Elements of Poetry

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What is Imagery?

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Imagery is language that appeals to the senses.

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What is a Stanza?

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A group of lines in a poem separated with a blank line space.

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What is Repetition?

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Repetition is the use of sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines more than once.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating one is the other.

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What is Rhyme?

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Rhyme is repeating an ending sound in words.

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What is Alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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What is Personification?

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Personification is giving human qualities to non-human things.

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What is a Simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a Line in Poetry?

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A line is a single row of words in a poem.

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What is a Poem?

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A poem is a piece of writing that expresses feelings, ideas, or tells a story in a specific form.