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What is Poetry?

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Poetry is a form of literary art that uses rhythmic and aesthetic qualities of language to evoke meanings, emotions, and ideas.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is free verse poetry?

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Free verse poetry does not have a specific pattern or rhyme scheme.

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What is narrative poetry?

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Narrative poetry tells a story and often includes characters and a plot.

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What is a simile?

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A simile compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a grouped set of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds in the final syllables of lines in poems.

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What is a poem's theme?

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The theme of a poem is the underlying message or main idea that the poet wants to convey.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things.

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What is an ode?

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An ode is a type of poem that expresses praise or admiration for a person, place, or thing.