older British school stories is that the offender is made to copy out lines of poetry.
Source: Writing Lines - The Sestina is a 'difficult' form of poetry in which the words at the end of lines are repeated.
Source: Useful Notes / Poetry Forms - Aficionados of Victorian novels and autobiographies will be familiar with children having to "get" a number of "lines", usually of Bible verses, poetry or a Shakespeare play.
Source: Forgotten Trope
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