Poetry - imaginative writing in which language, images, sound, and rhythm combine to create a special emotional effect., verse - a line of poety, rhyme - the repetition, in two or more words, of the consonant sounds, rhyme scheme - the pattern made by the end rhymes in a poem. This is indicated by letters of the alphabet., stanza - a group of lines that form a unit in a poem. Much like a unit in an essay., couplet - two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme, quatrain - a group of four consecutive lines of poetry that form a unit, iambic pentameter - a metrical unit of verse. __ u __ u ___ u, free verse - poetry that has irregular rhythms and line legnths. It usually does not rhyme and reflects the rhythms of everyday speech., imagery - language that appeals to the senses or makes pictures with words, metaphor - a direct comparison of two unlike things using is or was, simile - a comparison of two unlike things using like or as, personification - figurative language that gives human characteristics/traits to a creature, idea, or object, alliteration - the repetition of consonant sounds, most often at the beginning of words, repetition - the repeated use of sounds, words, phrases, or lines, concrete poem - a poem which is written in the shape that reflects the content of the poem., prose - ordinary writing, homonym - a word that is identical in form with another word, either in sound or spelling, sonnet - a lyric poem comprising of 14 rhyming lines of equal in length, lyric - any fairly short poem expressing the personal mood, feeling, or thoughts of a single speaker, narrative poem - a poem that tells a story, assonance - the repetition of vowels and sounds, haiku - a traditional form of Japanese poetry, rhythm - the pattern or flow of sound created by words in a poem, colloquial language - slang or everyday speech, atmosphere - the mood or emotional quality of a literary work, symbolism - occurs when an object, person, place, or experience that represents something else, usually something abstract, allusion - a reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from another work of literature, music, art or from history, limerick - a five-line humorous poem with a AABBA rhyme scheme, fable - a poem or story that uses animals to teach a lesson or show a flaw in human nature,

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