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poetry terminology

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Stanza   Grouping of lines  
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Couplet   two-line unit with an aa rhyme scheme  
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traditional   fixed rules, regular pattern of rhythm and rhyme, sonnet, ode, haiku, limerick, epic  
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organic   no regular pattern of rhythm; may not rhyme, may use unconventional grammar, spelling or punctuation, free verse, concrete poetry  
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speaker   the voice that talks to the reader (may or may not be the poet)  
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Ode   lyric poem that addresses serious themes like justice, truth, or passage of time  
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Lyric poem   short poem with a single speaker expressing personal thoughts or feelings  
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free verse   no pattern of rhythm or rhyme  
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parallelism   use of similar grammatical construction to express ideas related or equal in importance  
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end-stopped-line   each line of the poem ends at a normal speech pause (comma, period, etc.)without a pause at the end of the line; called "enjambment"  
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Rhythm   pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables (stress=syllable that gets emphasized when speaking properly)  
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meter   a pattern of rhythm  
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foot   a unit of meter  
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scanning   process of marking the meter  
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rhyme scheme   regular pattern of rhyme  
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repetition   a sound, word, phrase or line that is repeated for emphasis or unity  
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Assonance   repetition of vowel sounds in words that do not end with the same consonant  
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alliteration   repetition of vowel sounds in words that do not end with the same consonant  
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consonance   repetition of consonant sounds within AND at the ends of words  
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onomatopoeia   words that imitate sounds  
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imagery   words or phrases that re-create sensory experiences for readers (make you want to or feel like you're using your sense of taste, sight, smell, hearing, or touch)  
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figurative language   indicates meanings beyond literal words-simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole  
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sonnet   14-line lyric poem; strict pattern of rhyme and rhythm  
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English (Shakespearean)   ababcdcdefefgg, three quatrains (four-lined stanza) + a couplet, iambic pentameter  
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Ballad   originally composed orally and added or changed to fit the audience and used the everyday language and voice of the people; fictional, have characters, setting, and dialogue, use repetition and have regular rhyme and meter  
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traditional ballad   four-line stanzas with simple rhyme schemes, tells of a single tragic incident through dialouge  
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