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Poetry Terms
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Writing that is imaginative and condensed by using words chosen for their sound and meaning, with phrases that may have a certain pattern made with rhythm and rhyme. | poem |
A humorous poem that is 5 lines long. Usually the first, second, and last lines have the same rhyme. The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other. | limerick |
Words at the end of a line of a poem that sound alike. | rhyme |
A pattern created with long and short, and weak and strong sounds. | rhythm |
A rhythmic pattern in a poem. | meter |
A line of a poem, or group of lines within a long poem. | verse |
Two lines of a poem together, with the same rhythm and same rhyme at the end. | couplet |
A part of a poem with similar rhythm and rhyme that will repeat later in the poem. | stanza |
A 14 line poem that begins with eight lines and is followed by six lines. | sonnet |
A writer of poems. | poet |