Other Skills: Character Traits Compare and Contrast Context Clues Fact and Opinion Figurative Language Main / Central Idea Point of View Rhythm & Rhyme Story Elements Summary Symbolism Theme
Poetry is a written piece that emphasizes ideas or feelings. It often uses imagery, emotion, figurative language, rhythm, and rhyme. Some poems, like a sonnet or haiku, have a prescribed form. Others, such as free verse, have no specific format.
by Emma Lazarus
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by Francis Scott Key
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from "The Tribune" (San Luis Obispo, California) June 1, 1878
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