Poetry

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=Poetic Devices:= what the poet is describing. Certain words or combinations of words can make the reader feel sad, cheerful, or even angry. ||< **Rhythm:** the feel or beat of a poem || poem. The lines in a stanza are arranged in a way that looks and sounds pleasing. ||< **Rhyme:** is the repetition of the same sound, either in the middle or end of the words, and usually found at the end of two or more lines || sound short and choppy or long and flowing. The poet may use no punctuation at all. ||< **Alliteration:** is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound at the beginning of words in a phrase. || phrases, words, or lines for a certain effect. ||< **Onomatopoeia:** is the use of words that imitate the sound they describe. || =**Whale Sighting**= Majestic creature, Treasure of the seas, Emerges from the water, A living, breathing geyser. //Leap, smack, splash--// Back down in a flash. It waves goodbye. Majestic creature Treasure of the seas, The sighting of A wondrous whale.
 * < **Word Choice:** helps readers picture
 * < **Stanzas:** are major sections of a
 * < **Punctuation:** can make a poem
 * < **Repetition:** is the repeating of