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| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| assonance | repetition of similar vowel sounds in a line of poetry |
| ballad | a simple narrative poem written in four line stanzas, usually sung |
| blank verse | lines of iambic pentameter without end rhyme |
| canto | main divisions of certain long poems corresponding to the chapters of a book |
| consonance | repetition of consonant sounds within a line of verse |
| couplet | two consecutive lines of verse that rhyme |
| free verse | poetry not written in a regular pattern of meter or rhyme |
| haiku | a type of poetry where the first and third lines have five syllables and the second line has seven syllables; it usually involves nature |
| lyric poem | a highly musical verse that expresses the thoughts, observations, and feelings of a single speaker |
| meter | the rhythmical pattern of a poem that is determined by the number and types of stresses, or beats, in each line |
| narrative poem | a poem that tells a story |
| quatrain | a stanza or poem made up of four lines |
| repetition | the use of any element of language more than once |
| rhyme | the repetition of sounds at the ends of words |
| rhyme scheme | a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem |
| rhythm | the pattern of beats, or stresses, in spoken or written language |
| sensory language | writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses |
| sonnet | a fourteen line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter |
| speaker | the voice in the poem |
| stanza | a repeated grouping of two or more lines in a poem that often share a pattern of rhythm and rhyme |
