Poetry Terms

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stanza

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A group of lines of poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces.

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end rhyme

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Rhyming words at the end of lines.

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rhyme scheme

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The regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem.

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repetition

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The use, more than once, of any element of language - a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence.

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mood

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The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.

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theme

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The centrel message, concern, or purpose of a literary work.

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personification

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A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human qualities.

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simile

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A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a comparison between two unlike ideas.

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metaphor

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A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else that is unlike it.

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internal rhyme

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rhyming words within lines