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A unit of lines grouped together.
Stanza
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A word or phrase repeated within a line or stanza.
Repetition
100
A word or object that has its own meaning and represents another word, object or idea.
Symbol
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As the wind does blow Across the trees, I see the Buds blooming in May.
Haiku
100
Amy always argues amiably. Bob boasts boldy. Cathy can collect coins carefully...
Alphabets
200
A feeling a poem creates for the reader.
Mood
200
The pattern in which end rhyme occurs.
Rhyme scheme
200
Giving human traits or characteristics to animals or inanimate objects.
Personification
200
I want to be like an amazon parrot. I don't want to be like a frozen carrot. I want to be like a racing car. I don't want to be like an empty jar...
Rhyming
200
Magnificient Intelligent Sensitive Sweet Neat Energetic Loveable Social Orderly Nice
Name poems
300
The attitude a poet takes towards his/her subject.
Tone
300
Repetition of a vowel sound in two or more words in the line of a poem.
Assonance
300
A stanza consisting of two lines that rhyme.
Couplet
300
I went to the staffroom one day For a nice cup of tea during play But a troll had got in And was making a din Even though he had nothing to say.
Limerick
300
The brush shimmers Back and forwards Rocking across the shoe. The tip shines. It looks like a car bonnet.
Free Verse
400
Creates a mental image about the poets subject.
Imagery
400
Repetition of an initial sound or consonant in two or more words next to each other in a line of a poem.
Alliteration
400
An implied comparison between two objects or ideas.
Metaphor
400
If only the trees in the woods could sing. If only the bells in the church could ring.
Couplet
400
Morning... The postman calls. Letters slip onto mats. Sunlight crashes through window panes. Like fire.
Cinquain
500
A word that imitates a noise or action.
Onomatopoeia
500
A direct comparison between two objects or ideas that uses the words "like" or "as".
Simile
500
Imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response.
Poetry
500
R a i n d r i f t s i n s i l v e r t h r e a d s
Thin poems
500
What is the focus of the haiku?
Seasonal or nature elements