Poetry

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What is poetry?

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Poetry is a type of writing that expresses feelings, ideas, or tells a story in a creative way, often using rhythm and rhyme.

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in a story.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a figurative language technique where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas.

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What is a haiku?

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A haiku is a three-line poem with a syllable pattern of 5-7-5, often about nature.

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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines in poetry.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a limerick?

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A limerick is a humorous poem with a specific rhyme scheme (AABBA) and usually five lines.

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What is free verse?

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Free verse is a type of poetry that does not follow a specific rhyme scheme or meter.

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What is hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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