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Poem Words
Question | Answer |
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Poem | Writing that is imaginative and condensed by using words chosen for their sound and meaning, with phrases that may have a certain pattern made with rhythm and rhyme |
Limerick | A humorouss poem that is five lines long. Usually the firs, second, and last lines have the same rhyme. The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other. |
Rhyme | Words at the end of a line of a poem that sound alike, such as: There once was a fellow named Jack who jumped around in a sack. Who jumped down in a sack. |
Rhythm | A pattern created with long and short, and weak and strong words. |
Meter | A rhythmic pattern in a poem. |
Verse | A line of a poem, or a group of lines within a long poem. |
Couplet | Two lines of a poem together, with the same rhythm and rhyme at the end. |
Stanza | A part of a poem with similar rhythm and rhyme that will repeat later in the poem. |
Sonnet | A 14-line poem that begins with eight lines and is followed by six lines. |
Poet | A writer of poems - you! |