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Poetry

TermDefinition
Repetition the action of repeating something that has already been said or written
Rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds
Rhythm is expressed through stressed and unstressed syllables
assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming
consonance is a poetic device characterized by the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession, as in "pitter patter" or in "all mammals named Sam are clammy".
alliteration the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
rhyme scheme the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
end rhyme is defined as when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same.
Internal rhyme a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next
exact rhyme a form of rhyme between two words or phrases
slant Rhyme a type of rhyme formed by words with similar but not identical sounds.
Epic a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation
ballad a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.
sonnet a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
haiku a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
concrete poem shape poetry is poetry in which the typographical arrangement
blank verse verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameters.
free verse poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular rhythm
limenck a humorous five-line poem with a rhyme scheme aabba.
cinquain a five-line stanza
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