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Poetry Notes (Stanza: Group of lines in a poem. (Tercet: Three lines in a…
Poetry Notes
Figurative Language:
Metaphor: Comparison
NOT
using like or as.
Imagery: Helps to paint a picture of what is happening in the mind.
Simile: Comparison using like or as.
Symbolism: When a person or object actually represents a concept or idea.
Stanza: Group of lines in a poem.
Tercet: Three lines in a Stanza.
Couplet: Two lines in a Stanza.
Quatrain: Four lines in a Stanza.
Sestet: Six lines in a Stanza.
Cinquain: Five lines in a Stanza.
Sonnet: Fourteen lines in a Stanza.
Rhyming: Two or more words that sound close to each other. Rhyme>Dime.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty Had a great fall. Wall and Hall rhyme in this excerpt.
Rhythm and Meter:
Dimeter: Two feet.
Monometer: One foot.
Trimeter: Three feet.
Pentameter: Five feet.
Tetrameter: Four feet.
Hexameter: Six feet.