Poetry Vocabulary Terms

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a poem with 14 lines, each line has 10 syllables, written in iambic pentameter, and has a rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• Free Verse

• Lyric

• Haiku

• Sonnet

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poetry that has no regular rhythm, meter, rhyme, or structure

• Free Verse

• Sonnet

• Lyric

• Haiku

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• rhyme

• haiku

• rhyme scheme

• sonnet

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a technique used to enhance the sound of poetry

• haiku

• rhyme

• sonnet

• rhyme scheme

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a rhyme involving word in the middle of a line and another at the end or in the middle of the next

• partial rhyme

• complete rhyme

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

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lines that have words that sound the same

• partial rhyme

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

• complete rhyme

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stressed syllables of ending consonants match, but the preceding vowels sounds do not match.

• partial rhyme

• end rhyme

• internal rhyme

• complete rhyme

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very short Japanese poem containing 17 syllables (5,7,5)

• Lyric

• Sonnet

• Free Verse

• Haiku

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poetry that expresses thoughts/feelings

• Sonnet

• Free Verse

• Lyric

• Haiku

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stressed vowels and all following consonants and vowels are identical

• partial rhyme

• end rhyme

• internal rhyme

• complete rhyme