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Meter
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A repeated series of stressed and unstressed syllables
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Imagery
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The descriptive words or phrases a writer uses to re-create sensory experiences for the reader
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Aphorism
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A brief statement, usually one sentence long, that expresses a generla principle or truth about life.
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Form/Structure
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Poems that follow a set of fixed rules, such as a certain number of lines, a specified meter and rhyme scheme.
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Organic Form
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Form that takes the shape and pettern from the content of the poem itself
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Free Verse
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Poetry lacking regular meter and rhyme
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Anaphora
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Same word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines
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Simile
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Figure of speech using like or as
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Metaphor
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Figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something (this is this)
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Alliteration
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A group of words with the same letters.
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