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examples
100
helps poets add natural pauses by breaking up a poem into many individual parts
What is line
100
arrangement of groups of lines to create an appearance on the page or to organize thoughts each is set off from the next by a blank line below it.
What is stanza
100
pattern of rhyme it is described with letters that represents different sounds aabb describes a stanza whose first two and last two lines rhyme
What is rhyme scheme
100
repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
100
repetition of similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end in different constant sounds
What is assonance
200
repetition of final consonant sounds after different vowel sounds in stressed syllables
What is consonance
200
use of words that imitate other sounds
What is onomatopoeia
200
repeated use of any element on language (sound,word,phrase,clause,sentence,)
What is repetition
200
repetition of sounds at the ends of words
What is rhyme
200
the rhythmical pattern (the arrangement and number) of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is meter
300
uses like or as to compare two unlike things
What is simile
300
describes one thing as if it were something else
What is metaphor
300
a metaphor in which the comparison is developed in several ways sometimes (but not always) throughout an entire poem
What is extended metaphor
300
gives human qualities to something that is not human
What is personification
300
expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker; usually very musical
What is lyric
400
tells a story in verse often has character setting and plot
What is narrative
400
a songlike poem that tell as story often dealing with with adventure or romance
What is ballad
400
defined by its lack of strict structure it does not have to have to rhyme or have regular meter lines do not have to be a specific stanza pattern.
What is free verse
400
a poem in which the words are arranged on the page to form a shape that suggests the topic or ideas in the poem
What is concrete
400
a three lined Japanese poem in which the first five syllables and the second line has seven syllables
What is haiku
500
a pair of rhyming lines that usually have the same meter and length.
What is rhyming couplet
500
a humorous poem with five lines which has a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme
What is limerick