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| stanza | a poetic paragraph containing one main idea |
| free verse | poetry without a regular rhythm, meter, or rhyme |
| rhythm | the pattern of stresses or beats in written language |
| rhyme scheme | a regular pattern of rhymed words at the end of a line of poetry |
| meter | a rhythmical pattern determined by the number and types of stresses in a line of poetry |
| narrative poem | tells a story and has all the elements of fiction |
| speaker | the narrator of a poem who may or may not be the poet |
| Allusion | This is the reference to a person, place, or event from history, literature, or religion with which a reader is likely to be familiar. |
| End Rhyme | This is the repetition of similar sounds that comes at the ends of lines of poetry. |
| Form | This is the structure into which a piece of literature is organized |
| Free Verse | This is poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme, meter, or form. |
| Lyric Poem | This is a highly musical verse that expresses the observation and feelings of a single speaker. |
| Meter | This is the rhythm or regular sound pattern in a piece of poetry. |
| Narrative Poem | This tells a story in verse. |
| Poem | This is an arrangement of words in verse. It sometimes rhymes, and expresses facts, emotions, or ideas in a style more concentrated, imaginative and powerful than that of ordinary speech. |
| Poetry | This is the third major type of literature in addition to drama and prose. |
| Stanza | This is a group of related lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose. |
| Verse | A line of poetry |
| Prose | writing in its normal non-rhyming form |
| Couplet | A pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter |
| Haiku | A 3 line verse form (5-7-5) from Japan |
| Limerick | A humorous form of poetry that originated in Ireland |
| Refrain | A repeated line or verse |
