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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ashamed | feeling embarrassed for having done something wrong |
| poetic structure | the organization of words and lines as well as the rhyme and meter of a poem |
| company | people visiting someone’s home; visitors |
| poetic form | the particular set of rules guiding the arrangement of words and lines in a poem |
| dare | to be brave or bold enough to do something |
| open form | poetic form without consistent meter, rhyme, or stanza length |
| darker | having a color that is a shade deeper than another color |
| meter | a regular pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry |
| tomorrow | a time in the future; the day after today |
| line | a string of words in a poem, not necessarily a full sentence or phrase |
| rhyme | the repetition of the same or similar sounds in a poem |
| media | the plural form of the word medium; a means of sending a communication to an intended audience |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern formed by the rhyming words at the ends of lines in a poem |
| medium | a means or form of communication, information, or entertainment such as television, the Internet, and radio |
| rhythm | the pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry |
| stanza | the basic unit of a poem, made up of a series of lines |