Poetry Terms

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What is poetry?

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Where words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects

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A Group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose writing.

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Stanza

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A character that the poet has created. One who uses the words 'I' and 'me'.

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Speaker

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The repetition of accented vowel sounds, as in thing and sing, cry and sky.

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Rhyme

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The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

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Rythm and Meter

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words to achieve emphasis or a certain effect

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Alliteration

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A word or line that is repeated in a poem to create a certain effect

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Refrain

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Words and phrases that appeal to the reader's five senses

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Imagery

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The speaker's attitude toward the subject that can usually be described in a single word.

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Tone