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Poetry Vocabulary
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Literature
8th Grade
08/24/2013

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diverged
Definition
separated and went in different directions
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metaphor
Definition
a directly stated comparison
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mood
Definition
the feelings of the reader of a poem
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quintain
Definition
a stanza containing 5 lines
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rhyme scheme
Definition
the pattern of the rhymes in a poem
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speaker
Definition
the voice of the poem, usually not the poet
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stanza
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verse; a paragraph in poetry
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theme
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a quality or idea that keeps recurring; topic
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tone
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the feelings the speaker has about the subject
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trodden
Definition
walked on; crushed; trampled
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