Poetry Vocabulary

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rhyme within a line of poetry

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internal rhyme

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The author of the poem

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poet

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the voice of the poem; the narrator of a poem

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speaker

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a slanting font used to emphasize a word or phrase

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italicize

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Devices that poets use such as alliteration, assonance, and consonance that enhance a poem

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sound effect

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a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

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stanza

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Repetition of sounds at the end of words

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rhyme

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The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

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rhyme scheme

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A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

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rhythm

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a group of words that make up one line in a poem

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line