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poetry vocab

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Narrative poem poetry that tells a story. it contains characters, a setting, and a plot. It may also contain a rhythm., imagery, and figurative language.
Lyric poem A short poem in which a speaker expresses personal feelings. Meant to be sung, strong melodic rhythm.
Ballad A type of narrative poem that tells a story and was originally meant to be sung. Normally written in four line stanzas.
Haiku A form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables and employing highly evocative illusions. Most of the time it is about nature.
Sonnet A poem that has a formal structure. Containing 14 lines and a rhyme scheme. Often has a three quatrains, or a 4 line units, and a final couplet.
Concrete Poem. A poem who's meaning is conveyed through its graphic shape, pattern on the page, also called shape verse.
Rhyme The occurrence of similar sounds at the end of two or more words.
Rhyme Scheme A pattern of end rhymes in a poem. Noted by assigning a letter of the alphabet to each line. The lines that rhyme are the same letter.
Meter A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Each unit is known as a foot.
Alliteration The repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words.
Onomatopoeia The use of words who sounds echo their meanings.
Simile A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as".
Metaphor A comparison of two things that are basically unalike but have some qualities in common. Does not use "like" or "as".
Personification Giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.
Allusion A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature.
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