Poetry Structure

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What is a stanza?

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A small section of a poem made up of one or more lines.

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What is enjambment?

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Continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line.

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What is personification?

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Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

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What is repetition?

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Repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas.

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What is a rhyme?

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Repetition of similar sounds in two or more words.

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What is a line in poetry?

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A single row of words in a poem.

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What is a verse?

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A group of lines in a poem, often forming a stanza.

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What is a metaphor?

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A direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a simile?

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A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is alliteration?

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