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| Term | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Fable | A short poem or story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral. | Aesop's fables, such as "The Tortoise and the Hare", are famous examples. |
| Feminine Rhyme | A rhyme involving two syllables, as in "motion" and "ocean". | "I kidnapped some weasels / And now I have the measles." |
| Foot | The basic unit of measurement of a meter in poetry. | "An iamb is a foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable." |
| Free Verse | Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. | Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" is a famous example of free verse. |