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alliteration is a repition of a sound or letter at the beginning of words end rhyme the rhyming words occur at the end of lines, most common form of rhyme figurative language fresh and original descriptons, helped to picture something form structure of organization free verse poetry without regular pattern of rhyme and rhythm; most popular structured form is the way in which the poem is put together, formal imagery consists of words and phrases that appeal to reader's senses line poems are written in lines and stanzas; may or may not be complete sentences lyric emotional poem; can be used for singing metaphor is a comparison of two things not using like or as meter is the pattern of accented and unaccented syllables that create a poem ode a type of lyric poem that is dedicated to someone onomatopoeia is the use of words whose sound suggests their meaning personification the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea repetition is a use of any elements of language more than once rhyme is a reptition of sounds at the end of words rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes in a poem rhythm movement of a poem simile the comparison of two things using like or as sound arranged words that appeal to a listener speaker is the voice that talks to the reader (narrator) stanza a group of lines wihtin a poem mood the feeling that is conveyed to a reader tone the writer's attitude towards his or her subject