a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.

the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words.

in poetry, 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.

a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.

verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.

two rhyming words that are consecutive or very close together in a phrase or line.

two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.

a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm.

A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable

a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next

a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long lines and two short lines rhyming aabba

A basic structural component of a poem

expressing the writer’s emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms

the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry and gives rhythm and regularity to poetry

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named and gives rhythm and regularity to poetry

verse writing that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, an stanza structure

a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at

a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer.

correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the end of lines of poetry

a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse

writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme

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poetry terms

Term	Definition
Acrostic Poem	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	in poetry, 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.
Close Rhyme	two rhyming words that are consecutive or very close together in a phrase or line.
Couplet	two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
Elegy	a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
Epic	a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.
Foot	a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm.
Haiku	A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
Iamb	a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
Internal rhyme	a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next
Limerick	a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long lines and two short lines rhyming aabba
Line	A basic structural component of a poem
Lyric	expressing the writer’s emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms
Meter	the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry and gives rhythm and regularity to poetry
Onomatopoeia	the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named and gives rhythm and regularity to poetry
Poem	verse writing that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, an stanza structure
Poet	a person who writes poetry
Refrain	a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at
Repetition	a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer.
Rhyme	correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the end of lines of poetry
Stanza	a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
Verse	writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme

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