Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 8 AIL 0702 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Closed Form and Open Form
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The idea
A closed form follows a pattern set before the poem began. An open form invents its own shape as it goes. The glossary has no headword for either phrase; its term for the first family is regular verse, which it uses inside its rhyme-scheme definition.
In practice
Pattern inherited, or pattern invented.
Where people slip
The anchor says regular verse instead.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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