Poetry Vocab

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Terms:

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The form of a poem is the physical arrangement of words on the page.

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Alliteration is a repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words.

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in within words.

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Consonance is a repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words.

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Rhyme is a repetition of final sounds in two or more words.

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Simile is a comparison using the signal words like or as.

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A Metaphor is a direct comparison, using no signal words.

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Personification is a type of figurative language giving animals, objects, ore ideas human characteristics.

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Sonnet-fourteen lines of iambic pentameter-The Shakespearean sonnet is divided into three

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quatrains and a couplet that rhymes. It also has a fixed rhyme scheme of abab cocd efef gg.

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Words to Know and footnoted words

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Vista-passage affording a distant view

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Insidious— working subtly and gradually

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treacherous

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Vain-useless

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Chronic-lasting or recurring for a long time

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Austere-stern

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severe

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Temperate —mild

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moderate