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Rhythm

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The pattern of sounds in poetry, created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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Stressed Syllables

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Syllables that are emphasized or accented in a word or phrase.

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Unstressed Syllables

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Syllables that are not emphasized in a word or phrase.

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Refrain

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A repeated line or group of lines in a poem, often at the end of a stanza.

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Couplet

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Two consecutive lines of poetry that usually rhyme and have the same meter.

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Internal Rhythm

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The rhythm that occurs within a single line of poetry.

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Free Verse

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A type of poetry that does not follow a specific rhyme scheme or meter.

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates mental images.

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Iambic

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A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

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Iambic Pentameter

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A type of meter in poetry that consists of five iambs per line.