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Poetry
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A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)
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Poetry Form
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Apearance of the words on the page
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Line
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Group of words together in a poem
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Stanza
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Group of lines arranged together
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Couplet
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2 line stanza
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Triplet (Tercet)
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3 line stanza
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Quatrain
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4 line stanza
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Sestet (Sextet)
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6 line stanza
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Septet
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7 line stanza
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Octave
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8 line stanza
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Rhythm
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Beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem. Can be created by meter, alliteration, and refrain
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Meter
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Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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Foot
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Unit of meter (2 or 3 syllables)
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Iambic Foot
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Unstressed, stressed
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Trochaic Foot
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Stressed, unstressed
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Anapestic Foot
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Unstressed, unstressed, stressed
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Dactylic Foot
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Stressed, unstressed, unstressed
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Monometer Line
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1 foot in a line
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Dimeter Line
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2 feet in a line
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Trimeter
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3 feet in a line
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Tetrameter Line
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4 feet per line
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Pentrameter
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5 feet per line
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Hexameter
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6 feet per line
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Heptameter
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7 feet per line
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Octometer
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8 feet per line
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Free Verse
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No meter, does not rhyme, very conversational
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Blank Verse
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Written in lines of iambic pentameter, but does not use end rhyme.
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End Rhyme
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Word at end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line.
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Internal Rhyme
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Word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
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Onomatopoeia
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Words that imitate sounds
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Alliteration
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consonant sounds repeated at beginnings of words
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Consonance
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Similar to alliteration except repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the words
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Assonance
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Repeated vowel sounds
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Refrain
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A sound, word, phrase, or line repeated regularly in a poem
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Lyric
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Short poem written in first person and does not tell a story
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Haiku
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Japanese poem written in 3 lines- 5 syllables, 7, 5
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Cinquain
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A 5 line poem with 22 syllables
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Shakespearean Sonnet
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4 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme. 3 quatrains then ends in a couplet
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Narrative Poem
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Poem that tells a story
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Concrete Poem
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Words arranged to create a picture that relates to the contnt of the poem
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Simile
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Comparison of two things using like, as, then, or resembles.
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Metaphor
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A direct comparison of 2 unlike things
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Extended Metaphor
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A metaphor that continues several lines or through the entire work.
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Implied Metaphor
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Comparison is hinted at but not clearly stated
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Hyperbole
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Exaggeration used for emphasis.
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Litotes
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Opposite of hyperbole. Often irony
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Idiom
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Literal meaning of words not meaning of expression. It means something other than what it actually says
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Personification
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Animal given human qualities or an object given life like qualities.
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Symbolism
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When something that has meaning in itself also represents something else
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Allusion
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Reference to something famous
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Imagery
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Language which appeals to the senses
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Parody
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Work that imitates characteristic style of an author or work for comic affect or ridicule
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