Poetry Vocabulary

Front

What are poems that express personal emotions or feelings called?

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Lyrical poems

Front

What is the term for words that imitate sounds, like 'Bang!' or 'Crash!'?

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Onomatopoeia

Front

What do we call each single line of a poem?

Back

Line

Front

What is the name of funny or silly poems?

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Humorous poems

Front

What do we call the 'paragraph' in each poem?

Back

Stanza

Front

What is a poem that tells a story called?

Back

Narrative poem

Front

What is a type of poem that does not have a specific rhyme scheme or rhythm?

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Free verse poem

Front

What is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words called?

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Alliteration

Front

What is a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor

Front

What is a poem that has a specific pattern of rhyme and rhythm?

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Structured poem