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Poem vocabs

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Alliteration
Its a repition of the inital consonant sound in two or more words in a line of poetry
Concrete Poem
Its a poem that verbally and graphically portrays the subject matter
Onomatopoeia
Its a word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing
Stanza
They are divisions in poems named for the number of lines it contains
Sonnet
It is a poem containing fourteen lines that usually expresses one idea
Haiku
it is a japenese short poem that is composed of 3 unrhymed lines of 5,7,5 syllables
Repetition
Its using a word or phrase more than once
Tone
Its the poet's attitude toward the subject and/or the reader
Assonance
Its a repitition of vowel sounds but not consonant sounds
Personification
Its giving human traits to non-living objects
Ode
It is a single, unified strain of lofty verse with a single purpose and dealing with a single theme
Epic
These are a long narrative poems that usually tell of heroic deeds and events in history or religous/mythological events.
Couplet
Its two, consecutive rhymed lines of poetry

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