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Poetic Devices/Elements
Final Exam Review
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English
9th Grade
05/30/2013

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Repetition
Definition

The repeating of words or sounds in a poem.

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Free Verse
Definition

Poetry without a regular meter of rhyme scheme.

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Stanza
Definition

A grouping of lines in a poem.

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Couplet
Definition

A pair of lines of verse that rhyme.

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Rhythm
Definition

Pattern of sound or established beat in a poem.

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Rhythm Scheme
Definition

The pattern of rhyme in a poem.

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Iambic Pentameter
Definition

Lines that have 5 unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.

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Blank Verse
Definition

Unrhymed iambic pentameter.

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Sonnet
Definition

A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter.

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