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| metaphor | direct comparison of unlike objects |
| simile | comparison of unlike objects using like or as |
| personification | giving human qualities to nonhuman objects |
| onomatopoeia | words that imitate sounds |
| rhyme | repetition of sounds at the ends of words |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or syllables |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds in words in lines of poetry |
| stanza | group of lines in a poem |
| rhythm | beat to a line of poetry |
| narrative poem | a poem that tells a story |
| lyric poem | a highly musical poem that expresses the poet's feelings |
| haiku | 3-line Japanese poem, 5-7-5 syllable pattern, usually about nature |
| limerick | 5-line Irish poem, humorous, lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme and have 3 beats, lines 3 and 4 rhyme and have 2 beats |
| concrete poem | a poem written in the shape of its subject |
| speaker | the voice that narrates the poem |
