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4- Poetry Vocabulary
poetry vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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poetry | text that creates a word picture, describes a moment, or expresses a feeling |
poet | the person who wrote the poem |
lyrical poems | have a rhyme scheme, meter, rhythm, and express feelings |
free verse poems | does not rhyme, have meter, rhythm, but can express feelings |
rhyme | when two or more lines end with the same sound |
rhyme scheme | a pattern of rhyming words in a poem (found at the end of the line) first,third; second, fourth; |
meter | comes from rhythm, the beat of the poem |
line break | when a line of poetry ends without punctuation (not always the end of the sentence) |
stanza | a group of lines within a poem (much like a paragraph in a story) |
repetition | words or phrases repeated within a poem |
short line length | a line shorter than those around it |
imagery | a mental picture the reader creates in their mind (figurative language) |