Poetry Terms

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A poet writes with a certain attitude or tone and makes the reader sense a certain feeling or...

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mood

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Poets sometimes use a word to stand for another idea--like a black rose standing for death. This is called...

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symbolism

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When a poet uses descriptive words that appeal to the reader's senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and/or taste, the poet is using...

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imagery

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This--in a poem--is like a paragraph in an essay. It is one section of the poem, set apart from other sections by a blank line.

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stanza

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A poem that is meant to honor something of value to the writer--to give praise to it--we call it...

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an ode

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When a poem is used to describe something, especially artwork, it is described as this...

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ekphrastic

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When a poem just briefly mentions a famous or well known person, place, or event, it is using the device named this.

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allusion

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This is a couple of lines--usually similar lengths, with the same meter, and they often rhyme.

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couplet

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This is the attitude of the poet or writer shown through his or her word choices and techniques.

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tone

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This poem follows no rules. It doesn't have a meter or rhyme.

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free verse