Essential vocabulary and concepts for understanding and analyzing poetry, focusing on speaker, imagery, and form.
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Speaker
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The voice or persona that speaks the words of a poem. The speaker is a character created by the author and is not necessarily the poet themselves.
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Stanza
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A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a blank space. Stanzas function like paragraphs in prose, organizing ideas into units.
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Imagery
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Language that appeals to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste). It helps readers create mental pictures and experience sensory emotions.
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Rhyme
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The repetition of similar sounds, usually at the ends of lines. It creates rhythm and helps link ideas together.
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Rhythm
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The pattern of sounds and silences in a poem, created by stressed and unstressed syllables. It gives the poem its beat and pace.
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