Poetry Notes and Terms

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Personification

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Giving human-like traits or characteristics to non-human things.

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Persona

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A character or figurative mask that an actor, writer, or singer takes on in order to perform.

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Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds in words, as with the long e sound in 'dreams of bees and sheep.'

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Rhyme

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The repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems or songs.

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Stanza

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An arrangement of two or more lines of poetry forming the division of a poem.

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a mental picture.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'

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Simile

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'

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Alliteration

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The repetition of initial (beginning) consonant sounds in a series of words.

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Theme

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The central message or lesson to be learned from a poem or literary work.