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Poetry and poetry elements

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A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Meter

Words that have the same ending sound, often at the end of a line

Rhyme

One line of a poem

Verse

Lines grouped together like a paragraph

Stanza

Where the line of the text ends

Line break

The beat of the poem

Rhythm

How many verses are in this poem?

How many stanzas are in this poem?

Give me two lines that rhyme

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What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

aa, bb

What do you think this poem is about?

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What do you think this poem is about?

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True or False: There is no rhyme scheme to this poem

true

How many verses are in this poem?

What do they mean by the line "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair"

Life has not been easy