Poetry Elements & "O Captain! My Captain!"

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What is repetition in a poem?

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The use of sounds, words, phrases or whole lines more than once.

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What is the structure of a poem?

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the way the words, lines, and groups of lines are arranged

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Elegy

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A formal poem reflecting on death or another serious theme.

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True or False: All poems must rhyme.

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False

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Which is an example of rhyme? Options: We love school. School is cool., My hat is red. My hat is blue., Singing loud as a siren., Always answer and ask

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We love school. School is cool.

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Which is an example of repetition?
Options: The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain, And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep. , Shake it like a Polaroid picture!, A host of golden daffodils

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And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep.

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Words that have the same ending sounds within a line of poetry are called ______. Examples: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak, and weary," "While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping."

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Internal Rhyme

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Words that rhyme at the ends of two or more lines of poetry are called ______. Example: "The girl walked down the street. She was looking for something to eat."

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End Rhyme

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What is the narrator of a poem called?

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speaker

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A group of lines that are together in a poem is called a

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stanza