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| free verse | poetry that does not have a regular meter and rhyme scheme |
| internal rhyme | rhyme that occurs within a line |
| end rhyme | rhyme that comes at the end of lines |
| rhyme | the repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhyming sounds at the ends of lines in a poem |
| meter | a regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables that gives poetry its beat |
| scanning | analyzing lines of poetry for accented and unaccented syllables to figure out the meter |
| refrain | a word, phrase, line, or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem or song, usually at the end of a stanza |
| repetition | the repeated use of a word, phrase, sound, or pattern |
| alliteration | the repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together |
| onomatopoeia | the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning |
