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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 |
| sonnet | a lyric poem containing 14 lines with a particular stanza and rhyme pattern |
| 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 |
| Limerick | a humorous form of poetry that originated in Ireland |
| Haiku | 3 line traditional Japanese poem |
| Lyrical | poetry that has musical qualities |
