Poetry Terms #1

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A type of literature that creates an emotional response. Poets select and arrange specific language for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.

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Poetry

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Poetry

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Verse

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A grouping of lines in a poem (like a paragraph). Often each stanza is the same length and follows the same pattern of meter or rhyme.

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Stanza

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Where a line in the poem is broken and a new line begins

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Line Break

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Enjambment and End Stop both represent this term:

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Line Break

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Ending a line of poetry without completing a statement or clause

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Enjambment

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Ending a line with a complete sentence or clause-- ends with punctuation

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End Stop

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A repeated phrase, line, or group of lines

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Refrain

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The repetition of final sounds in two or more words

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Rhyme

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The repetition of final sounds in two or more words

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Rhyme Scheme