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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Poetry''' β Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm. * '''Poetics''' β The formal study of the principles of poetry and art. * '''Stanza''' β A group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph in prose). * '''Meter''' β The rhythmic structure of a line of verse (e.g., Iambic Pentameter). * '''Rhyme''' β The repetition of similar sounds in two or more words (e.g., Cat/Hat). * '''Alliteration''' β The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words (e.g., "Peter Piper picked..."). * '''Assonance''' β The repetition of vowel sounds (e.g., "The rain in Spain..."). * '''Metaphor''' β A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea. * '''Simile''' β A comparison using "like" or "as." * '''Imagery''' β Vivid descriptive language that appeals to the senses. * '''Personification''' β Giving human qualities to non-human things. * '''Sonnet''' β A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme and meter. * '''Haiku''' β A traditional Japanese poem consisting of three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable structure. * '''Free Verse''' β Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. * '''Enjambment''' β The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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