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poetry terms
types of poetry terms
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Literature
10th Grade
12/09/2010
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Blank Poem
 Definition
no rhyme but a definate rhythm pattern
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Free Verse
 Definition
no rhyme or rhythm
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Lyric Poem
 Definition

short; expresses feelings and thoughts ina personal manner; can easily be set to mucic
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Narrative Poem
 Definition
tells a story
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Ballad
 Definition
song that tells a story
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Elegy
 Definition
poem of mourning
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Sonnet
 Definition
poem of 14 lines
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Alliteration
 Definition
repition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
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Assonance
 Definition

repition of vowel sounds in a series of words

EX:) cry and side
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