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  1. similar to a paragraph in pose
    stanza
  2. patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables
    rhythm
  3. patter of end rhyme, letters represent each rhyming
    rhythm scheme
  4. repetition of similar sound at the end of words
    rhyme
  5. type of literature in which ideas, images, and feelings are expressed an few words; usually grouped in lines or stanzas
    poetry
  6. humorous poem of five lines;it rhymes scheme is a-a-b-b-a
    limerick
  7. onomatopiea use of words whose sounds suggests their meaning
    onomatopiea
  8. traditional form of Japanese poetry; three lines and 17 syllables
    hiku
  9. poetry without rhyme or rhythm
    free verse
  10. a rhythmed par of lines
    couplet

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 Poetry terms
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