Poetry Terms

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Free Verse

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No fixed rhyme or meter

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Blank Verse

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No fixed rhyme but has a consistent meter

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Rhymed Verse

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Has a rhyme scheme and consistent meter

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Prose

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Writing that isn’t poetry

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Anaphora

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Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of two or more clauses or lines

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Repetition

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The use of any element of language—a sound, a word, a phrase, a line, or a stanza—more than once

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Alliteration

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds within a line

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Consonance

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words within a line

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Extended Metaphor

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A metaphor that extends over several lines or throughout an entire poem