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How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?  \nAssonance:  \nDefinition:  \n•The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together.  \n•Example:  \n•And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride.  \n-Edgar Allen Poe, from “Annabel Lee”  \nBallad:  \nDefinition:  \n•A song or songlike poem that tells a story.  \n•Examples:  \n•“The Dying Cowboy”  \n• “The Cremation of Sam McGee”  \nCinquain:  \nDefinition:  \n• A five-line poem in which each line follows a rule.  \n1. A word for the subject of the poem.  \n2. Two words that describe it.  \n3. Three words that show action.  \n4. Four words that show feeling.  \n5. The subject word again-or another word for it.  \nEnd rhyme:  \nDefinition:  \n• Rhymes at the ends of lines.  \n• Example:  \n– “I have to speak-I must-I should  \n-I ought…  \nI’d tell you how I love you if I thought The world would end tomorrow afternoon. But short of that…well, it might be too soon.”  \nThe end rhymes are ought, thought and afternoon, soon.  \nEpic:  \nDefinition:  \n• A long narrative poem that is written in heightened language and tells stories of the deeds of a heroic character who embodies that values of a society.  \n• Example:  \n– “Casey at the Bat”  \n– “Beowulf”  \nFigurative language:  \nDefinition:  \n• An expressive use of language.  \n• Example:  \n– Simile  \n– Metaphor  \nForm:  \nDefinition:  \n• The structure and organization of a poem.  \nFree verse:  \nDefinition:  \n• Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme. These poems may use internal rhyme, repetition, alliteration, onomatopoeia.","cbCais8PYFmMudqy","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCais8PYFmMudqy","pdf",238000,"English","# Poetry Vocabulary\n## Poetic Devices\n## Poetic Forms","[{\"question\":\"What is the difference between alliteration and assonance?\",\"answer\":\"Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in words close together, whereas assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in words close together.\"},{\"question\":\"How is a cinquain poem structured?\",\"answer\":\"A cinquain is a five-line poem consisting of a one-word subject, two descriptive words, three action words, four feeling words, and a final synonym or word for the subject.\"},{\"question\":\"What defines an epic poem?\",\"answer\":\"An epic is a long narrative poem written in heightened language that tells stories of the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a society.\"}]","Poetry Vocabulary - Educational Definitions and Examples | PDF",1790886820,46]