Poetry Terms

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that sounds like what it represents, e.g., 'meow', 'oink', 'pop', or 'click'.

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Alliteration

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A poetic device where several words in close proximity start with the same consonant sound, e.g., 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'.

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Personification

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A literary device where an object or animal is given human qualities.

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Free Verse

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A type of poetry that has no specific structure or rhythm, lacking regular rhymes and varying line lengths.

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Couplet

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Two lines of poetry that stand alone or apart from the rest of the poem, often rhyming and having the same meter.

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates vivid mental pictures.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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

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Rhyme Scheme

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The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem, often described using letters to represent sounds.

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Stanza

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A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas.