Poetry Elements

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A collection of words written to inspire ideas, imagination, or emotion in the reader.

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poem

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The author of a poem.

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poet

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A truth, lesson or message about life in a poem or other literary text.

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theme

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The feeling a poet or author is trying to convey, or make the reader feel.

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mood

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A single word of lines in a poem.

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line

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The number and style of accented syllables in a line. These are written in a repeated pattern.

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meter

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This is when words have the same ending sounds.

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rhyme

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A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in other kinds of text.

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stanza

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A type of poetry with no form or structure.

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free verse

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When text has movement with a regular repeating pattern; the beat, sound and feel of a poem.

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rhythm