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any light,simple song especially one of sentimental or romantic character , having 2 or more stanza all to the melody
Ballad
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A short poem consisting of five usually unrhymed lines containing respectively 2,4,6,8, and 2 syllables
Cinquain
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a pair of successive lines of verse especially a pair that rhyme and are the same length
Couplet
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a japanese poem of three lines that present of nature : the first line has 5 syllables the 2 line has 7 and the 3rd has 5
Haiku ( about nature)
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A humorous poem of 5 lines that usually rhyme ; Lines 1,2, and 5 are triplet and 3,4 are a couplet
Limerick
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A short poem that expresses personal feeling , often in a musical voice
Lyric
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a 14 line poem that states the poet's personal feeling
Sonnet
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A comparison using "like" or "as"
Simile
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A comparison that is implied and does NOT use "like" or "as"
Metaphor
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Giving an inanimate object human characteristics
Personification
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Words that are put together that are opposites
Oxymoron
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a word that is an imitation of a sound
Onomatopoeia
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Repeat the same consonants sound for 2 or more words
Alliteration
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An arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually 4 or more , sometime having fixed length , meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a diversion of a poem
Stanza
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Identity in sound of some part especially the end , of words or lines of verse
Rhyme
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Is the beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Rhythm
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An exaggeration or overstatement used for comic effect or to increase emotion
Hyperbole
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Poetry that tells a story in verse
Narrative
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Poems that are shaped like their subjects
Concrete
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Create a picture in the mind of a reader through words
Imagery
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