| A | B |
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| paraphrase | changing a poem into prose |
| poetic liscense | the privelege of a poet to break the rules of prose |
| speaker | the voice the poet uses to express himself |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of the way a poem rhymes |
| Elizabeth sonnet (shakespearean) | 3 quatrains and a couplet |
| Italian sonnet (petrarchan) | an octave and sestet, major thought change between the 2 |
| personification | literary device where innimate objects are given living characteristics |
| metaphor | figure of speech where 2 unrelated objects are directly compared |
| onomatopoeia | literary device where the word imitates the sound it stands for |
| alliteration | literary device where the beggining consonent sounds are repeated |
| stanza | the division of a longer poem |
| rhyme | the repetition of vowel sounds at the end of a line of poetry |
| internal rhyme | repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry |
| rythym | the beat of a poem |
| narrative poetry | a poem that tells a story |
| lyric poetry | a poem that expresses personal thoughts or feelings |
| dramatic poetry | a poem that features characters that talk to one another |
