Poetry Terms

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form

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the way a poem looks on a page
ex. structures and free verse

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lines

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building blocks of a poem
ex. "the Pasture" 8 lines 6 stanzas

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stanzas

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grouping of lines
ex.2 stanzas in "the Pasture

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structure form

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regular repeated pattern
ex. haiku, limerick, sonnet, acrostic, diamonte, cinquain

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free verse

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no pattern, anything goes, no structure
ex."The Rider" "i(a)"

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sound devices

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musical qualities of a poem
ex. lyric poetry/lyre

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rhyme

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similarity of sounds
end rhyme=end of lines
near rhyme=not exact
internal rhyme=within a line

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rhyme scheme

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pattern of rhyme
end rhyme=end of lines
near rhyme=not exact
internal rhyme=within a line

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rhythm=meter pattern

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pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
ex.and when responding

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repetition

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repeating for th epurpose of emphasis
ex.sounds,lines, phrases,words,

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alliteration

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repetition of initial constanent sound
ex. Sarah Cynthia Syvlia Stout"

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onomatopoeia

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words whose sounds suggest their meanings
ex. Crack! Boom! Hush, Sizzle

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speaker voice

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relates the ideas of the poem
ex. remember the speaker is NOT the poet

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dialect

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form of language used by a group of people or by people of a certain region
ex. "The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer" (dialogue)

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couplet

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rhyme sheme of same ending sound occurring every two lines
ex. :The Bat" line 1...mouse
line 2...house

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narrative poem

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a poem with all the elements of a story follows sequence of a plot
ex"Casey at the Bat" Thayer
"Paul Revere's Ride" Longfellow

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hyperbole

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figurative language that uses exaggeration
ex.'Casey at the bat" lines 17-19

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metaphor

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a direct comparison between two unlike things
ex. "the Goofy Moose" the walking frame"line 1

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simile

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a comparison between two unlike things that uses like or as
ex. in"Barter" by Sara Teasdale "like a cup" and "like a curve of gold"

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personification

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attributing human characteristics to something non human
ex. in "Barter" "life has loveliness to sell" or "the Rider" "loneliness painting behind you on some street corner"

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cinquian

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5 line poem with syllable structure of 2/4/6/8/2

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limerick

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5 line poem with metrical structure of (meter beats)
3/3/2/2/3
ex. Edward Lear

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found poem

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poem derived from prose
ex. may be free verse or structured

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concrete poem

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poem that takes the shape of an image that it describes