Poetry Terms

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What is the term for rhythmical patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry?

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Meter

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What do we call a phrase, line, or stanza that is repeated throughout a poem?

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Refrain

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What is the term for rhymes that occur within a line of poetry?

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Internal Rhythm

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What indicates that the writer wants the reader to pause in a poem?

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White Space

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What is the main idea, topic, or subject of a poem, often conveying a lesson?

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Theme

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What is the term for the emotional quality or feeling conveyed by a poem?

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Mood

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What do we call the arrangement of words and lines in a poem?

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Structure

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What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

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What is a figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things?

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Personification

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What do we call the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry?

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Alliteration