poetry

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses, creating vivid pictures in the reader's mind.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a line in a poem?

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A line is a single row of words in a poem.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals or objects.

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, often separated by a blank line.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is rhythm in poetry?

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Rhythm is the pattern of sounds and beats in a poem, created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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What is a theme in poetry?

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The theme is the central idea or message that the poet conveys through the poem.

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem.

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What is an acrostic poem?

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An acrostic poem is a poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word or message.