Poetry Terms

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What is a poem?

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a collection of words that expresses an emotion or an idea

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What is a poet?

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a person who writes poetry

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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the pattern of rhyming words in a poem

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What is rhythm?

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comes from the meter of a poem or the number of syllables in each word

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Imagery

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A mental picture or feeling created by creative word usage in poetry.

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What is meter?

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a rhythmic pattern of syllables

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What is figurative language?

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the use of words in an imaginative way; it typically involves the use of metaphors, similes, and idioms

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Stanza

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Much like a paragraph in a story; usually, a new idea or visual picture appears in each stanza.

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What is a line?

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a short phrase or sentence in one row, or line, of a stanza

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What is a line break?

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A blank space, or skipped space, in between stanzas of a poem.