Vocabulary

​Lyric Poem

Definition

expressions of spontaneous emotion and are necessarily short

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​Ballad

Definition​

a narrative poem of popular origin

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Epic

Definition

a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

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For example, a four-line poem in which the first line rhymes with the third line, and the second line rhymes with the fourth line has the rhyme scheme ABAB, ...

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an ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of

the lines of a poem

or verse

Definition

Rhyme Scheme

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Couplet

​Definition

a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse​

Example​

​Here's a famous couplet: "Good night! Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow / That I shall say good night till it be morrow." The couplet above comes from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which is a play, not a poem.

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So, in a 12-line poem, the first four lines might be a stanza. You can identify a stanza by the number of lines it has and its rhyme scheme or pattern, such as ABAB.

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a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

​Definition

Stanza

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poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter

Definition

Free Verse

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​Alliteration

​Definition

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

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For example:

Dunkin Donuts Mickey Mouse

Krispy Kreme Coca Cola

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a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

Definition

Sonnet

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non-living things are given human characteristics

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Example:

The most common example of personification is when we describe the wind as blowing, or the sun is shining.​

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Definition

​Personification

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'I have to practice my times tables over so I can learn them' versus 'I have to practice my times tables over and over and over again so I can learn them.

​Example

continued use of the same word to word pattern

​Definition

Repetition

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