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Poetry
Poetry Mrs. Millians Gramer
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Poem | 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. |
| Limerik | A humorous poem that is five lines long. Usually the 1st 2nd and last line have the same rhyme. The 3rd and 4th lines rhyme with each other. |
| Rhyme | Words at the end of the line of a poem that sound the same. |
| Rhythm | A pattern created with long and short and weak and strong sounds |
| Meter | A rhythmic pattern in a poem |
| Verse | A line of poem or a group of lines within a long poem |
| Couplet | Two lines of a poem together with the same rhythm and same rhyme at the end |
| Stanza | A part of a poem with similar rhythm and rhyme that will repeat later in the poem |
| Sonnet | A 14 line poem that begins 8 lines and is followed by 6 |
| Poet | A writer of poems "you" |