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Poetry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| poetry | a type of literature that expresses ideas and feelings (usually using lines and stanzas) |
| line | a group of words together on one line of the poem |
| stanza | a group of lines arranged together |
| poet | the author of the poem |
| speaker | the “narrator” of the poem |
| prose | any writing that is NOT poetry |
| rhythm | the beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem |
| rhyme | words that sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds |
| rhyme scheme | a pattern of rhyming words or sounds (usually end rhyme) |
| end rhyme | a word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line |
| internal rhyme | a word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line |
| repetition | repeating of a word or phrase within a poetical line |
| refrain | a sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem, usually at the end of each stanza or verse, such as the chorus in a song |
| free verse | poem that does NOT have any repeating patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables or rhyme |
| narrative poem | tells a story (usually longer; has a beginning, middle, and end; has plot, characters, conflict, setting, and theme) |
| lyrical | short poem; usually written in first person; expresses an emotion or idea or describes a scene; does not tell a story |
| ode | long lyric poem; praises a subject; written in dignified language |
| limerick | five line humorous poem; AABBA rhyme scheme |
| couplet | two lines with end rhyme |
| quatrain | stanza or short poem with four lines; ABCB or ABAB rhyme scheme |
| cinquain | stanza or short poem with five lines; 1 word, 2 words, 3 words, 4 words, 1 word |
| haiku | three line poem; Japanese origin; line 1: 5 syllables, line 2: 7 syllables, line 3: 5 syllables |
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rbrown09
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