POETRY TERMS

1. What is rhyme?

Words that sound alike

Words that do not sound alike

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In spring of youth it was my lotTo haunt of the wide world a

spot

Meter Rhyme Scheme

2. A pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of poetry

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U / U / U / U /

I’m hap pi est when most a way

Rhyme Alliteration

3. The repetition of similar ending sounds

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It was purchased just for you,when you're happy or you're blue,you can wear it on your head,'round the house or in your bedSource: Rhyme Poems - Poems which Rhyme http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/funny/rhyme-poems.asp#ixzz1yont4DU6 www.FamilyFriendPoems.com

Personification Onomatopoeia

4. Applying human qualities to non-human things

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Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered.

There was no one there. - Proverb

Alliteration Rhyme

5. The repetition of beginning consonant sounds

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Sara’s seven sisters slept soundly in sand.

Narrative Lyrical

6. A poem that tells a story with plot, setting, and characters

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Narrative Poems rely on character and conflict to drive the poem forward.  This is very

similar to fiction - the best stories require good an interesting

conflict to hold our attention, and a conflict is only relevant as it affects the life of our plucky

protagonist.

Free Verse Lyrical

7. A poem with no meter or rhyme

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Lyrical Narrative

8. A poem that generally has meter and rhyme

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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth.

Onomatopoeia Rhyme

9. Using words or letters to imitate sounds

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A poem with 2 line stanzas

A poem with 4 line stanzas

10. What is a couplet?

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