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Poetry Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| lyric poem | a short poem that expresses strong feelings in a songlike quality |
| ballad | a narrative poem that tells a story and is usually set to music |
| epic | a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds |
| haiku | a short Japanese poem with 3 lines |
| elegy | a mournful poem for the dead |
| free verse | poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter |
| sonnet | a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme |
| couplet | a stanza consisting of 2 successive lines of verse |
| ode | a lyric poem that praises a person, idea, or event |
| alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word (Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers...) |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that is NOT literal (it's raining cats and dogs) |
| simile | a figure of speech showing a resemblance between things (often uses LIKE and AS) |
| personification | attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas (The sun smiled at us) |
| imagery | The ability to form mental pictures using the 5 senses |
| symbol | something that stands for something else (A red rose is a symbol of love) |
| theme | The idea or meaning behind the topic of the writing (LOVE might be the topic, while LEARNING TO LOVE might be the theme) |
| tone | The attitude or "mood" of the writing (joyful, sad, optimistic...) |
| stanza | a fixed number of lines of verse in a unit of the poem (In "Twas the NIght..." it was every 4 lines) |
| rhyme | the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a line |
| repetition | The continued use of the same word or word pattern |
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mrsvincent
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