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Poetry Vocab Eng I B

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Meter   Measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line  
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Onomatopoeia   Word that sounds like it means---buzz, click, bang  
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Rhythm   Recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry--depending on how sounds are arranged--fast/slow choppy/smooth  
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Simile   A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words such as like or as  
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Stanza   A unified group of lines in poetry--often marked by spacing between sections of the poem  
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Symbol   An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning  
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Theme   Central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader  
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Tone   Attitude of the poem's narrator takes towards a subject or character---serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic  
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Verse   A single line of poetry  
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