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poetry deff.
Question | Answer |
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concrete poetry | poems are shaped to look like their subjects. The poet arranges the lines to create a picture on the page |
limericks | The poet arranges the lines to create a picture on the page poems are shaped to look like their subjects. The poet arranges the lines to create a picture on the page |
rhyming couplets | are pairs of rhyming lines, usually of the same meter and length |
rhythm | is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words |
ballads | are song like poems that tell a story, often dealing with adventure or romance |
lyric poetry | expresses the thoughts and the feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verses |
free verse poetry | poetry is defined by its lack of strict structure it has no regular meter, rhyme, fixed line length, or specific stanza pattern’s |
haiku | is the tree lined Japanese verse form. The first and the third lines each have five syllables and the second line has seven |
narrative poetry | tells a story in verse. Narrative poems often have elements similar to those in short stories, such as plot and characters |
meter | is the rhythmical pattern in a poem |
onomatopoeia | is the use of words that imitate sounds |
repetition | is the use of any element of language |
symbol | is anything that represents something else |
metaphor |