Poetry Elements

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To repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem.

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repetition

Front

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

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simile

Front

A division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains

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Stanza

Front

The message about life that the poem conveys

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theme

Front

The attitude or mood the author creates

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tone

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The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in words

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alliteration

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Words that end in the same sound; end rhyme

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rhyme

Front

The words that create a picture in the reader's mind.

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imagery

Front

A comparison of two different things. It is like a simile without like or as.

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metaphor

Front

The pattern of rhymes. A letter is assigned to each end of the line. If it rhymes with another end of the line, it has the same letter.

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rhyme scheme