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| speaker | imaginary voice assumed by poet |
| verse | a single line of poetry |
| rhyme | correspondence of sounds between or among words |
| rhyme scheme | noted with lower case letters |
| Shakespearean Sonnet rhyme scheme | abab cdcd efef gg |
| consecutive rhyme scheme | aa bb cc dd |
| alternate rhyme scheme | ab ab cd cd |
| stanza | a unit with a set number of lines |
| couplet | a stanza with 2 rhymed lines |
| quatrain | a stanza with 4 rhymed lines |
| metrical poem | poetry with regular rhythm and usually regular rhyme |
| free verse | poetry lacking regular rhythm and rhyme |
| lyric poem | poem told in musical language that expresses moods, emotions, etc. |
| narrative poem | poetry that tells a story |
| dramatic poetry | poetry written to be acted, such as a tragedy or dramatic monologue |
| simile | "My love is like a red, red rose..." |
| metaphor | "The eyes are the windows of the soul" |
| personification | "The sun smiled on the laughing children" |
| hyperbole | "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!" |
| alliteration | "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds within words |
| consonance | repetition of identical consonant sounds |
| onomatopoeia | "sizzle," "roar," "bang" |
