Poetry Terms

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poetry

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Musical form of emotionally charged writing

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poetic structure

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The way that words, lines, and groups of lines are arranged in a poem

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line

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Group of words (similar to a sentence)

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stanza

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Group of lines (similar to a paragraph)

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rhyme

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Repetition of a sound at the ends of words

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rhyme scheme

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Pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines

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meter

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Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

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rhythm

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Long and short patterns in a poem (based on meter)

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speaker

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The person who is narrating (saying) the poem

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emotion

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What poetry is full of