Poetry Vocab Flashcards

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poetry

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A type of writing that often rhymes and emphasizes the rhythmic use of words to create imagery and stir a reader's imagination or emotions.

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poet

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a person who writes poems.

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line

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a single row of words in a poem.

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stanza

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a group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem.

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speaker

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the narrator or voice in a poem that speaks to the reader.

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rhyme

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the repetition of sounds at the ends of words.*

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end rhyme

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rhyme that occurs in the last syllables of verses or lines.

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internal rhyme

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rhyme that occurs within the same line or phrase or within two different lines.

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approximate rhyme

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rhyme that nearly matches, but does not perfectly match word sounds.

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rhyme scheme

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the pattern of end rhymes in a poem.