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Poetic Terms
Beginner poetry terms
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Undergraduate 1
11/20/2009

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Lyric Poem
Definition
expresses the personal thoughts and emotions of the speaker
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Narrative poem
Definition
a poem that tells a story
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Metaphor
Definition
comparison between two like things
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Simile
Definition
Comparison using the words like, as, appears, than, or seems
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Paraphrase
Definition
a prose statement of the central ideas of a poem in your own language
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Verse
Definition
lines composed in a measured rhythmical pattern. often but not necessarily rhymed.
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Ambiguity
Definition
allows for two or more simultaneous interpretations of a word, phrase, action, or situation, all of which can be supported by the context of a work
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