Poetry Terms

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Personification

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A figure of speech which endows animals, ideas, or objects with human traits or abilities.

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Onomatopoeia

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The use of words which imitate sound.

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Stanza

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A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme.

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Repetition

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The repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in a poem.

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Metaphor

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A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them, often using forms of the 'to be' verb.

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Simile

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

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a picture in the reader's mind.

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Alliteration

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

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Meter

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The rhythmic structure of verses in poetry, determined by the number and type of feet in a line.

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Rhyme

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The correspondence of sounds between different words, especially at the end of lines in poems.