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Poetry Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| poetry | A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas |
| poet | author of the poem |
| speaker | the narrator of the poem |
| point of view in poetry | poems will be spoken in first or third person point of view |
| form | the appearance of the words on the page |
| line | a group of words together on one line of the poem |
| stanza | together |
| rythym | The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem; can be created by meter, rhyme, alliteration and refrain. |
| meter | A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
| rhyme | Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds. |
| 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. |
| rhyme scheme | a pattern of rhyme (usually end rhyme, but not always). (Ex: aabb) |
| consonance | repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the words (Ex: silken, sad, uncertain, rustling ) |
| assonance | Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry. (Ex: Lake Fate Base Fade) |
| repetition | repeating of words, phrases, lines or stanzas for drama |
| refrain | A sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem (Ex: chorus of a song) |
| symbolism | When a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself also represents, or stands for, something else. (Ex: American Flag=our freedom) |
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