Quizlet poetry vocab. may 11 - 15

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  1. ABAB Rhyme Scheme: A stanza in which the first and third lines ryhme, and the second and fourth lines rhyme
  2. Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words.
  3. Free verse: Rhythmical lines varying in length, usually unrhymed
  4. Graphics: Pictures or drawings included with a poem; the use of different text sizes or fonts in order to enhance the poem; the omission or inclusion of capitals and/or punctuation.
  5. Metaphor: A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically different but have something in common
  6. Refrain: One or more words repeated at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza
  7. Repetition: The repeating of words, phrases, or lines
  8. Rhyming couplets: A stanza of two lines, usually with end rhymes
  9. Sensory images: Words and phrases that create vivid sensory images for the reader that may be visual or appeal to the other four senses of smell, hearing, taste, touch
  10. Simile: A figure of speech in which two dissimilar things are compared by the use of like or as
  11. Stanza: A recurring grouping of two or more verse lines in terms of length, metrical form, and often rhyme scheme
  12. Theme: A central idea, concept, or lesson sometimes directly stated or given indirectly
  13. Verse: A unit of poetry such as a stanza or line