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| | Poetry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The alliterative patterns of early Germanic poetry and the rhyme schemes of Modern European poetry include meter as a key part of their structure, which determines when the listener expects instances of rhyme or alliteration to occur. |
| | Poetry may use condensed form to convey an emotion or idea to the reader or listener, or it may use devices such as assonance, alliteration and repetition to achieve musical or incantatory effects. |
| | Plays, for example, may be written in prose or poetry, or in a mixture of the two In this context, poetry is defined purely by the use of the poetic line in the play as opposed to the use of prose. |
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