Poetry Terms

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Meter

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A pattern of rhythm

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Rhythm

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A beat created by the stressed and unstressed syllables in words

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Feet

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Units of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Rhyme

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The repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the end

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Rhyme scheme

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A particular pattern

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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words

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Repetition

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The use of any element of language more than once

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Onomatopoeia

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The use of words that imitate sounds

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Denotation

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Dictionary definition

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Connotation

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The ideas and feelings that the word brings to mind

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Imagery

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Descriptions that appeal to the five senses

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Narrative

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Poetry that tells a story in a verse

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Haiku

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A three-line Japanese form that describes something in nature

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Free verse

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Poetry that is defined by its lack of structure

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Lyric

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Poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical voice

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Ballads

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Song like poems that tell stories

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Concrete

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Song like poems that are shaped to look like their subjects

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Limericks

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Humorous, rhyming five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme