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POEtry Terms

POEtry Terms. Stanza A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit. Rhythm Musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables or by the repetition of certain sound patterns. POEtry Devices. Alliteration

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POEtry Terms

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  1. POEtry Terms • Stanza • A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit. • Rhythm • Musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables or by the repetition of certain sound patterns.

  2. POEtry Devices • Alliteration • The repetition of the same (or very similar) consonant sounds in words that are close together. • Used to help form rhythm. • Examples: • Tongue tied and twisted/Just an earth bound misfit • Horton Hears a Who • Suzy sells seashells by the seashore

  3. POEtic Devices • Refrain • A repeated sound, word, phrase, line, or group of lines. • Example: I loved my friend He went away from me There's nothing more to say The poem ends, Soft as it began- I loved my friend. -- by Langston Hughes

  4. POEtic Devices • Internal Rhymes • Rhymes within a line • Helps create rhythm • Examples: • The Cat in the Hat was not a fan of that • I lost my dog in the fog

  5. POEtic Devices • External Rhymes (aka End Rhymes) • When words at the ends of lines rhyme • Example Darkness settles on roofs and walls, But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls; The little waves, with their soft, white hands, Erase the footprints in the sands, And the tide rises, the tide falls. • Rhyme Scheme • The pattern of end rhymes in a poem. • The rhyme scheme from the poem above is AABBA.

  6. POEtic Devices • Onomatopoeia • The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning. • Examples: • Boom, crash, clap, bang • Personification • When an author gives nonliving things living or human qualities. • Example: • The moon crawled across the sky.

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