Poetry Terms
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Poetry a rhythmic compressed language that uses comparisons and images to appeal to a reader's imagination and emotions.
Narrative poetry-a poem that tells a story
Lyric poetry-a pome that expresses emotion
Ballad-a poem that is meant to be sung
Rhyme-two or more words that repeat the same sound
Meter-the words create a kind of beat
Symbols-Some words feel special. They represent something beyond their literal meaning.
Repetition- Some phrases or words are repeated.
hyperbole-extreme exaggeration
meter-alternating lines of stressed and unstressed syllables that create a beat.
Common meter- alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter.
Syllable- the smallest unit of spoken language
Iamb-two syllable units. Stress is placed on the second syllable
Tetrameter- four iambs (8 syllables that have a unstressed, stressed pattern)
Trimeter-three iambs (6 syllables that have a unstressed, stressed pattern)
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