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True or False?
Meter is a word which describes the patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in lines of poetic verse.

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The basic unit of meter is a ______________.

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Be cause I could not stop for Death ,
He kind ly stopped for me ;
The Carr iage held but just Our selves
And I mmor tal i ty .
This is an example of which type of meter?

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Ty ger, Ty ger, burn ing bright
In the for ests of the night.
This is an example of what type of meter?

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What is the rhyme scheme?
Bid me to weep, and I will weep
While I have eyes to see;
And having none, and yet I will keep
A heart to weep for thee.

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Rhyme in which the final accented vowel and all succeeding consonants or syllables are identical, while the preceding consonants are different is called _________________________ rhyme.

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__________________ is a partial or imperfect rhyme. The vowel sounds in these rhymes are usually not identical.

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A rhyme in which two words are spelled similarly but pronounced differently and have come into general use through poetic license is considered _____________________ rhyme.

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A rhyme which occurs within a single line of verse is called _________________.

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A poem that tells a story. (I am from…)

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A poem that compares one thing to another.

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A poem taken from another piece of writing while crossing out all of the other words in the piece.

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This poem always follows the A, A, B, B, A rhyme scheme.

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A poem written without following specific rules.

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A poem with 8 lines and 8 syllables in each line.
Lines 1, 4 & 7 are the same while lines 2 & 8 are the same with a specific rhyme pattern: A, B, A,
A, A, B, A, B

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This poem can be exact, near, half, eye or internal

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A poem where the syllables are either stressed or unstressed and follow a pattern.

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A poem that circles back to the beginning then repeats itself.

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A poem taken from another piece of writing.

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Identify the type of poem:
I am from…
The ashes of my old dog
My bible full of gone relatives
The old sets of Legos that I grew up with.
~ Brendan Fay

Identify the poem:
Snow falling
From the sky
It was on the trees
On the ground
It was white outside
Because there was
Snow falling….
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~ Alex Smith

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Identify the poem:
Be careful what you wish for
Because your wish won’t come true if you don’t do your chores
If you want your wish you better wash every single dish
And make sure the bathtub is as clean as a home for a fish
And make sure you clean every floor.
~ Maddie Flebbe

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Identify the type of poem:
Seven billion people on this Earth
All of them are different
Shapes, sizes, races, ages, and heights
Seven billion people on this earth
Different DNA for everyone
Not one nor two of us are the same
Seven billion people on this Earth
All of them are different.
~Irushi Ishwar

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Identify the type of poem:
The sky was a sparkling veil
The mountains below were waves of white-tipped scales
The trees dotting them are jagged needles
Beside them are shriveled buds alongside a blooming flower.
~Yu Pan