Poetry Vocab

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The place where a poet ends a line to add meaning

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line break

Front

A group of lines conveying an idea

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stanza

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Making a guess based on knowledge and text

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infer

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Short poems expressing personal feelings, often set to music with regular meter.

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lyrical poem

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A poem that tells a story, with character, setting, and plot.

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narrative poem

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Rhythmic pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables

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meter

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Use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions

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imagery

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Two or more words with the same ending sound

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rhyme

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Poetry without regular rhyme, rhythm, or form

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free verse poem

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A poem where the first syllables of each line spell a word or phrase.

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acrostic poem