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| poetry | a type of literature in which words are chosen and arranged in a precise way to create specific effects |
| prose | written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure |
| structure | the way a poem looks on the page |
| line | a single word, a sentence, or part of a sentence |
| stanza | lines are arranged into groups |
| rhyme | the repetition of sounds, as in thing and sing, cry and sky |
| meter | the measured beat or regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| rhythm | the musical quality and overall tempo, or pace, at which the poem unfolds |
| refrain | a word or line that is repeated in a poem to create a certain effect (repetition of a word or phrase) |
| diction | the specific words that the poets uses to communicate a message |
