Terms and Definitions
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Lyric- Poetry in which the speaker reveals
personal thoughts and feelings
Narrative- Poetry in which the speaker tells a
story
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like the narrator of a story, the speaker of a
poem is the voice that communicates with the
reader.
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Form- the organizing principle that shapes a
poem.
Structure- the poem’s arrangement of words,
lines, and images, as well as ideas.
Stanza- A group of lines forming a unit in a
poem. The “paragraph” in poetry.
Lines- rows of words that may or may not
form sentences
Quatrain- a four-lines stanza
Sestet- A six-line stanza
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Rhythm- the pattern of stressed and unstressed
syllables in a line of poetry. A poem’s rhythm
may be regular or irregular.
Meter- is the regular pattern of stressed and
unstressed syllables that can establish the
rhythm of a poem.
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Definition- the repetition of the same stressed cowl
sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more
words.
Internal Rhyme- occurs when two words in the
same line rhyme.
End Rhyme- occurs at the end of the lines.
Couplet- two successive rhyming lines
Free Verse- poetry that is not written in formal
patterns.
Rhyme Scheme- The pattern of rhymes forms by
the rhyme at the end of a line of a poem
Poem:
Rhyme
Explanation:
Scheme:
Roses are red
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First line always gets _____
Violets are blue
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Blue doesn’t rhyme with red so it gets _____
Sugar is sweet
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Sweet doesn’t rhyme with red or blue so it gets _____
And so are you
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You rhymes with blue so it gets _____
Roses are red
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First line always gets _____
Violets are blue
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Blue doesn’t rhyme with red so it gets _____
Sugar is sweet
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Sweet doesn’t rhyme with red or blue so it gets _____
But you are not
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Not doesn’t rhyme with red, blue, or sweet so it gets _____
Roses are red
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First line always gets _____
Violets are blue
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Blue doesn’t rhyme with red so it gets _____
But now they are dead
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Dead rhymes with red so it gets _____
Because of you
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You rhymes with blue so it gets _____
Poem:
Rhyme
Explanation:
Scheme:
Roses are red
A
First line always gets A
Violets are blue
B
Blue doesn’t rhyme with red so it gets B
Sugar is sweet
C
Sweet doesn’t rhyme with red or blue so it gets C
And so are you
B
You rhymes with blue so it gets B
Roses are red
A
First line always gets A
Violets are blue
B
Blue doesn’t rhyme with red so it gets B
Sugar is sweet
C
Sweet doesn’t rhyme with red or blue so it gets C
But you are not
D
Not doesn’t rhyme with red, blue, or sweet so it gets D
Roses are red
A
First line always gets A
Violets are blue
B
Blue doesn’t rhyme with red so it gets B
But now they are dead
A
Dead rhymes with red so it gets A
Because of you
B
You rhymes with blue so it gets B
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ImagerySimileMetaphor
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Extended Metaphor- is a type of metaphor that compares
two unlike things at length and in various ways
throughout a poem.
PersonificationSound Devices
Alliteration Assonance Consonance Repetition
Repetition of
Repetition of
Repetition at
Repetition in
the vowel
the consonant
the beginning
the middle or
sound
sound
of words
at the end of
words
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Repetition of
Repetition of
Repetition at
Repetition in
the vowel
the consonant
the beginning
the middle or
sound
sound
of words
at the end of
words
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
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