Poetry Terms

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line

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a row of words; the basic building block of a poem

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stanza

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a group of lines that make up a section of the poem

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rhythm

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the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

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meter

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the 'beat,' or patterns of rhythm, in a poem

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rhyme

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a sound device, often in poetry, in which words end with the same sound

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rhyme scheme

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a pattern of end rhyme in a poem; usually shown as a series of lowercase letters, where each letter represents one rhyming sound

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repetition

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the repeating of a word, phrase, or line

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alliteration

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the repetition of consonant sounds

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literal language

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words or phrases that use their actual meanings

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figurative language

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words or phrases that mean something different from their dictionary definitions