The Art of Poetry Vocabulary

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Verse

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A line in a poem, similar to a sentence in a paragraph.

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Cruising

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You are traveling in a boat for fun.

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Necessary

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Needed and you can't do without it.

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Poem

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A piece of literature that has rhythm, expresses feelings, and often rhymes.

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Extraordinary

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It is very unusual or remarkable in some way.

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Rhyme

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Two or more words having the same sound.

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Stanza

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A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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Imagery

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

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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