Poetry Terms

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The practice of using an object or word to represent an abstract idea.

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Symbolism

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A form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics.

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Personification

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A form of poetry that tells a story.

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Narrative Poem

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Writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm.

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Poetry

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Use of particular words that create visual representation of ideas in our minds.

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Imagery

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The voice behind the poem - the person we imagine to be saying things out loud.

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Speaker

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a kind of poem, usually praising something, expressing emotion, and usually addressed to someone or something

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ode

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A comparatively short, non-narrative poem in which a single speaker (first person) expresses personal feelings or emotions.

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Lyric Poem

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Includes sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.

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Sensory details

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Poetry that is free from the limitations of regular meter or rhythm, and does not rhyme.

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Free verse