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Poetry Vocab Eng 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance | Allusion |
| a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas | Ballad |
| choice of words and phrases by a speaker or a writer. | Diction |
| poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter | Free Verse |
| unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats | Meter |
| literary device which demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables | Rhythm |
| a division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter or rhyming scheme | Stanza |
| writing in which words are arranged in a rhythmic pattern; a part of a poem or song | Verse |
| poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five | Haiku |
| is a long narrative poem, which is usually related to heroic deeds of a person of an unusual courage and unparalleled bravery | Epic |