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Poetry Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acrostic | a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words. |
| Alliteration | the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words |
| Assonance | the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible |
| Ballad | a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas |
| Blank verse | verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter |