Poetry Terms and Definitions

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Poetic Structure

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Organization of words in a poem

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Line

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A row of words in a poem

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Stanza

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A part of a poem, made up of a group of lines

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Poetic Form

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Set of rules for arrangement of words and lines

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Free Verse

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Poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter

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Rhythm

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Pattern of sounds in a poem

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Rhyme

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Words with the same ending sound

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Rhyme Scheme

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Pattern of rhyming words in a poem

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Meter

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Regular pattern of sounds in a poem