Poetry Vocabulary

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free verse poem

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a poem that has no rhythm or rhyme

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A rhyming poem is: 

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a poem that has rhythm or rhyme

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narrative poem

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a poem that tells a story

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lyrical poem

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a poem that is like a song; has rhyme and expresses a lot of emotion

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What is a concrete or shape poem?

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A poem whose lines are in a specific shape related to the topic.

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Rhythm

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a regular, repeated pattern of sound

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stanza

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a group of lines together surrounded by white space

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A verse or line is:

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a group of words in one line of a poem

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White space is: the pattern of lines that rhyme, the white space in between stanzas

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the white space in between stanzas

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Rhyme pattern

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the pattern of lines that rhyme (every other line, every third line...)