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| haiku | a17-syllable, delicate, unrhymed Japanese verse, usually about nature |
| limerick | a 5-line, rhymed, rhythmic verse, usually humorous |
| ballad | a songlike narrative poem, usually featuring rhyme, rhythm, and refrain |
| free verse | poetry with neither regular meter nor rhyme scheme |
| couplet | a pair of rhyming lines |
| quatrain | a stanza containing four lines |
| rhyme | recurring identical or similar final word sounds within or at the ends of lines of verse |
| rhythm | the recurring pattern of strong and weak syllabic stresses |
| meter | a fixed pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of fixed length to create rhythm |
| repetition | repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis |
| alliteration | repetition of initial sounds, e.g., picked a peck of pickled peppers |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds, e.g., mad hatter |
| onomatopoeia | the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning, e.g. buzz. |
