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poetry definitions

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figurative language writing or speech not meant to be taken literally
simile use like or as to compare two apparently unlike things
metaphor describes one thing as if it were something else
personification gives human qualities to something that is not human
symbol anything that represents something else
sound devices enhance a poems mode and meaning
alliteration the repetition of constant sounds in the beginning of words
repetition the use of any element of language- a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence
assonance the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables
consonance the repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of syllables
onomatopoeia the use of words to imitate sounds
rhyme the repetition of sounds at the end of words
meter the rhythmical pattern in a poem
narrative poetry tells a story in verse
haiku a three-line Japanese verse form
free verse defined by the lack of script structure
lyric poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker
ballads song-like poems that tell a story
concrete poetry poems that are shaped to look like their subjects
limericks humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with specific rhythm and pattern rhyme scheme
rhyming couplets pairs of rhyming lines
rhythm a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound
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