Poetry Vocabulary Set 3

Front

The repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words.

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Assonance

Front

A person, a place, an object, or an activity that stands for something beyond itself.

Back

Symbol

Front

A type of narrative poem that tells a story and was originally meant to be sung or recited.

Back

Ballad

Front

One unit of meter made up of one stressed syllable and one or two unstressed syllables.

Back

Poetic Foot

Front

Words and phrases that appeal to the reader's senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.

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Sensory Details

Front

Three lines of poetry, with syllables arranged 5, 7, 5.

Back

Haiku

Front

A long, narrative poem about the adventure of a hero whose actions reflect the ideals and values of a nation or a group of people.

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Epic

Front

Poetry that tells a story.

Back

Narrative

Front

The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Back

Meter

Front

A type of lyric poem that deals with serious themes, such as justice, truth, or beauty.

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Ode