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Poetry

An art form in which feelings and ideas are expressed by words

Line

Phrase of words

Stanza

One line of the poem

Rhythm

Musical sound of stressed/unstressed syllables

Rhyme scheme

The The patterns of rhymes found in the stanza

Free verse

No set length, no set rhythm, no rhyming pattern, conveys feeling and ideas

Narrative

Can rhyme tells a story has characters setting conflict and a plot

Humorous

Can rhyme can be silly and ridiculous meant to be funny (limerick)

Lyrical

Can rhyme expresses strong feeling like a song

Acrostic

Poem in which the first letters of each line spell out a word or phrase

Diamante

Unrhymed seven lined poem shows the contrast between two things

Limerick

Five lined poem that follows AAABBA rhyming scheme usually humorous

Shape

Describes the topic of the poem but also takes the form of the topic

Haiku

Consists of three lines

Tanka

Written to show strong feeling or emotion

Cinquain

A five line poem the first and last lines have only two syllables often tells a story