Romeo and Juliet Poetry Terms

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Blank verse

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Poetry that does not rhyme at the end of lines

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Sonnet

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Lyric poetry, 14 lines, specific rhyme scheme

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Personification

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Giving nonliving things human characteristics

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Iambic Pentameter

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5 units: unstressed + stressed

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Couplet

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Two consecutive lines that rhyme

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Metaphor

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Comparison between unlike things

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Simile

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Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

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Soliloquy

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Long speech by a character alone on stage