Poetry Elements

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Poetry	a type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader's imagination or emotions
forms	shape the poem takes
lines	lines of a poem
stanza	an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem
sound	the way the poem sounds using alliteration, repetition, rhyme, rhythm, onomatopoeia, etc.
free verse	verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern.
imagery	the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively
figurative language	language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors
figures of speech	any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, by which the usual or literal meaning of a word is not used
simile	a comparison of 2 or more things using the words like or as
metaphor	a comparison of 2 or more things
hyperbole	an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally
personification	the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions
theme	the message about life the author wants us to learn
symbol	a word or phrase used to represent something else
haiku	a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
limerick	a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet
ballad	a simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing
rhyme scheme	the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

Poetry

a type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader's imagination or emotions

forms

shape the poem takes

lines

lines of a poem

stanza

an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem

sound

the way the poem sounds using alliteration, repetition, rhyme, rhythm, onomatopoeia, etc.

free verse

verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern.

imagery

the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively

figurative language

language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors

figures of speech

any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, by which the usual or literal meaning of a word is not used

simile

a comparison of 2 or more things using the words like or as

metaphor

a comparison of 2 or more things

hyperbole

an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally

personification

the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions

theme

the message about life the author wants us to learn

symbol

a word or phrase used to represent something else

haiku

a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.

limerick

a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet

ballad

a simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing

rhyme scheme

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

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