Types of Poetry
Poetic Elements
Lyric Devices
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100
Three lines with 5-7-5 syllables, typically dealing with seasonal weather.
What is a haiku
100
Something concrete that stands or represents something abstract
What is a symbol
100
Repetition of beginning consonants
What is alliteration
100
Concise, creative language used to express thoughts or emotions
What is a poem
200
Thoughts and emotions not telling a story
What is a lyric
200
Minimization of idea/effect
What is an understatement
200
Recurrence in a poetic line of a regular rhythmic unit
What is meter
200
The attitude of the writer toward his or her subject
What is tone
300
Long poem in elevated language relating great deeds of hero
What is an epic poem
300
Symbol
What is something concrete that stands for or represents something abstract
300
Atmosphere created for the reader and/or speaker
What is mood
300
Voice of the poem/persona
What is a speaker
400
Tells a dramatic story that contains drama
What is a dramatic poem
400
Understatement
What is a minimization of an idea or effect
400
Harsh discordance of sound
What is cacophony
400
Perspective
What is point of view
500
List of images
What is a catalogue poem
500
2 poetic elements
What is symbol and understatement
500
Repetition of end sounds
What is rhyme
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