Poetic Techniques
Poetic Techniques
Poetic Techniqes
Forms of Poetry
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A number of lines that divide a poem into sections is a...

Stanza

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Onomatopoeia is...

The use of words that sounds like objects or actions they describe

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A single rhyme is a rhyme with...

One syllable

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A Haiku is...

a type of Japaneses poem that describes nature. Usually 3 lines, the first with 5 syllables, the second 7 syllables, and the 3rd has 5 syllables

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In the poem The Rainy Day, does it use the poetic technique of stanzas?

Yes

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Alliteration is...

the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words

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A rhyme scheme is...

A pattern of rhyme in a stanza or poem

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An internal rhyme is...

A rhyme that occurs at the end of lines of poetry

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A humerus verse of 5 lines. 1 and 2 and 5 rhyme as do lines 3 and 4 is a...

Limerick

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What is the mood of the poem in Afternoon in February?

sad, depressing

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Using the page spaces between words indention etc. to create effect in a poem is...

White Space

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When two or more words have the same sound is a...

Rhyme

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A simile is...

A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

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An elegy is...

A poem that states a poet's sadness about the death of an important person


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What rhyme scheme does the poem Dreams use?

ABCB/ABCB

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A metaphor is...

a comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

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A triple rhyme is...

A rhyme with 3 syllables

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Assonance is...

The repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry 

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A lyric is...

A short poem that expresses a person's feelings

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What is the rhyme scheme of the poem The Wind?

ABCD/ABCD

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A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect is...

A Hyperbole

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A rhyme that happens at the end of lines of poetry is a...

End Rhyme

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The repeating of a word or phrase in a line or poem is...

Repetition

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A 14 line poem that states a person's feelings. Each line is 10 syllables in length and every other syllables is stressed. Beginning with a a second syllable. Rhyme scheme is ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG. This is a...

Sonnet

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What does the white space in the poem Street Music represent?

The different types of music and sounds.

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