Poetry Vocabulary

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Rhythm

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The musical quality of a poem.

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Theme

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The message about life that the poem conveys.

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Repetition

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

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Tone

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The attitude or mood the author creates.

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Stanza

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

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Rhyme

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The pattern of sounds at the end of lines in a poem.

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that creates pictures in the reader's mind.

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Metaphor

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A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.

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Simile

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A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words.