Elements of Poetry

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What is lyrical poetry?

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Poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the writer or speaker in a songlike quality.

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What does tone in poetry refer to?

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The author's feelings expressed in the poem.

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What is free verse poetry?

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A type of poetry that does not follow any regular rhythm or rhyme scheme.

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True or False: All poems must rhyme.

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False.

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What is rhythm in poetry?

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A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives a line of poetry a predictable pattern of beats.

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What is a narrative poem?

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A type of poetry that tells a story.

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What are humorous poems?

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Poems that are written to entertain and make the reader laugh.

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What is a ballad?

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A type of narrative poem that tells a story, often in a musical form.

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What is meter in poetry?

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The structured rhythm of a poem, determined by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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What is rhyme in poetry?

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The repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines in a poem.