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Elements of Poetry

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  • Boom! Thud! Pow! These words are examples of ___________ used in poetry
    Onomatopoeia
  • A division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter or rhyming scheme
    Stanza
  • Giving human characteristics to non-human things
    Personification
  • The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables. "the beat of the poem"
    Rhythm
  • Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
    Hyperbole
  • Using figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
    Imagery
  • Poems with no recognizable patterns or rules (no rhyming, etc)
    Free vers
  • Comparing two things using like or as 
    Simile
  • A repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs
    Rhyme