Poetry Flashcards
1
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A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
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Ballad
2
Q
A poem with 14 lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes. Having 10 syllables per line
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Sonnet
3
Q
Poetry that doesn’t have rhyme or a regular meter
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Free verse
4
Q
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
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Stanza
5
Q
The repetition of the sound or a vowel
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Assonance
6
Q
Repetitive sounds
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Consonance
7
Q
Repeats a speech sound in a sequence of words that are close to each other
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Alliteration
8
Q
Poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds
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Onomatopoeia
9
Q
Name given to the elements in a poem that spark off senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell)
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Imagery
