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Poetry Terms

TermDefinition
the appearance of words on a page form
a group of words together on one line line
a group of lines arranged together stanza
beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem rhythm
a pattern of stressed an unstressed syllables; each part of the pattern is called a foot meter
unstressed, stressed Iambic
stressed, unstressed Trochaic
unstressed, unstressed, stressed Anapestic
stressed, unstressed, unstressed Dactylic
words that sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds rhyme
pattern of rhyming words or sounds rhyme scheme
a word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line end rhyme
a word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line internal rhyme
also known as imperfect; words share either the same vowel or consonant sound, but not both near rhyme
a sound, word, phrase, or line repeated regularly in a poem refrain
used to convey reeling and emotion and sets the mood for the work tone
emotional or social association with a word connotation
specific literal image, idea, concept, or object a phrase refers to denotation
author of the poem poet
"narrator" of the poem speaker
Created by: tcourville
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