Poetry

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What is poetry?

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Poetry is a form of literature that uses rhythmic and often metaphorical language to express emotions, ideas, or stories.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a metaphor?

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

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What are stanzas in a poem?

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Stanzas are groups of lines in a poem, similar to paragraphs in prose.

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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds in the final syllables of lines in poems.

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

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What is alliteration?

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

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates mental images.

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What is a theme in poetry?

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The theme is the central idea or message that the poet wants to convey through the poem.