Poetry Terms

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What is the name for poetry that tells a story?

narrative poetry

What is a comparison using 'like' or 'as' called?

simile

Name the type of poetry that focuses on expressing personal feelings or emotions.

lyric poetry

What is the term for the pattern of end rhymes in a poem?

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds is known as what?

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What is a 14-line poem with a formal rhyme scheme called?

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What is a grouping of lines in a poem, often with a fixed length and rhyme scheme called?

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What is the name of a line of poetry with five 'iambs'?

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What is poetry that does not adhere to a regular meter or rhyme scheme called?

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What is the term for the correspondence of sounds between words or the endings of words?

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Poetry

A literary art form that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings.

Narrative poetry

Poetry that tells a story.

Dramatic Poetry

Poetry including elements of drama.

Lyric Poetry

Poetry that expresses personal feelings or emotions.

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Verse

A single metrical line in a poem.

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Stanza

A division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme.

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Meter

The basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in poetry.

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Rhyme

Correspondence of sounds between words or their endings.

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End Rhyme

Occurs at the end of lines.

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Rhyme scheme

Pattern of end rhymes in a poem, denoted by letters.

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