Poetry Terms

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Poem that exhibits poetic language but no fixed pattern.

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Free verse

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A poem with a shape that creates a picture.

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Concrete poem

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Unrhymed 3 line lyric poem; lines 1 and 3 have five syllables, line 2 has 7 syllables. Japanese art form, typically about nature.

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Haiku

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Rhyming words placed WITHIN a line of poetry.

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Internal rhyme

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Reversal of usual order of words to achieve emphasis.

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Inversion

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A poem that tells a story, often with a plot and characters.

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Narrative poetry

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A type of rhyme that occurs at the end of lines in poetry.

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External rhyme

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A figure of speech that involves an exaggeration for emphasis or effect.

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Hyperbole

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The emotional association or meaning that a word carries beyond its literal definition.

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Connotation

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A poem that expresses personal feelings and thoughts, often in a musical style.

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Lyric poem