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Poetry Terms
Poetry Vocabulary
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English
8th Grade
04/21/2010

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Form
Definition
They way a poem is laid
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Stanza
Definition
lines that are arranged in groups
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Rhyme
Definition
likeness or sounds at end of words
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Internal Rhyme
Definition
Rhyming words within a line
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End Rhyme
Definition
use of words at the end of a line that rhyme's
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Rhyme Scheme
Definition
A pattern of end rhymes in a poem
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Rhythm
Definition
pattern of sounds created by the arrangement of syllables
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Mete
Definition
lines that have a repeated rhythmic patern
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Alliteration
Definition
repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words
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Assonance
Definition
Repetition of vowel sounds in non rhyming words
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Consonance
Definition
repetition of consonant wounds within or at the end of words
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
The use of a word that sounds like what they refer too
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Speaker
Definition
the voice the relates the ideas or story of the poem
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Imagery
Definition
language that appeal to the reader's sense of sight, hearing, smell, taste or touch
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Figurative Language
Definition
ideas besides the ordinary, literal meaning of the word
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Personification
Definition
attribute of human qualities to an object, animals, or idea.
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Simile
Definition
A comparison indicated by the words like or as
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Metaphor
Definition
is a more direct comparison, as in this room is a war zone
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ballad
Definition
A poem that tell a story and is meant to be sung or recited
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Inference
Definition
is a logical guess or conclusion based on facts
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Tone
Definition
attitude a writer takes toward a subject
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blank verse
Definition
is poetry that does not contain a regular pattern or rhyme and meter
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Iambic pentameter
Definition
a metrical line of five feet, or units, each of which is made up of two syllables
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lyric poem
Definition
a short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings
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sonnet
Definition
lyric poem of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter
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sound devices
Definition
use of words for there auditor affect
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