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| verse | one line of poetry |
| stanza | a formal division of lines in a poem considered a "unit" |
| meter | a rhythmical pattern determined by the number of stresses or beats in each line |
| rhythm | pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in written or spoken language |
| speaker | imaginary voice a poet uses when writing a poem; the character who tells the poem |
| point of view | perspective or vantage point from which a story/poem is told |
| diction | word choice or manner of expression |
| connotation | set of ideas associated with a word in addition to its explicit(dictionary) meaning |
| denotation | the dictionary definition of a word |
| figurative language | not intended to be taken literally |
| simile | a figure of speech using like or as to make a direct comparision between two unlike things |
| metaphor | figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else |
| personification | type of figurative language in which nonhuman subjects are given human characteristics |
| imagery | words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses |
| onomatopoeia | words that imitate sounds |
| poetic license | when a poet takes freedom with the language |
| theme | central message or concern or purpose in a literary work |
| repetition | the use, more than once, of any element of language |
| rhyme | repetition of sounds at the end of words or lines |
| alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| refrain | regualarly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song |
| concrete poem | a poem with a shape that suggests its subject |
| ballad | a songlike poem that tells a story which often deals with romance and adventure |
| narrative poem | a story told in verse having all the elements of short stories |
| lyric poem | highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker |
