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Poetry Vocabulary

November 6, 2009

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lyricpoem to be sung
onomatopeiausing words that imitate the sound they represent
rhythmpattern or beats in the lines of a poem
repetitionrecurring use a sound, word, a phrase, or a line
similecomparing two things using like or as
rhymewords that have the same ending sound
meternumber of beats in a line of poetry
haiku3 line poem, 5,7,5; usually about nature
sonneta verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
stanzagrouping of lines in a poem
limerickhumorous, nonsense 5 line verse with a rhyme scheme of aabba
metaphorcompares two things without like or as



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