Alliteration: Repetition of a sound, often a consonant, in a series of words. Tongue-twisters are a common form of alliteration.
......Example: Mark makes mangled, mushy macaroni in the microwave.
Free verse: A poem that is written without rhyme, meter, or definite pattern. Defined as a poem by lack of punctuation.
......Example:
......My classes are boring, tedious
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Mind-numbing droning of irrelevant facts
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Why am I here?
Limerick: A light, cheerful poem with a definite pattern. The lines 1,2,5 rhyme and often have 8 syllables with similar meter. The lines 3 and 4 rhyme and often have five syllables with similar meter
......Example:
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There once was a man named Bill Gates
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Whose software provoked extreme hate
......It couldn’t compute
......Nor could it reboot
......Let windows determine his fate!
Metaphor: A word or phrase applied to but not compared to a thing or action.
......Example: She is my rock.
Meter: A pattern or rhythm in a poem, using stressed and unstressed syllables.
......Example:
......It couldn't compute
......Nor could it reboot
Personification: Giving human qualities to animals or objects. ......Example: The dog was appalled.
Rhyme: A similarity of sound in the last stressed vowel of a word or phrase.
......Example:
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The cat is fat
......The cat sat on a hat
......The hat went splat
Simile: A comparison of two objects made with the words “like” or “as”
......Example: His life was like a roller coaster.
Villanelle: A 20-line poem of six stanzas which uses repetition and a consistent rhyme scheme. The first and third line of the first stanza rhyme, as well as the first line of every stanza. The first line of the first stanza is used as the last line of the second and fourth stanza. It is also the third line of the last stanza. The third line of the first stanza is used as the last line of the third and fifth stanza, and the last line of the poem. The second line of the first stanza rhymes with the second line of every stanza.
......Example:
......Fleeing the roar of city lights
...... (Civilized pressures force retreat)
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Spread my arms and embrace the night
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Neon signs are burning bright
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Advertisements never sleep
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Fleeing the roar of city lights
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The cold wind whips and nips and bites
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Numbs my hands and face and feet
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Spread my arms and embrace the night
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I’ll leave this place and find what’s right
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Find a place where life is complete
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Fleeing the roar of city lights
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Freedom for the dark’s delights
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To live without the sun’s cruel heat
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Spread my arms and embrace the night
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Stars are clearer at a great height
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I sprint to liftoff on cracked concrete
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Fleeing the roar of city lights
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Spread my arms and embraced the night
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