Match the definition to the term. 1 .
rhyme
repetition of end sounds within or across lines of poetry
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rhyme scheme
language which imaginatively describes or compares two or more unlike things
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figurative language
the giving of human characteristics to nonhuman things
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free verse
an implied imaginative comparison between unlike things
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metrical foot
a unit of stressed/unstressed syllables that join with other feet to create poetic meter
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simile
highly descriptive language that appeals to the senses
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personification
the process of analyzing the meter of a poem
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symbol
two lines of poetry whose end rhyme binds them together as a unit
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metaphor
the pattern of rhyme across a poem
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rhyming couplet
the rhythm of a poem based on ordered patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables
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meter
poetry with no regular pattern of rhyme or rhythm
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scansion
one thing that stands for something else in addition to itself
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imagery
an imaginative comparison between unlike things using like or as