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• Poem


  Typically written with Stanza
• Stanza


  • series of poetic lines. •come different lengths
• Types of poetry

  • Lyrical poetry — focuses on the thoughts and emotions
  • Narrative Poetry — focuses on story telling
  • Descriptive Poetry — uses rich imagery in order to describe
• Rhythm


  How the syllables in a line of a poem are stressed and unstressed
• Meter


  Specific syllabic patterns in rhythm of a line of poetry
• Rhyme


  • When two words in close proximity have similar sounds
• Rhyme scheme


  Larger pattern of rhyming
• Consonance


  Repetition of similar consonant sounds in consecutive or nearby words
• Alliteration


  Repetition of consonant sounds in consecutive or nearby words
• Voice


  Tone of the poem and the speaker (also known as persona)
• Tone


  The speaker's implied attitude
• Diction


  Word choice
• Symbolism


  If the poet uses a metaphor that has often been used in a particular way
• Allegory


  Use of a single metaphor to frame an entire poem
• Assonance 


  • when vowel sounds are repeated
• Speaker


  • also known as persona

  • simply the narrator