poetry terms review

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Pattern of end rhyme. Ex. AA BB

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rhyme scheme

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a strong, regular, repeated pattern of sound.

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rhythm

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When you repeat words, phrases, or sounds

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repetition

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words

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alliteration

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When two lines almost rhyme

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approximate rhyme

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When two lines have the exact same rhyme and are next to each other.

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Couplet

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poetry that relays the speaker's personal feelings

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lyric

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poetry that has no regular rhyme or rhythm

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free verse

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a poem in the form of an address to a particular subject

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ode

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a poem for the dead

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elegy